Children’s Residential Support Worker

Break Charity Bury Saint Edmunds, England May 9, 2026

Type Full Time
Pay £29,071 – £29,482/year
Work Onsite

Children's Residential Support Worker focuses on support people with care, daily routines, clinical tasks, or wellbeing according to the role remit.

What the role involves

  • Support people with care, daily routines, clinical tasks, or wellbeing according to the role remit.
  • Follow safeguarding, medication, documentation, or care-plan requirements where they apply.

Skills and requirements

  • Relevant care, clinical, support, registration, DBS, or safeguarding requirements may apply.

Confirmed role details

  • £29,071 to £29,482 per annum, depending on qualifications (including 5 sleep-ins per month paid at £64.95 per night).
  • Full Time (38 hours per week).
  • A referral scheme offering the same two payments as the golden hello if you recommend a contact who goes on to be employed by Break in care services. (subject to conditions).
  • 31 days annual leave per year (including bank holidays).

Candidate fit

  • patience, respectful communication, safeguarding awareness, and steady support habits

Additional role context

  • As a Break Support Worker you’ll be working hands-on day in day out with the young people living in the children’s home.
  • For some young people, the behaviours caused by the trauma they have experienced means they need additional support.
  • Encourage new experiences, supporting the young people to develop their own identity.

Known job details

  • Pay: £29,071 to £29,482 per annum
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