Support Worker

Make a genuine difference in the lives of vulnerable young people while enjoying full control over your work schedule.

Randstad is actively recruiting experienced Children's Residential Support Workers to provide vital care across residential settings in Darlington and surrounding areas. If you have a background in residential childcare and want the flexibility of temporary work that fits around your life, we want to hear from you.

• Total Flexibility: Choose when and where you work using our easy-to-use shift booking app.

• Competitive Pay: Weekly PAYE rolled-up rates with clear premiums for days and nights

• Dedicated Support: One specialist recruitment consultant guiding your placements.

• Professional Growth: Free accredited training to keep your skills and compliance up to date.

• Days (08:00 - 20:00): £15.69 per hour (PAYE rolled up)

• Nights (20:00 - 08:00): £17.48 per hour (PAYE rolled up)

• Support children and young people aged 8-16 with trauma, complex needs, learning disabilities, autism, and mental health challenges.

• Provide consistent emotional support, aiding personal development, routine, and education.

• Foster a safe, stable, and nurturing home environment.

• Safely de-escalate crisis situations and manage challenging behaviours with empathy and professional restraint techniques.

• Proven hands-on experience working in a UK children's residential home.

• Enhanced Child Workforce DBS registered on the Update Service (or willing to obtain one).

• Up-to-date Mandatory Training certificates and accredited physical intervention training (e.g., PMVA, MAPA, or equivalent).

• Based in or around Darlington with willingness to travel up to 1 hour within the locality.

• Availability across a combination of day, waking night, and sleep-in shifts.

• Unrestricted Right to Work in the UK for full-time hours (Randstad does not provide visa sponsorship).

Ready to take the next step or want to discuss upcoming shifts? Click the Apply Button

Send your up-to-date CV directly to Sumaira Khan at to arrange an introductory chat.

Know an experienced support worker?

Earn £300 in Love2Shop vouchers through our referral scheme for every qualified candidate you introduce whom we successfully place (T&Cs apply). Email their details to Sumaira to get started.

Randstad Care acts as an employment business when supplying temporary staff and as an employment agency when introducing candidates for permanent employment with a client. Randstad Care is an equal opportunities employer and decisions are made on merits alone.

Did you know that Randstad Care have been awarded a place on the National Clinical Staffing Framework for the NHS? This means we will be able to bring you more opportunities within nursing & midwifery and clinical staffing.