Job Introduction
Are you looking for a meaningful career where you can make a real difference in the lives of children and young people?
Our team at Inglefield are currently looking for a compassionate, dedicated individual to join our team as Residential Childcare Worker. If you would like to support, nurture, and empower children in care to reach their full potential — this could be the role for you!
Our Story:
Halton is a vibrant local authority with a rich history and heritage, featuring two iconic bridges that connect communities across the River Mersey. Located in Cheshire, Halton boasts excellent transport links between Liverpool and Manchester.
Our progressive community strategy aims to bring about meaningful, long-term improvements that enhance lives. It’s an exciting time to join us as we develop new policies and transform the way people access services.
We are immensely proud that when asked what’s great about working for Halton, the most popular response from our workforce has been ‘our colleagues’.
Our Team:
Inglefield is a small, welcoming residential home based in Runcorn, offering short breaks and long-term residential support for children and young people aged 4 to 18. We provide care within a warm, family-centred environment where every young person is valued and supported.
We pride ourselves on delivering high-quality care in a fun, relaxed, and nurturing setting. Our home is full of character and warmth, creating the ideal space for children and young people to feel safe, thrive, and reach their full potential.
Your Contributions:
We’re looking for someone who is caring, calm, and child-focused to join our team at Inglefield.
Ideally, you’ll have experience of working with children and young people — especially those with disabilities, additional health needs, or behaviours that can sometimes be challenging. Patience, attentiveness, and the ability to provide reassurance and consistency during quieter hours is essential for this role. If you’re nurturing, observant, and confident working independently, you could be a great fit for our team.
Your role will focus on ensuring the safety, wellbeing, and comfort of our young people throughout the night, responding appropriately to any needs that arise, and maintaining a secure environment.
Key duties include:
Providing a key worker role, in accordance with the child/young person’s care plan
Providing reports, recording events, and contributing to the maintenance of case files
Supporting with light domestic duties to maintain a safe and comfortable environment
Providing personal care where required, in line with care plans
Monitoring young people throughout the night and responding to any health, emotional, or behavioural needs
Ensuring the security of the building
Completing relevant documentation
Administering medication as required, in line with care plans
Working independently during night hours and ensuring clear, detailed handovers to day staff
Attending team meetings and completing required training and supervision
PLEASE NOTE - Due to the nature of this role, there is a requirement for all applicants to be female. This is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.
Hours: 25hrs - 2 week rota – 22.00 – 08.00 - 5 nights on (10hrs per night) then 9 days off
Our Offer:
Aside from working with a great team, our employees have access to a fantastic range of benefits, including:
- A generous annual holiday allowance starting at 34 days per year (including bank holidays), increasing with long service
- Membership of our defined benefit, salary-linked Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with generous employer contributions
- 3 x Salary Life Cover via Local Government Pension Scheme
- Investment in your personal development
- Free Car Parking at HBC sites
- Free Meal offered when on shift
- Extensive employee benefits platform including discounted shopping, car leasing, gym memberships, wellbeing hub and Employee Assistance Programme
Next Steps:
At Halton Borough Council, we want all of our candidates to feel well-informed so if you would like to have an informal chat about this role, please contact Phil Woods – Phil.Woods@halton.gov.uk.
Interviews are expected take place W/C 23rd March 2026.
At Halton Borough Council we want to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce and a vital part of this is to encourage diversity in all respects. We are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and tailored to best suit the needs and strength of the individual. This includes making adjustments for people with a disability, neurodiversity or with long-term health conditions. If you require accommodations, please reach out during the recruitment process so that we can make this the best possible experience for you – resourcing@halton.gov.uk
Please refer to the attached Job Profile for further information about the role and our values.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications. If you’re interested, please complete your application as early as possible.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Please note: on occasion in residential care there is a need to only accept applicants from a particular protected characteristic. As per the exceptions under the Equality Act 2010 there is an occupational requirement for this role to be fulfilled by someone aged 21 years or over. The reason being that we are legally required to ensure that anyone appointed is at least 3 years older than our oldest resident. Therefore, we will only be able to progress applications from candidates aged 22 years or over. Details of the exception referred to can be found here Equality Act 2010 (legislation.gov.uk).
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