Senior Support Worker

Senior Support Worker - (Children’s Residential Child Sexual Exploitation Service)

Location:

Shrewsbury, Shropshire, United Kingdom

Contract:

Full Time, Permanent

Working hours per week: 40

Salary: £30,160 + £3,000 sleep‑in bonus (annual average) rising to £31,140 after 18 months. Pay rate £14.50 per hour.

£2,000 WELCOME BONUS!!!

Closing date:
Friday 30 January 2026.

At Cambian we are making constant, reliable, and high‑quality support for children and their families. This role requires you to be a committed, responsible, and person‑centred Support Worker in a specialised residential setting dedicated to preventing and treating child sexual exploitation.

• Deliver person‑centred support to children and young people in a residential child sexual exploitation service.
• Ensure safeguarding and welfare of all children, complying with DBS and reference check requirements.
• Collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to enable each child to reach their personal best.
• Support the training, supervision, and development of junior staff and contribute to career progression programmes.
• Implement best‑in‑class induction, ongoing training, and learning & development plans.

• Experience working as a Support Worker in a child care, residential or safeguarding setting.
• Demonstrated integrity, accountability and a person‑centred approach.
• Willingness to undergo an enhanced DBS check and provide at least two recent references covering the last two years.
• Strong communication, teamwork and commitment to continuous improvement.

• Additional overtime paid at 1.25x rate.
• Refer a friend scheme – earn up to £1,000 per referral.
• NVQ and career progression opportunities via our Management Development Programme.
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays, rising with service.
• Paid sickness leave.
• On‑call/sleep‑in/disturbance rates.
• Meals provided on shift.