Senior Residential Children & Young People's Worker
| Posting date: | 16 April 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £28,928.01 to £36,527.80 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 03 May 2026 |
| Location: | Liverpool, Merseyside |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Barnardo's |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 22777 |
Summary
Barnardo's are looking for an experienced Senior Residential Children & Young People Worker (SRCYW), for its 4 bed Children's home in Liverpool.
This is a service commissioned by Liverpool City Council to deliver Children's residential support in line with statutory requirements, utilising therapeutic approaches.
The service provides a nurturing environment within our high-quality home, supporting the needs of children who have experienced trauma, neglect, rejection, and whose basic needs have not been met.
Our home offers children a safe space to enjoy themselves with activities such as karaoke, pamper, movie and games nights alongside encouraging them to enjoy a wide range of community based activities.
Children also benefit from having the opportunity to enjoy an annual holiday/short break.
We support our children to learn independence skills e.g. cooking meals, baking, budgeting, completing domestic tasks etc.
In line with Barnardo's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion values, we promote awareness and acceptance in a variety of forms, including monthly theme nights.
On top of that, Saturday is takeaway night, so you even get a night off from cooking!
The support we provide today is vital in sustaining our children in the next chapter of their lives. You would play a huge part in this exciting role, making a real impact to changing the lives of our children.
The home provides a truly therapeutically focussed environment that can meet the needs of children who require support to manage their behaviours safely, develop their resilience and prepare them for the demands of future life with their own families or within other settings.
As a Senior Residential Children & Young People Worker you will, on a rota basis, undertake the following:
3 on 4 off pattern across the year, with rotas completed at least one month in advance.
Sleep ins - approximately 2 per month with an additional payment of approximately £68/sleep,
Waking nights (approximately 2 per month)
Opportunities to complete additional hours at an enhanced rate of pay.
Some weekend working, on a rota basis
Some bank holiday working – enhanced rates of pay for bank holiday working.
Designated days off are given following sleep ins and waking nights to promote wellbeing and recovery.
Your role:
Engage with and support children in all aspects of their lives, attending to their practical, physical, and emotional needs, whilst safeguarding each young person at all times.
Support allocated keyworkers to ensure all information pertinent to the child's everyday life is completed and collated, to demonstrate the journey of the child whilst residing at the home.
Provide practice based supervision to our As & When (bank) workers, liaising with managers to ensure continuity of care, Continued Professional Development and regulatory compliance.
On a rota basis you will support the management team to provide out of hours on call cover, for which you will receive an additional payment.
On a rota basis, you will also share the responsibility (alongside other SRCYW) of being allocated as shift leader; ensuring each day is purposeful and coordinated, enhancing opportunities for positive achievements and outcomes for the children.
Support children to engage in education and enhance their social opportunities by accessing hobbies & activities in the home and in the community.
If you have residential experience, are passionate about making improved changes to childhoods and can show understanding, tenacity, consistency of care and the ability to engage with a wide range of children – this may be the opportunity for you!
For a full description of the role, please refer to the Job description & Person specification.
What you'll get from us
In addition to the extensive organisational benefits identified below, you will receive:
A full induction within our trauma informed charity,
Ongoing comprehensive training package,
Be part of a team supported by a Therapeutic Co-ordinator and also receive reflective group/individual sessions with our consultant psychotherapist,
Monthly practice focussed supervision,
On successfully passing probation, enrolment on a fully funded residential Diploma (if not already held)
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
This is a service commissioned by Liverpool City Council to deliver Children's residential support in line with statutory requirements, utilising therapeutic approaches.
The service provides a nurturing environment within our high-quality home, supporting the needs of children who have experienced trauma, neglect, rejection, and whose basic needs have not been met.
Our home offers children a safe space to enjoy themselves with activities such as karaoke, pamper, movie and games nights alongside encouraging them to enjoy a wide range of community based activities.
Children also benefit from having the opportunity to enjoy an annual holiday/short break.
We support our children to learn independence skills e.g. cooking meals, baking, budgeting, completing domestic tasks etc.
In line with Barnardo's Equality, Diversity & Inclusion values, we promote awareness and acceptance in a variety of forms, including monthly theme nights.
On top of that, Saturday is takeaway night, so you even get a night off from cooking!
The support we provide today is vital in sustaining our children in the next chapter of their lives. You would play a huge part in this exciting role, making a real impact to changing the lives of our children.
The home provides a truly therapeutically focussed environment that can meet the needs of children who require support to manage their behaviours safely, develop their resilience and prepare them for the demands of future life with their own families or within other settings.
As a Senior Residential Children & Young People Worker you will, on a rota basis, undertake the following:
3 on 4 off pattern across the year, with rotas completed at least one month in advance.
Sleep ins - approximately 2 per month with an additional payment of approximately £68/sleep,
Waking nights (approximately 2 per month)
Opportunities to complete additional hours at an enhanced rate of pay.
Some weekend working, on a rota basis
Some bank holiday working – enhanced rates of pay for bank holiday working.
Designated days off are given following sleep ins and waking nights to promote wellbeing and recovery.
Your role:
Engage with and support children in all aspects of their lives, attending to their practical, physical, and emotional needs, whilst safeguarding each young person at all times.
Support allocated keyworkers to ensure all information pertinent to the child's everyday life is completed and collated, to demonstrate the journey of the child whilst residing at the home.
Provide practice based supervision to our As & When (bank) workers, liaising with managers to ensure continuity of care, Continued Professional Development and regulatory compliance.
On a rota basis you will support the management team to provide out of hours on call cover, for which you will receive an additional payment.
On a rota basis, you will also share the responsibility (alongside other SRCYW) of being allocated as shift leader; ensuring each day is purposeful and coordinated, enhancing opportunities for positive achievements and outcomes for the children.
Support children to engage in education and enhance their social opportunities by accessing hobbies & activities in the home and in the community.
If you have residential experience, are passionate about making improved changes to childhoods and can show understanding, tenacity, consistency of care and the ability to engage with a wide range of children – this may be the opportunity for you!
For a full description of the role, please refer to the Job description & Person specification.
What you'll get from us
In addition to the extensive organisational benefits identified below, you will receive:
A full induction within our trauma informed charity,
Ongoing comprehensive training package,
Be part of a team supported by a Therapeutic Co-ordinator and also receive reflective group/individual sessions with our consultant psychotherapist,
Monthly practice focussed supervision,
On successfully passing probation, enrolment on a fully funded residential Diploma (if not already held)
About Barnardo's
We are committed to being an inclusive employer and cultivating a culture where everyone can belong and thrive through inclusion and connectivity. We want our workforce to be reflective of the communities we work with, and for equality, diversity and inclusion to be embedded in everything we do. We are a Disability Confident Leader, are progressing our ambition to be an anti-racist organisation with Anti-Racism Commitments and actions in place and have networks for colleagues who are disabled, LGBT+, Black and Minoritised Ethnic and Women. We particularly encourage applications from Black and Minoritised Ethnic and/or disabled candidates who are currently underrepresented in our workforce. For disabled applicants, we offer reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Our basis and values
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.