Senior Residential Care Worker

🔒 Confidential Employer
Posted 7 May 2026
LOCATION
Dewsbury
TYPE
Full-time
LEVEL
Mid-Senior level
CATEGORY
Social Care
This employer holds a UK Home Office sponsor license — sponsorship for this specific role is at the employer’s discretion

SKILLS

Safeguarding Risk Assessment Staff Supervision Health & Safety Management Child and Young Person Support Shift Management Induction Support Team Leadership

FULL DESCRIPTION

Senior Residential Care Worker

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Location: Dewsbury

Salary: £15.75 per hour + Excellent Overtime rates

Contract Type: Full Time

Closing Date: 19/05/2026

Job Introduction

As a Senior Residential Support Worker, you will support young people in the many different aspects of daily life within our homes including:

  • Helping young people continue with hobbies, social activities, and friendships, and learn new skills.
  • Supporting young people to reach their potential and experience new opportunities.
  • Conducting Supervisions for staff members
  • Manage the home effectively in the absence of the Deputy or Manager
  • Effectively lead shifts, direct and support colleagues
  • Manage health and safety processes in the home including the implementation and monitoring of risk assessments
  • To support the induction of colleagues into the home
  • To be responsible for safeguarding and actively promoting the welfare of children and young people

How you’ll be rewarded

  • Real Living Wage employer
  • Competitive pay rates
  • Christmas bonus
  • Blue Light Card
  • Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards – earn up to £2500 per referral!
  • Financial wellbeing service
  • Life Assurance.
  • Tastecard - spectacular savings on dining, pizza, cinema tickets, supermarkets, and UK attractions!
  • Opportunity to progress in your career through our Education Academy, and ongoing training and professional development.
  • Comprehensive and tailored induction programme including face-to-face training, online modules, shadowing, and local induction period.
  • Face-to-face therapeutic training and support for all colleagues via our SHINE programme.
  • Access to a wide range of free online courses for all colleagues on a variety of topics
  • Employee assistance programme – free, confidential support.
  • Community and wellbeing - Your wellbeing matters to us, and we are committed to ensuring you get all the support you need to feel good about what you do. We’re in this together.
  • Supportive management and senior leaders.
  • High quality CPD opportunities.
  • Free eye checks.

If you’re passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people and enabling them to shape their own future, then we want you to be part of our team.

Attached documents

  • Senior Residential Childcare Worker Feb 23 - Copy.docx

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