Senior Residential Care Worker

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£15.75 per hour + Excellent overtime rates

Working Hours: 37.5

Location: Wakefield

Closing Date: 29/07/2026

Job Category: Residential Care

Region / Division: Yorkshire

Business Unit: Residential Care

Job Introduction

About the role: 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.
• Managing the home effectively in the absence of the Deputy or Manager.
• Effectively leading shifts, directing and supporting colleagues.
• Managing health and safety processes in the home including the implementation and monitoring of risk assessments.
• Supporting the induction of colleagues into the home.
• Being responsible for safeguarding and actively promoting the welfare of children and young people.

How you’ll be rewarded:

• Real Living Wage employer.
• Christmas bonus.
• Colleague referral scheme with cash rewards – earn up to £2500 per referral!
• Financial wellbeing service.
• 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.

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