Most care jobs promise meaningful work but deliver exhaustion, low pay and zero real support. This one is different: we're building a brand new family home where you'll genuinely change children's lives, earn properly, and work in a team that has your back. If you've ever wondered whether you could make a real difference to a young person in crisis, this is your moment
You'll be the steady presence in the room when a child is struggling. Not a manager watching from above, but the person who notices when they need praise, who stays calm when things get hard, and who shows them that someone believes in them. That matters more than you might think. Children with complex needs, learning disabilities and behavioural difficulties don't need perfect people; they need patient, real ones
The home is brand new, which means you're not inheriting someone else's problems or outdated systems. You're building something from the ground up with a registered manager and a team that actually cares. Full induction, fully funded training, proper pay scales that go up as you grow. This isn't a stepping stone job; it's a real career where your experience and qualifications are worth something
Yes, the work is emotionally challenging sometimes. You might be handling difficult situations one shift and helping someone discover they're braver than they thought the next. That's the job. But it's also the reason you'll go home knowing you changed someone's day for the better. And you won't do it alone
What you will be doing
- Provide day to day care, encouragement and emotional support as a professional parent figure, helping children reach their full potential in sometimes challenging situations
- Offer personal care according to each child's needs, with patience and dignity
- Keep the home safe and running: cleaning, laundry, cooking and ensuring a loving environment where children can relax
- Build real friendships and trusting relationships that help young people feel they belong
- Work shifts and sleep-ins flexibly, responding to the needs of the children and the home
Why you will love working here
- From £14.45 per hour plus £62.64 per sleep-in shift, rewarding you fairly for the work you do
- Fully funded training and qualifications, with enhanced pay scales that recognise what you learn and achieve
- Real benefits that matter: 28 days annual leave, enhanced company maternity and paternity pay, NEST pension, life assurance, and a free wellbeing and life counselling service when you need it
- A £500 referral bonus scheme if you bring a friend into the team, because good people know good people
- Amazing discount schemes including a Blue Light Card, giving you serious savings on high street shops, days out, gifts, holidays and even cars
Is this you?
- Are you naturally caring, flexible and genuinely resilient? Not perfect, but real
- Do you have experience in care, nursery, education, sports or working with vulnerable people? That's brilliant, but transferable skills count too
- Can you stay calm when situations get tricky and communicate clearly with children, colleagues and management?
- Do you hold a full UK driving licence? This is essential for the role
- Are you passionate about supporting children to lead happier, healthier lives and willing to learn on the job?
Applications close on 12 October 2026. Great roles like this are filled quickly, so the sooner you apply the better.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.