Role Overview
Do you want to help children and young people, who have been taken into care, get the best possible start in life? Vetro Recruitment is seeking Children's Residential Support Workers to join children's homes in Caerphilly. This role supports vulnerable young people with day-to-day care, emotional wellbeing, and safe, consistent routines.
This Children's Residential Support Worker role in Caerphilly offers flexible shift patterns, with days, nights, and sleep-in duties available.
What’s on Offer
* Pay: £14.24 - £28.48 per hour inclusive of holiday pay
* Weekly pay options, holiday pay, and no payroll charges
* Flexible rota, allowing you to pick shifts you want each week
* Weekly work variety across children’s homes in and around Caerphilly
* Free online training, plus subsidised practical training, TMVA, PMVA, PBM
* Ongoing support and guidance from a specialist consultant
Key Duties
* Support children and young people with day-to-day activities and interests
* Promote independence and wellbeing, encouraging positive outcomes
* Provide emotional and practical support within the home
* Support participation in weekend activities, trips, and holidays alongside the team
* Protect children and young people from risks to their health and welfare
* Maintain up-to-date knowledge of care plans and guidelines to support safe care
* Support, oversee and learn to minimise incidents when behaviour can be challenging
Requirements
* A desire to create positive outcomes for vulnerable children and young people
* Empathetic, caring, and resilient approach
* At least 6 months experience working with children or within a similar social care setting
* Valid UK Driving Licence
* Enhanced DBS on the update service, or willingness to obtain one
* Right to work in the UK
If you’re interested in this Children's Residential Support Worker position based in Caerphilly, apply now to be considered.
Vetro Recruitment acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Vetro is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merit alone
Salary description
£14.24 - £28.48 per hour