Residential Support Worker

Overview

We're recruiting for a small, specialist therapeutic children s home in Chatham that supports just 6 children aged 10-18 with EBD and complex trauma backgrounds. This is a long-term placement home, allowing staff to build genuine, meaningful relationships. This service runs one home only - no expansion plans, no corporate feel - just a consistent, child-centred environment where staff are truly invested in.

• Trauma-informed, nurturing, and relationship-led care
• School on-site
• Strong focus on enrichment, routine, and emotional safety
• Children enjoy:
  Daily enrichment activities;
  Group therapeutic games every weekday evening;
  After-school clubs (dance, karate, extra classes);
  Annual summer camping trip and regular outings
• All community activities are fully risk-assessed and supervised

• Provide consistent, loving, and therapeutic care
• Support emotional regulation, routines, and daily life
• Build long-term attachments and act as a positive role model
• Work closely with the therapeutic team and education support
• Use a therapeutic parenting approach - this is a home where appropriate affection, comfort, and nurturing are encouraged

• Reliable, resilient, and emotionally intelligent individuals
• Experience in residential care, schools, or family support is ideal (Family Practitioner or school-based experience is highly transferable)
• Confident supporting children with trauma and challenging behaviours
• Warm personality, calm under pressure, and genuinely child-focused
• Passion for long-term impact rather than short-term placements
• This is a role for someone who wants to really parent, not just supervise.

This service invests in you from day one:

• Level 3 Children & Young People qualification fully funded
• Enrolled onto Level 3 immediately if unqualified; NAPPI Level 3 (challenging behaviour) training provided
• Further education, apprenticeships, and progression fully supported