Job Description
Role: Waking Night Support Worker
Location: Across the North-West of England and North Wales
Pay: £15+ per hour + Travel Expenses @ 45p/Mile
Hours:
· 8pm-8am
About the role
As a waking night support worker, you will be working with children and young people with a range of Mental Health issues on a 2 to 1 basis. You’ll encourage and support the service user with evening activities and provide physical and emotional care throughout the night. Previous experience within a similar role is essential.
Duties include:
- You will be required to ensure that children and young people are provided with the highest quality of care possible and to assist them reaching their fullest potential.
- Waking Night staff are responsible for ensuring the home is secure during the night and should the children or young person awake, that they have a friendly face to support them and deal with any issues.
- To ensure children’s safety and well-being is appropriately protected at all times
- To provide high standard help, care and support
- To enable clients / families or children and young people (as appropriate) to enjoy a range of food and support them to buy their food from various places including markets/ super-markets or specialist shops
The young people involved in these placements can have a range of needs, including:
- Challenging & aggressive behaviour
- Learning disability
- Autistic Spectrum Condition
- ADHD
- Personality Disorder
- Self-Injury
- M.H diagnosis
- Victims of the range of abuses
- Inappropriate behaviours
Criteria for these roles are:
- Child and Adult DBS - on the update service
- Previous Experience in a similar role
- NVQ Level 3 in childcare or equivalent (desirable not essential)
- References covering the last 3 years
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Salary: £15.00-£16.00 per hour
Benefits:
Day range:
- Every weekend
- Monday to Friday
Physical setting:
Shift:
- 12 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overnight shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Flint: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Work Location: In person
Reference ID: WN.FLA.JC