Residential Child Care Worker

Position

Start Date:

Immediate

Contract Type:
Full-time

Contract Term:
Permanent

Application Close: 23/03/2026 Midnight

Date of Interviews:
As applications received

• Salary:
  Pay Scale 5-6, Spine Points 9-17. Actual Salary Range: £25,733-£29,290 PA. Annual Salary Range: £27,254-£31,022 PA. Plus NJC Sleeping In Duty Payments.
• Location:
  
  Ramsden Hall Academy, Ramsden Heath, Billericay, Essex, CM11 1HN
• Hours:
  
  40.75 hours per working week, term time & inset days. Working 39 weeks per year.

Do you have experience supporting children with social, emotional and behavioural needs? Are you confident working in a residential setting, offering structure, care and guidance to young people? Are you passionate to learn? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you.

No experience in a residential setting? No problem. If you have experience working with children or providing care for others-and a genuine passion for making a difference-we'd love to hear from you.

We are looking for a dedicated Residential Child Care Worker to join our team at Ramsden Hall Academy – a residential special school for boys aged 10 to 16 with Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) needs.

Working as part of a supportive residential care team, you will provide structured and engaging care to pupils from the end of the school day until they return to school the next morning.

• Supporting students after school, during evenings and overnight, helping them prepare for the following school day.
• Preparing and sharing healthy meals and snacks, and encouraging good hygiene routines.
• Participating in and encouraging recreational and physical activities such as games, sports, walks, beach visits, cinema trips, quizzes, and more.
• Promoting and supporting learning through homework, conversations, and structured activities.
• Supporting positive bedtime routines and maintaining a calm evening environment.
• Helping pupils prepare for their day in the morning, including breakfast and school readiness.
• Attending residential trips and undertaking driving duties as required.

This is a term-time only role, working 39 weeks a year, Hours of work are 40.75 per week on a set rota, issued half-termly. Shifts include one day shift (7:30am-3:30pm) and four evening shifts (2:30pm-10:45pm) per week. Sleep-in duties are required and paid at £43.12 per night. No weekend shifts, public holiday or school holiday shifts are required.

• To be actively involved in the school's recreational and social programme and engage individuals and groups of pupils in constructive, enterprising and socially extending range of leisure pursuits.
• To participate in the general supervision of pupils, ensure that they adhere to acceptable standards of behaviour, personal hygiene, tidiness and dress.
• To participate in the implementation of an agreed pattern of sensitive, effective care and control, to provide the children with a secure, safe and stimulating environment conducive to physical, emotional, educational and social development, so that pupils enjoy a calm and relaxed group living experience.
• To be responsible for the safety of children by exercising adequate control and supervision, particularly in relation to lunch and break-times and during the daytime as required.
• To respond appropriately to the material, physical and emotional needs of pupils.
• To be responsible for a group of students in a "key worker" capacity ensuring all relevant information is updated and correct.
• To supervise pupils at lunch and at break-times during the school day, evenings and weekends as required. To escort pupils on visits to doctors, dentists, shopping trips, etc. as required.
• To attend, as required, meetings about individual pupils and/or matters affecting the general running of the school.
• To undertake such sleeping-in duties as may be determined by the needs of the school.

Ramsden Hall Academy is a Residential Special School for boys aged 10 to 16 who have an Education, Health and Care Plan (EHCP) for Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH). We are part of the Parallel Learning Trust (PLT) a Multi Academy Trust with schools in London, Medway…