Residential Childcare Worker; Casual

Overview

Residential Childcare Workers
- Salary: G6 £ 30,024 (pro-rata if part-time)
Plus sleep-ins as required (additional allowance)

Contract:

Casual

How many hats can you wear in a day?

Are you resilient, robust and resourceful? Honest, reliable, compassionate? Flexible, fun and hard-working? If your answer is yes then we would like you to consider a career in children’s residential services.

For us no two days are the same, for example tonight involves:

• helping cook the tea;
• helping with homework; and
• playing football in the garden

But tomorrow may bring:

• attending meetings;
• addressing challenging behaviour; and
• writing reports

So if the hat fits, read on ...

We have a number of opportunities in children’s homes in Walsall:

• Casual posts do not have any guaranteed hours.
• Hours of work will be offered to successful applicants as required to meet the needs of the Children’s Homes within the service.
• You will be responsible for the direct care of children living in the home, offer high levels of engagement for and with children and be ambitious in achieving positive outcomes for them.
• This requires relevant qualification of Level 3 residential child care or equivalent and experience within residential sector.

We currently provide residential care for looked after children at six children’s homes located in Walsall. In 2025, we adopt a child centred approach and actively promote children’s rights. We deliver our services in safe, personalised, small group care which promotes children’s welfare.

Our Residential Homes can accommodate children up to 18 years of age. Due to the nature of this post the Department for Education National Minimum Standards state that the employees must be 4 years older than the oldest resident. Therefore, applicants must be 21 years of age or older.

• Direct care of children living in residential homes with high engagement and positive outcomes.
• Qualification:
  
  Level 3 residential child care or equivalent and experience within the residential sector.

If you require any further information about these posts then please enquire by emailing

View Job Description & Employee Specification

Closing Date: 30th April 2026

Note: This is a “rolling advert” and applications will be reviewed regularly for shortlisting and interviews. The advert will be closed when all positions are filled. Submit your application at the earliest opportunity. Applicants who applied to a previous advert are not eligible to reapply for this one.

Important: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this post.

Walsall Council safeguards and promotes the welfare of all children and young people in our care. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children and young people. Applicants must declare any periods of time lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) for those periods.

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally and provide information in accurate spoken English.

Application instruction: When completing the online application form, enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Do not add a CV. See our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.