Apprentice Residential Child Care Worker
TRESSEL HOMES LIMITED
Wallasey (CH44 1DA)
Closes on Friday 30 October 2026
Posted on 15 September 2026
Contents
Summary
This apprenticeship is an opportunity to start a rewarding career supporting children and young people in a residential care setting. Working as part of a dedicated team, building positive relationships with young people, supporting their day-to-day needs, encouraging their development, helping them feel safe, valued & listened to.
- Wage
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Competitive
Competitive wage offered
- Training course
- Children, young people and families practitioner (level 4)
- Hours
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The apprentice will work on a shift-based rota, which may include daytime and evening shifts, weekends and bank holidays.
The apprentice may also be required to work sleep-in or waking-night shifts, where applicable to the setting. Shifts TBC.
40 hours a week
- Start date
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Sunday 1 November 2026
- Duration
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2 years
- Positions available
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5
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Maintain positive childcare practice and work within the service’s aims, objectives and working values; to deliver a quality, child-centred service
- Provide a positive role model for children and young people, and act as mentor to new team members
- Promote a safe and nurturing environment for children and young people, using a nurturing and enabling approach to maximising opportunities for the young people you support
- Be familiar with, and comply with, all policies and procedures
- Participate in the development of individual plans for children and young people
- Maintain all case file records, including risk assessments, safeguarding and education plans
- Maintain accurate records and reports, including all day to day documentation
- Accept responsibility for such monies as may be required in carrying out your duties
- Ensure at all times that the child or young person’s safety and well-being are paramount
- Immediately report any concerns of a child protection or safeguarding nature
- Attend reviews and planning meetings around individual children as and when required
- Participate in training and supervision and adopt a learning approach to personal development
- Attend all staff meetings as required
- Undertake all household duties as required, promote and maintain high standards of cleanliness
- Maintain a professional and respectful approach to dealing with outside agencies
- Respond to emergencies that may arise within the organisation, and comply with reasonable requests to cover staff shortfalls
- Any or all other duties that may be reasonably requested by your manager or the service
Where you'll work
Manor Road
Wallasey
CH44 1DA
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ACORN TRAINING LTD
Training course
Children, young people and families practitioner (level 4)
Understanding apprenticeship levels (opens in new tab)
What you'll learn
Course contents
- Communicates in way that enables the voice of the child, young person or family members to be heard
- Encourages individuals to engage positively with their community and relevant agencies and actively participate in the way their care and support is delivered
- Actively promotes respect, equality, diversity and inclusion
- Works together with children, young people and families to keep them safe and manage risk and promoting the development of skills the family need to successfully manage risk themselves
- Works with and supports other professionals to respond to safeguarding concerns
- Identifies the influences on the individual and the family and supports them to make informed choices
- Leads on the development and recording of holistic plans, delivery of interventions and evaluates their effectiveness
- Identifies and addresses barriers to accessing resources
- Identifies and manages evidence-based approaches and evaluates their effectiveness
- Contributes to the development of a resilient, consistent and persistent approach to practice
- Models clarity of purpose, clear expectations and a professional approach to decision making
- Appropriately challenges and/or offers alternative perspectives with the children, young person or family
- Contributes to own professional development
- Applies knowledge of legal, economic and social justice systems and implements policy frameworks in support of positive outcomes for children, young people and families
- Demonstrates critical evaluation of practice and insight into own emotions, behaviour and feelings, and uses these insights to challenge own practice
- Takes an active part in continuous professional development
- Sharing and agreeing goals and outcomes when building relationships with partner organisations, other workers, children, young people and families, to ensure appropriate and timely support
- Assumes the role of professional parent
- Contributes to creating and reviewing placement plans based on individual need
- Is able to support traumatised children and young people to live together and make progress
- Develops and promotes the ethos of the home
- Models collaborative team working and the ability to support and appropriately challenge each other
- Engages effectively with child, young person and/or family members
- Supports children, young people or vulnerable adults to identify and take action to deal with safeguarding risk
Training schedule
Children, Young People and Families Practitioner Level 4.
Training will be delivered by Acorn Training, with a combination of workplace learning, online learning, virtual sessions and independent study. The apprentice will have regular contact with their dedicated trainer and will receive ongoing support throughout the programme.
The apprentice will be required to complete off-the-job training during their normal working hours, equivalent to at least 6-hours per week on average. This time will be used for activities such as training sessions, completing learning activities, studying, preparing for assessments and developing the knowledge and skills required for the apprenticeship.
The training programme is expected to take approximately 18-months to complete, followed by the End Point Assessment where applicable.
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
- English (grade 4)
- Mathematics (grade 4)
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Attention to detail
- Organisation skills
- Problem solving skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
- Non judgemental
- Patience
- Physical fitness
Other requirements
Passing a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.
About this employer
Tressel Homes Limited is committed to providing high-quality residential care and support to children and young people, creating safe, nurturing environments where they can feel valued, supported and able to thrive.
The organisation is dedicated to helping young people develop their confidence, independence and life skills, while providing individualised care that recognises their unique needs and experiences.
As part of the Tressel Homes team, you will have the opportunity to learn from experienced professionals, develop valuable skills and make a genuine difference to the lives of children and young people. This apprenticeship offers an excellent opportunity to begin a rewarding career within residential childcare while gaining a recognised qualification and practical experience.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will have gained a recognised level qualification in Residential Childcare, valuable practical experience and the skills needed to build a rewarding career supporting children and young people.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
ACORN TRAINING LTD
Rachel Juniper
rachel.juniper@acorntraining.co.uk
07983529954
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000053557.
Apply now
Closes on Friday 30 October 2026