Residential Bank Support Worker (Wisbech / South)

Want flexible work that makes a real difference? Join our bank team at a specialist children’s residential home in Wisbech and choose the shifts that suit you, while helping young people feel safe, settled and supported.

• Location: Wisbech, Cambridgeshire
• Contract: 0-hours contract
• Shifts: Published on RotaCloud (you claim the shifts you want).

You’ll join a specialist children’s residential home on a flexible basis, helping to provide a safe, stable and nurturing home where young people can build trusting relationships and achieve positive outcomes.

This role suits someone with experience supporting children or young people with emotional and behavioural difficulties, or someone with a strong commitment to building a career in residential childcare. Experience in related roles, such as residential care, youth work, SEN/SEMH support, behaviour support, foster care or supported accommodation, is also welcome.

• Provide consistent, relationship-based care that supports each child’s safety, wellbeing and emotional development
• Follow individual care plans, risk assessments and behaviour support plans
• Promote positive behaviour through clear, consistent and respectful boundaries
• Recognise, respond to and report safeguarding concerns in line with the home’s policies and procedures
• Respond appropriately to incidents and emergencies, using de-escalation first and approved physical intervention only as a last resort and in line with training [confirm training model, e.g. Team Teach]
• Complete accurate, timely records, daily logs, incident reports and handovers
• Carry out welfare checks, and health, safety, fire and security checks
• Support daily routines, including mornings, mealtimes, education, activities and household tasks
• Work collaboratively with colleagues, managers, families, social workers, schools and other professionals
• Work in line with the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015, the Quality Standards, the home’s Statement of Purpose and organisational policies

• Flexibility: see available shifts on RotaCloud and claim the ones that fit your life
• Pay that reflects the shift you work
• A supportive, inclusive team
• Valuable experience in specialist residential childcare

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. This post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Bank staff are recruited to the same standard as permanent staff, in line with Schedule 2 of the Children’s Homes (England) Regulations 2015. Appointment is subject to:

• An Enhanced DBS check, including the children’s barred list
• Verification of identity and right to work in the UK
• A full employment history, with any gaps explained
• Two satisfactory references, including your most recent employer
• Verification of relevant qualifications
• Satisfactory health and fitness information

Shortlisted candidates will be asked to disclose all convictions and cautions that are not protected under current filtering legislation.