Residential childcare worker salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Residential childcare worker earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£37,900 per year, median
the midpoint of 613 advertised salaries from 201 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £3,200 a month
- Low
- £27,100
- Median
- £37,900
- Average
- £41,700
- High
- £61,500
Median
Average
Low £27,100
High £61,500
Half of the adverts fall between £30,600 and £52,000. “Low” and “high” are the bottom and top tenth of what is advertised, not the single cheapest and dearest advert — one unusual posting should not decide either end.
How this figure was worked out
- 613 advertised salaries, from 201 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (433), an hourly rate (177), a monthly figure (3). Hourly and monthly figures are converted to a year at 1,950 hours, so they can be compared with the ones stated annually.
- Figures are rounded to the nearest hundred. Adverts offering part-time only are left out, because a part-time figure is not comparable with a full-time one.
These are advertised salaries, read from the text of employers’ own job adverts. They are not verified with the employer, they are not what anyone is necessarily paid, and they are not a pay survey.
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Residential Childcare Worker
Full-time
Senior Residential care Worker
Full-time
Senior Residential Care Worker
35–37k £/yrFull-time
Senior Residential Care Worker
35–37k £/yrFull-time
Deputy Manager – Children's Residential Home
Full-time
Complex Needs Support Worker
Full-time
Deputy Manager – Children's Residential Home
Full-time
Residential Children's Support Worker
30–38k £/yrFull-time
Children's Support Worker
Full-time
Children Support Worker
Full-time
Children's Senior Support Worker
17–19 £/hrFull-time
Young Children's Support Worker
Full-time
Residential Children's Support Worker
Full-time
Young Children's Support Worker
Full-time
Secure Unit - Children's Support Worker
Full-time
Children's Senior Support Worker
17–19 £/hrFull-time
Therapeutic Residential Children's Home Worker
26–30k £/yrPart-time
Residential Care Worker
from 29k £/yrFull-time
Residential Childcare Worker
36–37k £/yrFull-time
Residential Care Worker
from 29k £/yrFull-time