# Youth Support worker

**Company:** [Paragon Social Care](null/companies/fAFdxXo4KZbqfUpcewW7Pm.md)
**Location:** Wisbech, United Kingdom
**Workplace:** on site
**Department:** Karoo

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## Description

**Join us today with a joining fee of up to £2000.00**

This isn't just a job. **It's a chance to change a young person's life.**

We're looking for a compassionate, resilient and dependable **Children's Residential Support Worker** to join our team in **Wisbech, Cambridgeshire**, supporting children and young people who may have experienced trauma, instability, emotional difficulties or challenging circumstances.

It won't always be easy. But the moments that matter — **earning a child's trust, celebrating their progress and helping them feel safe** — make it incredibly rewarding.

**What you'll be doing**

You'll help create a safe, stable and nurturing home where young people can feel valued, supported and listened to.

Your role will include:

-   Supporting children and young people with **emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD)**
-   Building positive, trusting relationships
-   Providing emotional support and positive role modelling
-   Supporting routines, activities and everyday life
-   Encouraging positive behaviour and maintaining appropriate boundaries
-   Responding calmly to incidents, safeguarding concerns and emergencies
-   Completing welfare checks, records, reports and handovers
-   Following care plans, risk assessments, safeguarding procedures and organisational policies
-   Working alongside colleagues, families and external professionals
-   Helping maintain a safe, clean and welcoming home

**Who we're looking for**

You don't need the perfect CV. **You need the right attitude, resilience and heart.**

Experience in any of the following would be valuable:

-   Children's residential care
-   Residential childcare
-   Children's or youth support work
-   Social care or care work
-   Behaviour support
-   SEN / SEMH
-   Foster care
-   Supported accommodation

We're looking for someone who is:

**Patient** Compassionate **Calm** Resilient **Consistent** Professional **Trustworthy**

Someone who understands that **behaviour is communication**, can maintain boundaries with kindness and genuinely wants to make a difference.

**Residential childcare experience is desirable. Experience working with children and young people is important.**

A **full UK driving licence is desirable.**

**Why join us?**

-   **£33,488 per annum**
-   **Joining fee of up to £2000.00 (T's and C's apply)**
-   Ongoing training and professional development
-   Career progression opportunities
-   Support from an experienced care team
-   A rewarding career in residential childcare
-   The opportunity to build meaningful relationships with young people
-   The chance to make a genuine difference every day

**Safeguarding**

The safety and wellbeing of children and young people is at the heart of what we do.

This role is exempt from the **Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974**. All appointments are subject to safer recruitment procedures, including an **Enhanced DBS check** and satisfactory pre-employment checks. Candidates will be required to disclose convictions or cautions that are not protected under current filtering legislation.

**Could you be the difference?**

You might be the person who helps a young person believe in themselves again.

You might be the adult they remember years from now.

**If you're ready to make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.**

**Apply today and become someone a young person can count on.**

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Licence/Certification:

-   Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person