Recruitment

At Clover Child­care Ser­vices, we believe that the right staff are cen­tral to deliv­er­ing high-qual­i­ty, ther­a­peu­tic re-par­ent­ing to the chil­dren in our care. We’re always keen to hear from peo­ple pas­sion­ate about work­ing in res­i­den­tial child­care, even if we don’t have cur­rent vacan­cies adver­tised.

📧 Inter­est­ed in join­ing us?
Please send your CV or enquiries to:
Steve Halliley, Head of Oper­a­tions 
steve.halliley@cloverchildcareservices.co.uk

Our Recruitment Process

To ensure we find the best fit for our chil­dren and team, we fol­low a three-stage inter­view process:

• Infor­mal Meet­ing – an oppor­tu­ni­ty to learn more about you and share who we are
• Safe Care Inter­view – focus­ing on safe­guard­ing and suit­abil­i­ty for the role
• For­mal Inter­view – assess­ing your skills, val­ues, and moti­va­tion to work with chil­dren

We’re look­ing for peo­ple who are con­sis­tent, com­pas­sion­ate, and emo­tion­al­ly avail­able—indi­vid­u­als who are ready to be ther­a­peu­tic attach­ment fig­ures in the lives of vul­ner­a­ble chil­dren.

Training & Development

All staff receive a com­pre­hen­sive induc­tion and ongo­ing train­ing through­out their time with us. Dur­ing the six-month pro­ba­tion peri­od, new staff receive a blend of for­mal train­ing and hands-on men­tor­ing to ensure they are ful­ly sup­port­ed.

🔧 Core Training Includes:

• Safe­guard­ing and Child Pro­tec­tion
• Med­ica­tion Admin­is­tra­tion
• Fire Safe­ty and Food Hygiene
• Nor­folk Steps (Behav­iour Man­age­ment & Phys­i­cal Inter­ven­tion)
• First Aid Cer­ti­fi­ca­tion (if not already held)
• Com­ple­tion of the Staff Induc­tion Fold­er
• Staff are then sup­port­ed to enrol on the Lev­el 3 Diplo­ma in Res­i­den­tial Child­care, a nation­al­ly recog­nised qual­i­fi­ca­tion tai­lored to their role.

Therapeutic Practice & DDP Training

We work with­in a Dyadic Devel­op­men­tal Psy­chother­a­py (DDP) framework—an attach­ment-based, trau­ma-informed mod­el. To sup­port this:

• All staff com­plete a 15-hour intro­duc­to­ry course, PACE, fol­lowed by
• A 4‑day DDP Lev­el 1 course (sub­ject to train­er avail­abil­i­ty)
• After 12+ months, staff go on to com­plete DDP Lev­el 2, fur­ther embed­ding attach­ment-based prac­tice

Our ther­a­peu­tic cul­ture is sup­port­ed by:

• Month­ly psy­chi­a­try con­sul­ta­tions using DDP prin­ci­ples
• Month­ly indi­vid­ual super­vi­sions based on DDP
• Dai­ly key­work record­ings writ­ten through a DDP lens

This ensures con­sis­ten­cy and emo­tion­al attune­ment across all lev­els of care.

Staff Wellbeing & CPD

We use the prin­ci­ples of DDP not just with children—but also with staff. We pro­mote open, reflec­tive, and engaged rela­tion­ships between man­agers and teams, offer­ing a space for growth, feed­back, and con­nec­tion.

✨ See what we offer our staff → CPD at Clover
🎁 Explore staff ben­e­fits → Ben­e­fits at Clover

Our Staffing Structure

We offer clear career pro­gres­sion path­ways with­in our res­i­den­tial homes:

• Unqual­i­fied Ther­a­peu­tic Child­care Work­er
• Qual­i­fied Ther­a­peu­tic Child­care Work­er
• Shift Leader
• Senior Ther­a­peu­tic Child­care Work­er
• Assis­tant Team Man­ag­er
• Reg­is­tered Man­ag­er

Whether you’re just start­ing out or look­ing to advance your career, Clover Child­care Ser­vices offers mean­ing­ful work, pro­fes­sion­al growth, and the chance to tru­ly make a dif­fer­ence in children’s lives.