Make a Difference Where It Matters Most
Complex Specialist Support workers
Illuminate Care Group – Brand New Children’s Home
**This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. We are unable to support Skilled Worker or other visa applications for this position.**
Illuminate Care Group is opening a new, one-bedded children’s home in Coniston, Doncaster, thoughtfully designed to support young people with complex needs. This home will offer safety, predictability, and emotionally attuned care for a young people who need adults who truly understand him.
We are seeking dedicated Complex Specialist Support workers who want more than just a job—people who want to be part of real, lasting change.
About the Role
This is a rare opportunity to work in a small, consistent team, providing highly individualised care to one child in a love-led, trauma-responsive environment.
You will be supported to tune in, slow down, and respond with curiosity, patience, and compassion.
We are currently seeking 3 candidates for the following contracts:
- 2 x 36 hours per week
- 1 x 28 hours per week
Salary:
· Level 1 £30,000
· Level 2 £32,000
· Senior £34,000
Plus, a sleeping-in payment of £60.00 for all levels and mileage reimbursed at 45p per mile.
All of the roles are subject to an Enhanced DBS
Our Practice
At Illuminate Care Group, we believe:
- Behaviour is communication
- Regulation comes before expectation
- Relationships are the intervention
You will work in an attachment-informed, trauma-responsive way, recognising sensory needs, emotional states, and non-verbal communication, and responding with consistency and care.
Who We’re Looking For Candidates who have:
- Experience supporting autistic children, particularly those who are non-verbal (Desirable)
- Understanding of sensory processing, distress behaviours, and emotional regulation
- Experience in residential childcare, SEMH, or trauma-informed settings (Desirable)
- Calm, emotionally available, and resilient
- Able to hold boundaries with warmth, empathy, and predictability
- Willing to work flexibly across days, nights, and sleep-ins
- Senior requirement only - QCF Level 3 in residential childcare or equivalent
What We Offer
- The opportunity to help open and shape a brand-new home
- A supportive, reflective, and values-driven organisation
- Ongoing training in:
- Trauma-responsive practice
- Autism-informed care
- Love-led and attachment-based approaches
- Meaningful work where relationships truly matter
- A role where you are valued, supported, and listened to
This Is More Than a Job
This is about being the person who notices the small things.
Who understands without words.
Who offers calm when the world feels overwhelming.
If you believe love, patience, and understanding change lives, we would love to hear from you.
Interview Dates
Closing date 26th June
Preliminary chats will be held via Teams and face to face interviews will be conducted TBC . You will be required to complete an application form provided by us before attending an interview.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Employee mentoring programme
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Safeguarding Statement
Illuminate Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people. All staff must share this commitment. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.
Please Note:
Due to the nature of the role, applicants must have a good level of physical fitness to safely participate in physical interventions where necessary, in line with our Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI) framework. This may include supporting young people during crisis situations, ensuring the safety and wellbeing of all individuals involved.
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. We are unable to support Skilled Worker or other visa applications for this position.
You will be required to complete an application form provided by us before attending an interview.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: £30,000.00-£34,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Do you hold any relevant health and social care qualifications?
- Please state if you are applying for 36 hour or 28 hour role
Language:
Licence/Certification:
- Driving Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
