Residential home young people care worker salary in the UK (2026)
What does a Residential home young people care worker earn?
What employers advertise across the UK.
£30,700 per year, median
the midpoint of 85 advertised salaries from 48 employers, collected 26 Aug 2026 – 20 Oct 2026
about £2,600 a month
- Low
- £26,400
- Median
- £30,700
- Average
- £36,200
- High
- £56,100
Median
Average
Low £26,400
High £56,100
Half of the adverts fall between £28,300 and £37,100. “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
- 85 advertised salaries, from 48 different employers.
- Collected between 26 Aug 2026 and 20 Oct 2026.
- Stated in the advert as a yearly figure (44), an hourly rate (41). 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.
Open Residential home young people care worker jobs
Senior Residential Children's Home Support Worker
from 35k £/yrFull-time
Senior Residential Childrens Support Workers & Residential SW
Full-time
Bank Support Worker - Children's Residential Home
from 16 £/hrFull-time
Senior Social Work Practitioner - Children's Services
from 32 £/hrFull-time
Peripatetic Team Manager - Children's Services
from 45 £/hrFull-time
Peripatetic Team Manager - Children's Services
from 45 £/hrFull-time
Residential Childcare Support Worker – Children's Home
30–31k £/yr
Residential Childcare Support Worker – Children's Home
30–31k £/yrFull-time
Senior Support Worker Children's Residential Care
14–15 £/hrFull-time
Senior Support Worker Children's Residential Care
14–15 £/hrFull-time
Support Worker - Young Adults
Support Worker - Young Adults
Senior Support Worker Children's Residential Care
14–15 £/hrFull-time
Residential Support Worker Children's Services
from 14 £/hr
Head of Commissioning, Children's Services
Full-time
Head of Commissioning, Children’s Services
Bank Support Worker - Children's Residential Home
from 16 £/hrFull-time
Residential Support Worker Children's Services
Business Support Administrator - Children's Services - INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY - EAL13140
17–18 £/hr
Residential Support Worker Children's Services