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Residential Care Officer

Job details
Posting date: 05 July 2025
Salary: £25,992 to £32,000 per year
Additional salary information: Including Sleep ins
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 04 August 2025
Location: Exeter, Devon, EX1 1AL
Company: Charles Hunter Associates Ltd
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: JB164_1751730726

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Summary

Do you have a passion for working children and young people? Do you have some professional experience working with young people? A job working for the council could be for you!

I am looking for passionate Therapeutic Support Workers with experience working with Children and/or Young Adults with either traumatic backgrounds, Learning Disabilities, Mental Health or Challenging Behaviours to work in their home based in Exeter.

My client is the local council who are in the process of expanding their portfolio of residential children's homes. The Council want to have the resource to offer children in the county a safe and stable home environment.

If you have experience with children and young people in SEN education, youth work, young offenders or fostering, a career in children's homes is for you.

Benefits include:

  • £25,992 - £32,000 per annum (additional enhancements for sleeps)
  • Public Sector benefits including annual pay reviews, enhanced pension benefit
  • Job security in a local council employer
  • Excellent progression opportunities within the council

Do you have:

  • Experience of working within children or young adults in a social care or SEN setting
  • Level 3 in Residential Childcare or equivalent (or willingness to complete)
  • Ability to complete shifts patterns, weekends, and overnight stays.
  • Full commitment to this career pathway

For more information apply now!

Please note, we are unable to consider applications from the following

  • candidates who require sponsorship
  • candidates with adults only social care experience
  • candidates without a full uk driving license

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