Location
Haslemere Children’s Home, London Borough of Haringey

Hours
36 hours per week, working shifts across a 24/7 rota including evenings, nights, weekends, and bank holidays

Salary
SC6 (£35,520 – £36,585)

About the Role
As a Key Worker within Haslemere’s Children’s Services, you will play a vital role in supporting children and young people with complex needs to achieve positive outcomes. Working within our Adolescent Mentalization-Based Integrative Therapy (AMBIT) model, you will plan, implement, and review personalised support plans that reflect each young person’s wishes, needs, and goals. Your responsibilities will include helping young people develop essential life skills, supporting them through transitions, producing accurate records and reports, and ensuring safeguarding, health and safety, and care standards are met at all times. This is a hands-on role where you will make a meaningful impact every day.

About the Team
You will be part of the Haslemere residential team—an experienced, dedicated, and compassionate group committed to providing a safe, nurturing, and empowering environment for young people. The team works collaboratively with families, carers, external professionals, schools, health partners, and other agencies to ensure a coordinated approach to each young person’s care. We value teamwork, reflective practice, and a supportive working culture.

About Haringey
Haringey is a fantastic place to live and work – the world in one borough. A place brimming with creativity, personality, radicalism, and community. It is a place where we stand up for each other and celebrate our differences. We will be the 2027 London Borough of Culture, proudly championing equality and inclusion. Our staff embody values of Caring, Creative, Courageous, Collaborative, and Community-focused, striving to do their best for all residents.

Working for Haringey
At Haringey Council we are committed to creating a workplace culture where all people feel valued, included, and able to be their best at work. We welcome applications from all ethnicities and communities. Our benefits package includes 31 days leave plus bank holidays, potential hybrid working opportunities, health and wellbeing support, a generous local government pension scheme, and a range of discount schemes across leisure and culture.

Experience
Experience supporting young people, ideally within a residential or statutory setting.

About You
Strong communication skills with the ability to build trusting and therapeutic relationships. Commitment to trauma-informed and person-centred practice. Proactive, resilient, and able to work independently and as part of a multi-agency network. Good understanding of safeguarding, diversity, autism, and the varying needs of young people. Flexibility to work shifts and support activities, trips, and appointments.

Qualifications
Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or equivalent.