Become A Residential Childcare
Support Worker

Up to £32,283.20 per annum (includes sleep in shifts) plus benefits
Positions available in Lancaster, Carnforth and Heysham.

We are looking for dynamic and inspirational Residential Childcare Support Workers to join our team in providing a safe, secure and positive environment for vulnerable young people.

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Roles and Responsibilities

As a support worker in a residential children’s home, your main duties and requirements would include, but not are not limited to:

  • Providing the young people with emotional and social support, helping them to develop meaningful relationships with other children and adults, as well as encouraging them to become involved with local communities.
  • Carry out domestic duties within the home, involving the children and young people where appropriate and plan, shop and prepare meals, ensuring they have a varied and well balanced diet.
  • Promoting, safeguarding and protecting the welfare of our young people
  • Encouraging the development of individual interests of our young people
  • A desire to learn, we provide full training for you to achieve a Childcare Diploma
  • Experience of supporting young people who may be vulnerable is desired but not essential
  • Successful applicants will be subject to a DBS check at enhanced level
  • As a support worker, you will have a vital role in providing care, support, and guidance to vulnerable children and young people. It requires a great deal of compassion, patience, and empathy, as well as the ability to work effectively as part of a team.
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What do we offer?

  • Yearly pay increments on development
  • Cooperate gym membership
  • Competitive salary + 5k approx per year sleep in payments
  • Medical insurance on two year employment
  • Regular supervisions
  • Company pension
  • Access to our Exchange Employee Discount Scheme
  • Access to welling programmes via our Exchange Provision
  • Comprehensive training programme, followed by ongoing CPD
  • Promotion opportunities

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Managers are qualified, experienced, have very high expectations of care staff, and high aspirations for young people. They lead by example and spend time on care shifts to role model good practice to staff.

Ofsted, April 2026

Observation of relationships in the home evidences highly positive, humorous and supportive interactions. The home genuinely has a relaxed, fun and homely feel to it.

Ofsted, April 2026

Staff show very high levels of commitment to young people and work hard to achieve the best outcomes.

Ofsted, April 2025

About Bay View Childcare

We aim to provide stability and care for three young people 8-17 (inclusive) who have been found to be experiencing emotional and behavioural difficulties.

At Bay View Childcare, we believe all young people that are deemed to be challenging and are looking for a comfortable and caring environment will be able to work towards achieving better outcomes.

Our purpose is to provide a therapeutic & nurturing environment that will enable the young people in our care to experience happier times and work towards a brighter more prosperous future.

On providing an extensive care package and working closely with established working relationships with all multi-agencies, each young person will have the opportunity to strive and achieve in their own personal goals.

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