Residential Support Worker

Liquid Personnel

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Burton- Upon- Trent, Staffordshire Until 8/21/2026 First posted April 21, 2026 Last posted April 21, 2026
Job description

Job Title: Residential Support Worker 
Location: Burton- Upon- Trent, Staffordshire
Pay Rate: £25k-£26k  (depending on experience) + £6k sleep ins

Liquid Personnel is recruiting a Children Residential Support Worker to join its client’s team, based in Staffordshire.

What will your responsibilities be? 

  • Work collaboratively within a therapeutically informed environment, supporting young people/adults by using guidance from psychological consultation, training, and supervision.
  • Implement low-level psychological interventions modelled by the psychologist, helping residents develop emotional regulation, coping strategies, and positive daily routines.
  • Contribute to psychologically informed care planning, observing and communicating residents’ needs and progress to ensure support is aligned with therapeutic recommendations.
  • Promote a safe, supportive, and empowering living environment, using relationship-based practice and understanding individuals’ perceptions of difficulty in line with the service’s therapeutic model.
  • Engage residents in meaningful activities and group work, encouraging participation, social development, and a sense of wellbeing within the residential setting.

Qualifications and Experience: 

To be successful in this role you must have;  

  • NVQ or Equivalent
  • Note this role does NOT offer sponsorship 

Reasonable Adjustments: 

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement. 
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List. 

BH - 195468
GH - 33743

About this role

Summary

Support young people/adults in residential care using therapeutic, emotional, and social development methods.

Job title

Residential Support Worker

Experience level

NVQ or equivalent

Industry

healthcare

Location requirements

Based in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire; no remote work allowed.

Salary

£25k-£26k (depending on experience) + £6k sleep ins

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

NVQ or equivalentsupportive carepsychological supervision

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

therapeutic supportpsychological interventionscaringemotional regulation
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Burton upon Trent, Burton-on-Trent, UK

On-site City