Senior Support Worker

We're recruiting a Senior Residential Support Worker for a small children's home on the outskirts of Gainsborough, two young boys in placement, a third planned, and a team that needs an experienced hand to help lead shifts.

Flamingo Workforce is recruiting on the home's behalf.

This is a permanent post, employed directly by the home.

The role

Everything a Residential Support Worker does trauma-informed day-to-day care, routines, records, safeguarding — plus the senior layer: supporting less experienced colleagues on shift, taking the lead on care plans and documentation, and being the steady presence when behaviour challenges. Residential childcare experience is expected at this level and will show in your interview.

The rota runs on residential blocks with sleep-ins: typically 10am–11pm plus sleep-in, 7:30am–11pm plus sleep-in, finish 10am day three. At £16.00 an hour plus £60 per sleep-in, realistic earnings on a full rota comfortably clear £35,000 a year.

What you'll need

• Solid experience in residential childcare
• Confident knowledge of safeguarding, trauma-informed practice and attachment theory
• Calm leadership in challenging situations, and clean, accurate recording
• Flexibility for evenings, weekends and sleep-ins
• A full UK driving licence is strongly preferred given the rural location
• Enhanced DBS (support provided); no visa sponsorship available — right to work required

Pay and benefits

£16.00 per hour, £60 per sleep-in, minimum 37.5 hours with overtime, pension, on-site parking, casual dress, referral programme, and genuine training and progression.

Applying

CV through the board — we review daily and interview fast.

The employer is an equal opportunities employer committed to safeguarding; enhanced DBS and safer recruitment checks apply