Pay: From £34,320.00 per year

Job Description:

Job description:

Senior Support Worker – Children’s Residential Home

Location: Tanglewood, Leatherhead
Salary: £34,320.00 plus £60 per sleep (as per business need)

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Support Worker to join our team at Tanglewood, supporting children and young people aged 8–17 with social, emotional, and behavioural difficulties. This is a rewarding but demanding role where you’ll play a vital part in creating a safe, nurturing, and family-style environment.

You will lead shifts, support colleagues, and ensure children receive consistent care within a trauma-informed, therapeutic framework.

Why Join Us?

At Tanglewood, our ethos is to provide a home where children feel safe, valued, and supported. We believe in helping every child grow, heal, and thrive. Staff are supported through:

• A strong trauma-informed practice (including the PACE model – Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy).
• Positive Behaviour Support (PBS), restorative practice, and reflective supervision.
• Regular clinical input and training, ensuring staff feel equipped and confident.
• A safe, inclusive environment where staff wellbeing is valued as highly as the children’s.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Leading shifts, guiding colleagues, and ensuring care plans are followed.
• Building trusting, therapeutic relationships with children who have experienced trauma.
• Supporting young people to develop life skills, independence, and resilience.
• Encouraging engagement in hobbies, education, and community activities.
• Acting as a role model, creating a positive and consistent culture in the home.
• Promoting safeguarding and ensuring compliance with Ofsted standards.

What We’re Looking For

• Experience working with children with SEMH, trauma, or behavioural needs.
• Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or willingness to work towards).
• Strong safeguarding knowledge and ability to manage challenging behaviours.
• Emotional resilience, patience, and a genuine commitment to children’s wellbeing.
• Leadership skills to guide and inspire junior colleagues.

What We Offer

• £34,320.00, per year base salary.
• Sleep-in allowance of £60 per night according to business need.
• Additional overtime opportunities.
• Comprehensive induction and ongoing training, including PBS, Trauma-Informed Practice, and PRICE.
• Career progression opportunities into Deputy Manager roles.
• A supportive, reflective culture that invests in staff as much as the children.

This is more than just a job — it’s an opportunity to make a lasting difference in the lives of young people while developing your own career.

Apply today to join our dedicated team at Tanglewood.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Company pension
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Benefits:

• Flexitime
• On-site parking

Work Location: In person