Senior Residential Support Worker Part Time NEW

Hawkinge, Kent
Bluelight Healthcare

Senior Residential Support Worker

Full-time: 40 hours Part-time: 20 hours per week Bank staff: Flexible hours

We are recruiting experienced Senior Residential Support Workers to join our children’s residential home.

The successful candidates will provide high-quality, therapeutic care to children with complex emotional and behavioural needs, lead shifts and support the residential care team.

Key Requirements:

• Substantial experience in children’s residential care.
• Experience supporting children with trauma, attachment difficulties and challenging behaviours.
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and shift leadership skills.
• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or equivalent preferred.
• Ability to work days, nights, weekends and bank holidays.
• Enhanced DBS (children’s barred list), satisfactory references and right-to-work checks.

Training: Candidates must complete mandatory training in safeguarding, PBS, PACE, trauma-informed care, de-escalation, first aid and medication management.

What We Offer: Permanent employment, ongoing training, career development and a supportive working environment.

Please note: Experience in an Ofsted-regulated children’s residential home is strongly preferred. Adult or elderly care experience alone will not meet our recruitment requirements.