Therapeutic Carer

Full Time Therapeutic Carer Salary: £32,050 starting | £33,040 after probation
Hours: Full Time – 165 hours per month
Shifts: 24–48 hour shifts (including sleep‑ins) with rest days built in
Location: Various

Residential childcare (age 6–17) A career that changes lives, including yours

 
This isn’t an easy job. You’ll support children who’ve experienced trauma, loss and rejection. Some days will be challenging. Some relationships will take time. But if you want work that genuinely matters, where therapeutic relationships can change a child’s future, and where you’re trained, supported and valued, this could be the career you’ve been looking for.

 
What you’ll do

• Provide one‑to‑one therapeutic care for children aged 6–17
• Build safe, meaningful relationships and act as a positive role model
• Create a home environment that feels secure, nurturing and fun
• Support education, appointments, contact and leisure activities
• Work closely with a supportive team, manager and clinical professionals
• Complete care documentation clearly and accurately

This role is for you if you:

• Are calm, resilient and genuinely care about children
• Can work flexibly across days, nights, weekends and sleep‑ins
• Hold a full UK driving licence
• Are over 21 years old (GOQ – Equality Act 2010)
  

Level 3 qualified and looking for flexible bank shifts? Let us know on your application.
What we offer

• 33 days holiday
• Real Living Wage employer
• Excellent salary progression & clear career pathways
• (89% of Registered Managers started as Therapeutic Carers)
• Expert clinical training (online & in‑house)
• Funded Level 4 Diploma
• Monthly supervision focused on wellbeing & development
• 24/7 management support
• Wellbeing programme (health screening, therapy, dental & more)
• Uncapped overtime and enhanced pay schemes
• Blue Light Card – 15,000+ discounts
• Refer a friend: £400 total reward
• Fully funded enhanced DBS

About Us:

Timeout Children's Homes is a family run organisation which specialises in providing one to one therapeutic residential childcare for children aged 6 - 17 years who have suffered abuse and neglect in their lives. We were established in 2004 and have since grown organically and safely, to provide only Ofsted rated outstanding or good services, altogether in 2021-2022 we were 66% outstanding in our homes. Due to this growth and expansion; we are looking for compassionate, positive, and creative therapeutic carers that are aligned with our goal of changing children's lives.

Timeout promotes child protection and the safeguarding of children through the services it provides to our children.

This job offers you the opportunity to be part of a child's life, please consider this carefully as our children deserve consistency and commitment from adults that have space in their lives for the next few years.

The requirement is to be over the age of 21, this is a Genuine Occupational Qualification in line with Equality Act 2010.

For more information about who we are and what we do, visit our careers page below:
https://careers.timeouthomes.co.uk/

Timeout is an Equal Opportunities Employer
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