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Make a Real Difference Every Day

Locations Barnsley and Wakefield. Keswick Care Ltd is a small family owned, Children’s Residential Care provider. www.keswickcare.co.uk. We are proud to work in partnership with the Care Leavers Covenant.

At Keswick Care, we believe every child and young person deserves to feel safe, supported, and valued. We provide nurturing, family-style homes for young people aged 8 – 18 years, who may have experienced trauma, neglect, or family breakdown.

We’re now looking for caring and motivated individuals to join our team as Residential Childcare Support Workers — people who are ready to learn, grow, and help transform the lives of the young people in our care.

If not already qualified you’ll work towards your Level 4 Diploma in Working with Young People and Families, gaining valuable experience and professional qualifications while making a genuine impact every day.

What You’ll Do

As a Residential Childcare Support Worker, you’ll play a key role in creating a safe, stable, and supportive home environment. Your daily work will include:

• Building trusting, positive relationships with children and young people
• Supporting young people with their daily routines, education, and social activities
• Promoting independence, confidence, and positive self-esteem
• Helping young people develop essential life skills and achieve personal goals
• Using trauma-informed approaches to understand and manage behaviour
• Keeping accurate, detailed records of each young person’s progress and experiences
• Working collaboratively with colleagues, social workers, and other professionals
• Ensuring the home environment is warm, welcoming, and compliant with all safeguarding standards

This is a hands-on, emotionally rewarding role where no two days are the same — but every day makes a difference.

What We’re Looking For

You don’t need previous experience in residential care — just the right attitude, compassion, and willingness to learn. We’ll provide all the training and support you need.

Essential qualities:

• A genuine passion for helping children and young people
• Empathy, patience, and emotional resilience
• Willingness to work towards (or currently undertaking) the Level 4 Diploma in Working with Young People and Families
• Ability to work flexibly — including evenings, weekends, and sleep-ins
• Strong teamwork and communication skills
• A full UK driving licence

Desirable:

• Experience working with children or young people (paid or voluntary)
• Knowledge of safeguarding and trauma-informed care

If successful you will be required to complete a Disclosure Application Form and to provide criminal conviction information.

Requirements for an Enhanced DBS and reference checking will be undertaken in line with government regulations and safer recruitment best practice.

All Keswick Care employees are responsible for promoting equal opportunities for all and for challenging any behaviour or practice which discriminates against any young person or colleague on the grounds of race, religion, disability, age, gender, sexual orientation, or any other perceived difference.

Please click the link below to view our Safeguarding Policy

https://keswickcare.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Safeguarding-policy-statement.pdf

What We Offer

Joining Keswick Care means becoming part of a supportive, caring team that values your growth as much as the wellbeing of the young people we care for.

We offer:
✅ Fully funded Level 4 Diploma qualification
✅ Comprehensive induction and ongoing training
✅ Regular supervision, coaching, and wellbeing support
✅ Clear career progression pathways – grow from Trainee to Senior roles
✅ A warm, inclusive team culture where you’ll be valued and supported

Why Choose Keswick Care?

We’re a trusted, high-quality private care provider committed to putting young people at the heart of everything we do. Our homes are safe, therapeutic spaces where children and young people can heal, thrive, and look forward to a brighter future — and our staff are central to making that happen.

When you join us, you’ll become part of a close-knit team that celebrates success, supports one another, and shares a deep commitment to changing lives for the better.

Our benefits include:

· Entitlement to 28 days of annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)

· Enrolment into our pension scheme

· Opportunities for progression into a Senior role and Management

· Progressive pay scale

· Comprehensive Induction

· A continuous & comprehensive training package including a certificate in Team Teach & Emergency First Aid at Work

· Enrolment onto fully funded Level 4 and 5 Diplomas

· DBS reimbursed after successful completion of probation

· Working in a homely environment

· Refer a Friend scheme – recommend a friend to come and work with Keswick Care and you’ll earn a £250 bonus!

· Monthly prize draw

· Sickness Bonus

· Duvet Days

· Loyalty Bonus

· Health Assured Employee assistance programme

· Specsavers free eye test and glasses voucher

· Access to a discount card offering high street discounts, half price restaurants, discounts on cinemas, family days out, theme parks etc.

· Enhanced overtime rate including double time for Christmas day.

· Time and a half for all UK Bank holidays.

· Work alongside Winners/Finalists/highly commended staff within The National Children and Young people awards.

· Opportunity to attend our annual in house award event.

If you’re caring, committed, and ready to start a meaningful career — we’d love to hear from you.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: £13.75 per hour

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company events
• Company pension
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme

Application question(s):

• Do you hold a L3 in Children & Young People's Workforce?

Licence/Certification:

• Clean,current full driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person