Therapeutic support worker - Children's services

The Role

As a Therapeutic Practitioner, you will play a key role in supporting young people to recover, grow, and develop within a safe and structured environment. You will work closely with a multidisciplinary team to deliver a trauma-informed, therapeutic model of care.

About the Home

We are working with a supportive children’s residential home in Faversham, providing care for young people aged 8–18 with emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) and complex needs. The home operates as part of a therapeutic community, where relationships, consistency, and reflective practice form the foundation of care.

Key responsibilities include:

* Building trusting, positive relationships with young people

* Supporting emotional regulation and promoting resilience

* Working collaboratively within a therapeutic framework

* Maintaining high standards of safeguarding and professional practice

* Contributing to reflective practice and team development

Rota and Expectations

* Shifts:

8am – 11pm + sleep-in

* Working 2–3 shifts per week with days off in between

* 6 sleep-ins per month included in salary

* Additional sleep-ins paid at £60 each