Careers
Having the opportunity to work with young people and make a positive influence in their lives is a real privilege
Latest Vacancies
We use Indeed.com to list the majority of our vacancies and you can also see reviews from staff.
https://uk.indeed.com/cmp/Amberleigh-Care/jobs
You can also see reviews and further information via Glassdoor
https://www.glassdoor.co.uk/Jobs/Amberleigh-Care-Jobs-E7424166.htm?filter.countryId=2
If you would like an informal chat, contact us for to discuss any opportunities in our settings on:
01952 619144 for jobs in Telford,
01938 554111 for jobs in Welshpool or Email:
trudie.jenkins@amberleighcare.co.uk
Having the opportunity to work with young people and make a positive influence in their lives is a real privilege. It takes a whole range of special people who bring their experiences into the relationships that they form with colleagues and the boys. It requires teamwork, resilience, creativity, tenacity and a sense of humour. It is a really rewarding, engaging and professional career – and it doesn’t suit everybody.
Experience of therapeutic childcare is desirable but we have an extensive in house training programme for both core skills and career development. We operate a high quality service with a significant focus on practice and staff support and we hold the Investors in People Award. We are committed to safeguarding and this principle underpins everything we do. You must hold a full driving licence and the minimum age for applicants is 22.
Detailed below are the current vacancies across our service together with a summary of the benefits of a career with Amberleigh Care. If you have any questions or would like to know more we would really like to hear from you.
“Training is very good and opportunities for new and updated training is consistently available.”
Why work for Amberleigh Care?
Amberleigh Care operates two residential therapeutic communities (TCs) for young males 11-18. We were established in 2005 and continue to be an independent specialist service focussing on relationship based work.
Importantly, we are an Employee-Owned organisation; one of the first childcare organisations in the UK to make this change. This means that we have no individual shareholders, the staff own the service collectively and we are focussed on being a service that sees employees as people not numbers.
This status means that we have an ethical approach to funding, reinvestment of profits, social good and ensuring that the staff are actively engaged in the decision making. These principles are ‘baked in’ to the legal status of our service giving staff security, confidence and protection into the future. Ultimately when children do well, our staff do well by sharing in the success of the service each year.
Further information on our journey to becoming employee owned and to understand more about why we have made this change can be found HERE
Each site has its own separately registered school and our service is supported by an over-arching in house, multi-disciplinary clinical team lead by a forensic psychologist. As a specialist service, we work with a deliberately selected group of young people – we are very different to the majority of residential care providers. We deliver a theoretically informed practice model with careful admission and placement planning and we make use of external quality assurance. We have a small and visible senior management team who work across both our sites so we know all the staff and boys personally. We also hold the Investors in People Award.
“Amberleigh Care is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff to share this commitment. The successful applicant will be subject to an enhanced disclosure from the DBS.”
Benefits of working for Amberleigh Care
You can read our full annual Statement of Benefits. This sets out in detail all the various categories of benefits and terms and conditions for staff. Please follow the link below:
Employee Statement of Benefits 2025
Some of the key elements are listed below:
- No sleep in duties required
- Rolling rota pattern to maintain a work life balance
- 28 days holiday rising with service
- Incremental pay scale and annual pay review
- Specialist staff training and development
- 3% Contributory pension
- Loyalty and long service awards
- Regular whole community and team days and celebration events
- Staff team support groups
- Individual clinical supervision
Read our annual Employee Survey and see what our staff say:
