Job Description

Salary

28,598 - 31,022

Contractual hours

37

Basis

Full time

Region

Rotherham

Job category/type

Childrens Social Work

Date posted

11/12/2025

Job reference

REQ21823

attachment
Benefits Package.doc

Directorate: Children & Young People Services

Post 1 - Permanent, Full time, 37 hours per week

Post 2 - Permanent, Part time, 28 hours per week

Post 3 - Permanent, Part time, 19 hours per week

Children's Residential Night Care Support Workers - Looked After Children - Rotherham,

South Yorkshire

Salary details: 28598 - 31022 plus

excellent benefits and enhanced rates for night working.

Working times are 10.00pm - 07.00am working a varied rota including weekends and bank holidays.

Shortlisting date - 5th January 2026

Interview date - w/c 12th January 2026

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

Rotherham Council is committed to making every child fulfil their potential. You can help us by applying for a role in one of our residential homes today.

When you join one of our dedicated teams, you will help make a lasting difference in the lives of children and young people across the borough.

Following a full-service review and cabinet approval our Children and Young People's Service are now recruiting for

Children's Residential Waking Nights Support Workers.

Our overarching ambition is to be a child-friendly borough, which is part of our commitment to create a performance-led culture that puts the child at the centre of everything we do.

We want our children and young people to be physically healthier and emotionally happier.

Rotherham Council has made a strategic decision to make a significant investment in children's residential services. This will ensure more of our looked after children are placed in Rotherham, close to their local communities, family, and schools.

We are using current best practice and evidence-based models to develop a range of new children`s homes including 2 and 4 bed children's homes, emergency accommodation and solo provision for some of our most complex children and young people.

Waking Nights Residential Support Workers in Rotherham will:

Promote, safeguard, and protect the welfare of looked after children across the borough Apply agreed evidence based therapeutic and behavioural management approaches and practice models Provide opportunities for children and young people to influence the decisions that affect them and the service they receive Work systemically and as part of team to ensure a joined-up service centred on the child Manage and adapt rota arrangements to ensure that children and young people have safe levels of support. Engage in the running of the home including activities, meals, personal care, recording, report writing and administration of medication in line with the council's policy. Participate in and audit the completion of relevant records and reports Provide and promote a safe, stimulating and nurturing physical environment.

Key benefits of working at Rotherham Council's Children and Young People's service are:

The Council offers access to a contributory pension scheme with the Council paying in around double the amount you pay towards your pension benefits payable on retirement.

Training and Qualifications

All residential staff must complete a

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare

(or equivalent) within 2 years of starting, in line with the

Children's Homes Regulations 2015

.

Already studying? We can support your transfer.

If you don't have the qualification yet, talk to us to see how we can support you with accessing training.

Continued learning and development is at the centre of the Residential Service. We provide regular opportunities for training and development through our dedicated Rotherham Learning Academy. We want to ensure all our staff are fully equipped to deliver their role to the fullest so our children get the best support possible.

About you

We are seeking inspirational, resilient and child focused waking night support workers who are committed to:

Developing their skills and practices to provide an outstanding residential service to children and young people Promoting and being part of a learning and coaching culture Supporting and caring for some of our most complex children and young people, at times in solo provisions.


Our vision is for the children and families of Rotherham to routinely experience and describe the services they receive from us, as outstanding and we intend to do that by putting the child first in everything we do.

By being part of our residential teams, you will play a crucial role in developing skills and practice and our collective commitment to an ethos of excellence, integrity, trust, and transparency. Joining us as well grow provides you an opportunity to be involved and influence the service design and development of practice in line with best practice and evidence-based approaches.

About Yorkshire

Rotherham and the wider South Yorkshire region is a great place to live and a stone's throw from some of the UK's finest towns and cities and is home to some of the most beautiful countryside in Britain. Easy to reach from Sheffield or Leeds, there are plenty of places to see, things to do and property is excellent value for money - all within a 2-hour train journey from London.

If you have any questions regarding these opportunities and or would like a conversation about these new roles, please email our service managers

richard.fisher@rotherham.gov.uk or Angie.currie@rotherham.gov.uk This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website. Until 31st March 2026 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a monthly deduction from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded three additional days leave (pro rata for part-time).