About the role

ID: 1863 Residential Children’s Home Worker – several vacancies

Isle of Man Children’s Residential Services

£27,170.00 - £30,150.00 (spot salary until pay and grading review is completed): plus, an additional payment for each sleep-in shift of £50. This can amount to approximately an additional £6,000 per year for full time staff.

Isle of Man

Full time, 40 hours per week, on a rota including evenings and weekends; plus, sleep-ins

Permanent

Family Action & this role:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.

We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the
importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.

We work hard to apply our organisational values in all of our work. Can-do, Mutual Respect, People Focus and of course, Excellence.

On the Isle of Man, Family Action runs children’s homes where young people who cannot live with their own families are cared for, kept safe and given the chance to thrive. We are looking for warm, genuine and committed people to join our residential care teams, and you could be exactly who a child needs.

This is a job about relationships. Day to day you will be there for children and young people, many of whom have experienced trauma, loss or disruption. You will share meals, mornings and bedtimes, listen when they need to talk, cheer them on at school and at their hobbies, help them learn to trust again, and be a steady, caring presence in their lives. We will not pretend it is always easy. There will be hard days and big feelings, and you will need patience, resilience and a sense of humour. But there are very few jobs where you can make such a real and lasting difference to a child’s life.

You do not need to have worked in a children’s home before. What matters most is who you are: kind, reliable, hopeful and ready to learn. We will give you full training, good support and real opportunities to develop and progress, including working towards a recognised qualification in residential childcare. If you want work that genuinely matters, we would love to hear from you.

Main Responsibilities: please see Job Description for more information on responsibilities
• Building warm, trusting relationships with children and young people and being a positive role model in their everyday lives.
• Providing consistent, nurturing care and supporting the daily life of the home, from mealtimes and routines to school, activities and appointments.
• Safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every child and young person and helping to keep them safe.
• Supporting each young person’s care plan, encouraging their education, health, interests and independence, and working alongside families and other agencies.
• Keeping good records and working within the home’s policies and the standards that apply to children’s homes on the Isle of Man.
Main Requirements (for full details check the job description and person specification):
• A genuine commitment to children and young people, and the warmth, patience and resilience to support them well.
• A willingness to work towards a recognised Level 3 qualification in residential childcare, which we will support you to achieve.
• The flexibility to work a rota including days, evenings, weekends, bank holidays and sleep-ins.
• The ability to build trusting relationships while keeping professional boundaries, to work well in a team and to keep accurate records.
• You must be at least 21 years of age, in line with the requirement for working directly with children and young people in a residential setting.
• A satisfactory enhanced DBS check with a children’s barred list check, which we will arrange.

Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities

We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.

To Apply:
If this sounds like the kind of work you have been looking for, we would love to hear from you. You do not need to meet every point to apply. If you have the right values and a genuine commitment to children and young people, please do get in touch.
• Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Wednesday 26th August 2026, 23:59. Interviews will take place on a rolling basis so please apply early.

For direct queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the role or the selection process, please email: Clare.Lawson@family-action.org.uk

Family Action is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check with a children’s barred list check and the pre-employment checks required under the Regulation of Care Act 2013. It is against the law to apply for a role in regulated activity with children if you are barred from doing so.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do. Family Action has a wide range of EDI Networks and launched a reciprocal mentoring programme in 2024. EDI is a core part of the fabric of our organisation and what makes it great. We know that diverse voices and experiences help us to do our best work and focus meaningfully on people and their lived experiences.

We welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role and will reimburse your travel costs if you attend an interview.

*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are other exceptional reasons.