Support Team Leader - Children's Residential

Liquid Personnel

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Lancashire Until 8/21/2026 First posted April 21, 2026 Last posted April 21, 2026
Job description

Are you open-minded, energetic, and able to stay calm under pressure while keeping your sense of humour?

Liquid Personnel is recruiting Support Worker Team Leaders for an established Group who has a proven track record across a number of homes. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who has experience in a children's residential setting and looking to step up.

They’re looking for someone passionate about promoting the well-being of others — and in return, they’ll help you build a rewarding and meaningful career.

What will your responsibilities be?

  • Support individuals with complex needs in a person-centred, engaging way
  • Assist the Deputy/ Registered Manager with staff supervision and development
  • Manage service rotas and contribute to support package planning and delivery
  • Collaborate with colleagues to ensure smooth service operations
  • Participate in shared on-call rota and work evenings/weekends as needed

Benefits:

  • 6 weeks holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
  • Pension scheme
  • Staff discounts at our Social Enterprises
  • Employee Assistance Program

Qualifications & Experience:

To be successful in this role you must have, 

  • Diploma or NVQ Level 3 desirable and essential for some roles
  • Car Driver
  • Significant experience supporting people with complex needs
  • Strong organisational and communication skills
  • A positive, team-oriented attitude
  • Role is not open to sponsorship

Why Liquid Personnel?

  •  Free DBS and compliance service
  • Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies
  • Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge
  • Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK
  • “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place*
  • “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us *

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.

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.

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About this role

Summary

Lead support team in children's residential care, manage staff, support individuals with complex needs

Job title

Support Team Leader - Children's Residential

Experience level

significant experience

Industry

social care

Location requirements

Lancashire, on-site, no remote work allowed

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

NVQ Level 3car driversupporting complex needs

Preferred skills

team-orientedcommunicationorganisational skills

Specializations

children's residentialsupport workerteam leadership
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

On-site