Job Description:

Job Title: Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker

Location: Pontprennau, Cardiff

Salary: £32,310 - £36,534 per annum (inclusive of sleep-ins)

Employment Type: Permanent (Full-time)

Job Overview

Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker opportunities like this don’t come up often in Pontprennau, Cardiff. This Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker role sits within a supportive children’s residential care setting, helping young people feel safe, understood, and able to thrive. As a Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker, you will provide consistent, child-centred and therapeutic support for children and young people who may present with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) and behaviours that challenge. If you’re a resilient Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker who leads by example and keeps safeguarding at the heart of everything, this could be your next step.

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker based in Pontprennau, your daily duties will include:

• Providing high-quality, child-centred care in line with care plans, risk assessments, safeguarding procedures, and CIW expectations
• Supporting young people with routines, daily living skills, emotional regulation, and positive boundaries using trauma-informed, therapeutic approaches
• Supporting day-to-day operations in your role as a Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker to ensure high standards of care, safeguarding, and compliance
• Completing accurate documentation including daily logs, incident reports, handovers, progress notes, and recording outcomes against care plans
• Supporting senior staff with shift leadership, mentoring colleagues, contributing to reflective practice, and helping maintain a stable, nurturing environment

Requirements & Qualifications

To be successful as a Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker, you will need:

• Level 3 qualification in Residential Childcare / Children and Young People (QCF/NVQ Level 3 or equivalent recognised qualification)
• Proven experience working as a Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker or in a similar children’s residential care setting
• Strong practical knowledge of safeguarding, risk management, behaviour support, and regulatory expectations (including CIW standards)
• Enhanced DBS Check (or willingness to complete one) and a Full UK Driving Licence

Benefits & Work Environment

• Competitive salary package tailored to experienced Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker candidates, inclusive of sleep-ins
• Funded training and externally accredited qualifications, structured induction, ongoing supervision, and clear progression routes
• Full-time long day shifts plus sleep-ins, within a supportive team culture focused on quality care and outcomes
• Pension and wellbeing support, plus access to staff discount schemes and annual leave entitlement including bank holidays

If you are a qualified Senior Residential Children's Residential Support Worker looking for an exciting new opportunity in Pontprennau, apply today!

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