Job Information
Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us click here.
Waking Night Support Worker| Full time | £31,524 - £32,931 pa| Based across Windsor and Maidenhead, Richmond and Kingston | Full time | 156 hour on average per month - 3/4 nights per week
This post will be based across provider services in Windsor, Teddington and Surbiton children’s homes.
About the role
This post will be responsible for providing care to our vulnerable residents overnight; ensuring the buildings are safe and secure and for carrying out some cleaning and administrative duties. The postholder may be required to do regular welfare checks on a young person who is high risk of self harming or having suicidal ideations or is at risk of going missing.
Care offered includes:
* Responding to times of crises
* Supporting daytime staff with setting a night time environment for the children
* Supporting the children, ensuring safeguarding policies and procedures are implemented during the night
* Ensure the upkeep of the home is maintained
* Liaising with agencies, stakeholders and services associated with the home
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Christine Flowers, Operations Manager at christine.flowers@achievingforchildren.org.uk
About you
The successful candidate will have the following aptitudes:
* Ability to assess risk and generate solutions to problems, strong analytical and planning skills, and the ability to assess and review young people’s needs
* Commitment to the protection and safeguarding to young people at risk of abuse or harm
* Ability to identify and record any safeguarding issues in accordance with the Residential Home and Achieving for Children’s Safeguarding procedures.
* Commitment to carry out day-to-day and deep cleaning tasks and routine Health & Safety checklist tasks
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
* 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract.)
* Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
* Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
* Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
* A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
* A range of staff benefits and discounts
* An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children click here. For our social work offer click here.
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have set start dates meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the GOV.UK website for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
For more information about AfC: Drop in and meet Regina on the first Wednesday of every month at Civic Centre, Twickenham.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
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