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Preston, England, United Kingdom • On-site
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Provide daily care, support, and household management for children and young people aged 11-17 in a residential setting. Engage in 1:1 work regarding emotions and behaviors while collaborating with social workers, schools, and health professionals.
Candidates must be passionate, dedicated, and committed to supporting children with trauma or adverse childhood experiences. A team-player attitude and values aligned with being supportive, innovative, and respectful are essential.
| Salary £28,142 - £32,061 Per annum | Permanent, Full Time 37 hours per week | Central Lancashire |
Visa Sponsorship – this role is not able to provide visa sponsorship
Location: Central Lancashire – Chorley, Preston and Lytham
Salary: Starting Salary £28,142, plus enhancements
Enhancements payable for weekend work, shift work and sleep-in duty payment
Who are we …
Our Children's Residential Service are expanding with the introduction new Children's Homes, and changes to existing homes across the County. This means that we have a number of exciting opportunities for passionate, dedicated individuals, to join us as Residential Child Care Workers, at homes based in Chorley, Preston and Lytham
As a Residential Service we hold very strong views and beliefs that our children deserve the very best care and support that we can offer. We pride ourselves in developing positive, meaningful, and lifelong relationships with our children.
With an emphasis on working creatively, we promote lots of fun activities for our children inside and outside the homes and ensure that our children and young person are supported to develop in all areas of life.
About the role...
As a Residential Child Care Worker, you would work from a children's home where children and young people aged between 11 years and 17 years live. Residential Child Care Workers eat and sleep at the home with the children and young people and undertake basic household tasks – cleaning, cooking, shopping.
Our children cannot live safely with their parent(s) or family, for a variety of reasons such as adverse childhood experience or trauma. Residential Child Care Workers listen and engage our children in 1:1 work around feelings, emotions and behaviours and link with other professionals, such as social workers, schools, police, and health workers to ensure our children's needs are met.
What you can expect from us
We have an ambitious, confident, and motivated management team who are experienced, supportive, and keen to help you learn and grow. We have over 50 free courses for you to learn new things, and even have funded qualifications we can support you with obtaining, up to degree level, should this be something that interests you.
We have a detailed induction programme specifically designed to cover all elements of the role, so that you have all the tools and knowledge ready to get going.
For all permanent staff, we will provide a monthly 1:1 reflective space with managers, a comprehensive Employee Support Offer, and lots of opportunity to network with other professionals that support children.
As an Organisation we offer a wide range of staff benefits including access to our "Blues and Twos Credit" Union, Membership of Blue Light Card, and various discounts at local retailers.
What we are looking for…
Passion – Thinking creatively to ensure that our children are supported to achieve their aspirations (no matter how big or small) will need to be top of your list! We are looking for passionate practitioners (irrelevant of length of experience) who truly care and want to make a difference to children, young people and families.
Challenge – Some days will be tough, for our children, for you, and for your colleagues - we're after someone who is dedicated and committed, and who will always go that extra mile for our children (even on the bad days). Working as part of a close professional team is really important and you will need to be a team player to get through those tough times.
Forward thinking – We are an expanding service with big ideas and aspirational views. We are looking for workers who can join our team and join us on this exciting journey, making contributions to help shape and inform the future of the service for our children
Values – We are looking for someone who has values aligned to those that are integral to our service and our organisation - supportive, innovative, respectful and collaborative
If you have a passion for building relationships with children and supporting them to achieve the best possible outcomes, then we want to hear from you!
If you would like more information regarding the role, please contact our Talent Team, via email – [email protected], to arrange an informal chat.
To apply for a post, you can apply via the 'Apply Now' button below. Please ensure you attach the following:
Closing Date: 31 July 2026
Interview Dates: Weekly Basis, every Wednesday.
The post you are applying for is covered by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (as amended in 2013). If successful you will be required to apply to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for a 'disclosure'. Further information can be found on the 'Our Recruitment Process' tab.
If you are applying for a part time position, please note the salary quoted is full time equivalent, the salary received will be paid on a pro–rata basis.
We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications.
Lancashire County Council is committed to improving the quality of life for everyone in Lancashire.
Lancashire County Council is committed to improving the quality of life for everyone in Lancashire. We believe that all our citizens have the right to be treated fairly. We recognise that some people do not get an equal chance in life. For some of our children and young people this can have a lasting impact on their future. We will play our part in helping to narrow the gaps that exist between different parts our communities and improving the quality of life of those who have less advantages and are in danger of poor outcomes. As a community leader, employer and provider of services we want to make sure that everyone in Lancashire has the opportunity to achieve their potential, no matter where they live or what their background, individual characteristics or personal circumstances might be.
Offices: Fishergate, Preston, Lancashire PR1 8RL, GB
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