Childcare Work, Jobs in Kirklees (with Salaries)

Residential Care Practitioner (Children's)
Kirklees Council —Kirklees
- Part-time
- Travel
- Communication skills
Nursery Cook
Looby Loos Nursery —Holmfirth
- From £12.75 an hour
- Part-time
- Culinary experience
- Cooking
- In-person
Quick apply
4d
Lunchtime Supervisory Assistant
Looby Loos Nursery —Holmfirth
- £12.75 an hour
- Part-time
- Experience working with children
- In-person
- Communication skills
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4d
Early Years Practitioner
ABC Children's Day Nursery & EFG's Out Of School Club —Huddersfield
- £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- Childcare
- In-person
- Teaching
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Early years practitioner / nursery nurse
Willow Tree Daycare —Sheffield
- £13.50 an hour
- Part-time
- In-person
- Free parking
- Flexitime
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3d
Early Years Teacher (EYTS / QTS Nursery Teacher)
Nurtured Childcare —Huddersfield
- £30,000 - £32,000 a year
- Full-time
- Childcare
- Microsoft Office
- Leadership
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Children's Support Worker – Flexible Hours
Compass Children's Homes —Huddersfield
- Day shift
- Childcare
- Communication skills
- Flexible schedule
1d
Nursery Cleaner - Kids Planet Lepton
Kids Planet Day Nurseries —Kirkburton
- £10.90 - £12.76 an hour
- Full-time
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Nursery/Early Years Practitioner
Almond House Nursery —Huddersfield
- From £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- Childcare
- In-person
- Communication skills
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Early Years Educator - Kids Planet Longley
Kids Planet Day Nurseries —Huddersfield
- £26,758 - £27,050 a year
- Full-time
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Nursery Assistant - 16 hours- 24 hours
Almond House Nursery —Huddersfield
- From £12.71 an hour
- Part-time
- Childcare
- In-person
- Communication skills
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Nursery Key Worker
Little Wonders Nursery —Huddersfield
- £12.71 an hour
- Overtime
- Management
- Organisational skills
- Communication skills
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Nursery Apprentice
Almond House Nursery —Huddersfield
- From £8 an hour
- Full-time
- Childcare
- In-person
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Newborn Care Assistant
Yeps Newborn Care Ltd —Sheffield
- £26,000 - £30,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- Communication skills
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Flexitime
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12d
Children's Childcare Practitioner - Sheffield S11
Progressive Care —Sheffield
- £12.71 - £13.95 an hour
- Full-time
- Experience working with children
- In-person
- Care plans
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Tutor/Assessor in Residential Childcare settings
TRN Train Ltd —Leeds
- £28,000 - £33,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hybrid work
- English
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Annual leave
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Room Senior Nursery Practitioner Level 3
Willow House Nursery —Huddersfield
- £13.11 an hour
- Full-time
- Childcare
- In-person
Quick apply
Level 3 Early Years Educator
1st Steps Preschool —Huddersfield
- From £12.71 an hour
- Full-time
- Childcare
- English
- Experience working with children
- Free parking
Quick apply
Pre-school Manager/Early Years Educator
Waterton Pre-schools —Pontefract
- £33,667 - £36,760 a year
- Full-time
- Management
- Customer service
- English
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
Quick apply
Nursery Lunch Cover
Earlybirds Daycare —Normanton
- Part-time
- Childcare
- English
- Experience working with children
- Free parking
- Sick pay
Quick apply

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Residential Care Practitioner (Children's)

Kirklees Council -
Kirklees

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Job details

Permanent | Part-time | Full-time

Qualifications

Communication skills

Full job description

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
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Organisation
Kirklees
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Directorate
Children & Families
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Service Area
Child Protection & Family Support
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Hours
Full time and Part time hours available
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Number of Jobs
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Location(s)
Across Kirklees
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Position type
Permanent
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Grade
6-8
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Salary
£28,251 - £36,057 (Inclusive of 7% enhancement)
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Enhancements / additional payments details
The job role is graded between 6 - 8, plus a 7% enhancement for rota'd hours. Sleep-in duties incur additional payment.
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Advert Wording

Children’s Residential Care Practitioners provide in‑person support across a range of Kirklees locations. The role cannot be carried out remotely, so you must be able to travel to and from Kirklees as part of your normal working arrangements.

We currently have six children’s homes.

Four homes that provide long-term care for up to 4 children aged 9 to 18 years. These homes are based in Huddersfield and Dewsbury.

We have two specialist homes that provide care for children with disabilities and complex health needs. One provides long-term care for up to 6 children aged 11 – 18 and one provides short breaks for children who usually live with their family or carers.

We are currently expanding our homes to include small group living homes caring for up to 2 children at any one time.

Due to the expansion of our service we looking to recruit the following roles in our children’s homes and our disability homes:

Day shifts which include occasional sleep-ins (37 hours per week across 7 day rota)
Waking nights (35 hours per week)

About the Role

Provide safe, nurturing care in a therapeutic, trauma‑informed environment.
Build warm, trusting relationships and act as a positive role model.
Contribute to care planning, assessments and daily routines.
Maintain accurate records and ensure safeguarding at all times.
Work a rota including sleep‑ins and occasional waking nights.

About You

Experience of supporting children/young people
An ability to build trusting relationships
Strong communication skills
Confidence managing challenging behaviour
Commitment to achieving the Level 3 Diploma
Enhanced DBS requirement

Opportunity to join our team!

All roles within our children's homes offer a progression route for staff who seek to expand their skills and develop their responsibilities. We are committed to staff development and to ensuring that our service offers a positive and motivational culture. For those applicants who have experience of working in children’s homes and a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare we have opportunities for senior progression too.

If you feel that being part of a team, working together to ensure that children grow up with the best possible start in life, and want to be in a role where you have the opportunity to influence and make a real difference to the experiences of children living in good and outstanding children's homes then we want to hear from you.

Kirklees Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role under current UKVI requirements. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK for the duration of their employment.

Interviews will be held on: 12th & 13th August.

BENEFITS

Our employees are at the very heart of the services we provide to the community, to help us achieve our ambitions, we want the best possible team. In return, we will make sure you are rewarded with a great range of staff benefits to support you in and out of work. Residential Childcare Worker, Children’s Home Practitioner, Support Worker Children, Young People Practitioner

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Jon Peaker is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.
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This job is subject to a DBS check at the appropriate level, please refer to the Job Description/Profile. A conviction may not exclude candidates from appointment but will be considered as part of the recruitment process.
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We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: [email protected] or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
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Closing date

03 August 2026, 11:55 PM

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