Residential Care Support Worker

Swalcliffe Park School is an Outstanding-rated specialist residential school, offering a rewarding opportunity to support autistic young people to develop independence, confidence and essential life skills.

If you’ve also worked in the following roles, we’d also like to hear from you:

Residential Support Worker, Care Assistant, Children’s Support Worker, SEN Support Worker, Children’s Residential Care Worker, Residential Childcare Practitioner

SALARY: £32,364 to £36,039 per annum including Sleep In payment (2026 pay award pending) + Benefits 

BENEFITS: Generous Holiday (9 weeks’ paid holiday to be taken in school holidays), NEST Pension Scheme, Sickness entitlement 2 weeks full pay 2 weeks half pay and free meal on shift

LOCATION: Swalcliffe, Nr Banbury, Oxfordshire (OX15)

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Fixed Term Maternity Cover for up to 1 year

WORKING HOURS: Afternoons and evenings, plus every other weekend, including sleep-in duties

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Residential Care Support Worker to join Swalcliffe Park School, an Ofsted-rated Outstanding provider of specialist education and residential care for autistic boys aged 10 to 19 years.

As a Residential Care Support Worker you will play a vital role supporting young people to build independence, social communication and self-management skills within a safe, structured and nurturing residential environment.

The Residential Care Support Worker role involves mentoring, safeguarding and key working responsibilities, alongside close collaboration with education and therapy teams to ensure consistency and positive outcomes for every young person.

Swalcliffe Park School provides specialist day and residential education and care for secondary aged autistic boys (10-19 yrs). We offer excellent working conditions in a beautiful environment, including paid school holidays, opportunities for career development and staff training.

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DUTIES

Your duties as the Residential Care Support Worker include:

• Providing High Quality Care: Supporting students with daily routines, wellbeing and personal development
• Promoting Independence: Encouraging life skills, communication and social inclusion during residential time
• Key Working Responsibilities: Acting as a key worker for individual students and contributing to care plans
• Safeguarding Practice: Upholding safeguarding, child protection and behaviour management policies
• Recording and Reporting: Maintaining accurate records, writing reports and contributing to reviews
• Behaviour Support: Using de-escalation and positive behaviour strategies in line with school procedures
• Team Collaboration: Working closely with residential, education and therapy colleagues
• Family and Professional Liaison: Supporting effective communication with families and external professionals
• Student Voice: Encouraging participation, choice and independence
• Maintaining a Safe Environment: Contributing to a positive, homely and supportive residential setting

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

ESSENTIAL

• GCSE English Language and Mathematics (or equivalent) at Grade C / Level 4 or above
• Previous experience working with children or young people in a care, education or support setting
• A caring, patient and resilient approach to residential care
• Strong communication skills, including written report writing
• Basic IT skills for data entry and record keeping
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends and sleep-in duties

DESIRABLE

• QCF (NVQ) Level 3 in Residential Childcare, Health and Social Care, or willingness to work towards this (funded by the school)
• Experience supporting autistic young people or individuals with additional needs
• Knowledge of safeguarding and residential childcare best practice

The school reserves the right to close the advertisement early, should it receive sufficient applications prior to the closing date.

This school is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.  The successful candidate will be expected to undertake an enhanced disclosure.  We are an equal opportunities employer.

NO AGENCIES PLEASE

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JOB REF: AWDO-C14386

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