Children’s Residential Support Worker; LD

Employer:

The Together Trust

Location:

Pay:

£26,000 to £28,000 per year, Competitive

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Full time

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

20/10/2026

Have you ever wanted to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable Children and Young People?

Our children’s home in Lostock, Bolton provides residential Care for Children and Young People with who (Emotional Behavioural difficulties/Autism, Learning difficulties and complex needs). The Together Trust is one of the North West’s leading charities, offering individual care, support, and education to hundreds of children, young people, and adults each year.

We are a not-for-profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support.

As one of the UK's best employers we are looking for a dedicated, proactive and highly experienced children's residential support worker.

Location:

Lostock, Bolton

Hours:

37.5 hours

• Full Time Salary: £26,230 ,(£13.45ph) Enhancements:
  Sleep in allowance of £107.60 per shift and time and a quarter paid for weekend hours worked,(£16.82 per hour). Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other.

Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same:
To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support

• they are at the heart of everything we do.

We stand by them and we work together for change.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call home

• whether that's a place to call your own or somewhere to get safety, stability and support.

You’ll be helping children to grow their independence and shape their own story within a supportive, caring home.

You will be working in a caring home environment with the wider team under the leadership of the Registered Manager, nurturing, and supporting the young people providing them with all the care, love, and support that they would receive as if it was their family home.

Responsibilities include but not are not exhaustive Provide a caring, safe, secure and accepting environment that meets the physical, health, social needs and rights of the young people.

This will include supporting less experienced staff via positive and effective team working to achieve high quality standards of care that are set and agreed by the Registered Manager on behalf of the Trust.

This work will aim to respect and promote the needs of each young person arising from their racial, cultural and religious background.

Assist with the assessments of need and formulation of plans.

This involves working in partnership with other agencies and taking into account the wishes and feelings of the young people, their parents and other persons with parental responsibility, in line with legislation pertaining to the young people.

Maximise educational opportunities and achievements for the young people looked after within the unit by assisting in identifying, establishing and supporting educational provision and contributing to educational reviews.

Undertake direct work that is designed to meet the young person’s needs as identified within the care plan, enabling them to reach full their potential.

Particular attention should be paid to dealing sensitively with transitions.

Supporting the young person’s significant relationships will be a part of this task.

Under close supervision take responsibility for key working at least one young person.

Develop and maintain a good level of awareness of child protection issues, assessing and recording risk.

This will include referring child protection issues to the Registered Manager and incorporating consistent boundary setting into everyday practice in order to ensure effectiveness in the prevention and appropriate management of challenging…