Alder Close Supported Living & Respite is based in the town of March and supports adults with a learning disability to access respite to offer carers a break from their caring role.
The role of Night Support Worker is to enable adults with a disability to live as independently as possible and to enjoy lifestyles as close to those enjoyed by other members of the community. We support and empower individuals to enhance the quality of their life, maximise potential and to continue to promote and develop independence skills within their home or whilst staying at Respite.
This role provides care and support to service users overnight during the hours of 10pm-8am, during this period you are to remain awake. The role is for 35 hours per week, every week.
Please note this role does not meet the salary required for sponsorship to be offered.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
What will you be doing?
You will report to the Senior Support Worker and work in a small team to provide practical support. Due to the nature of this role the post holder will often be lone working and will not readily have support and/or supervision available. You will therefore need to be able to respond immediately to crisis situations or instances of challenging behaviour by assessing the situation as it arises and the consequent level of risk to the service user and others.
The role includes supporting with personal care where needed, ensuring service user safety during the night and administration of medication. You will also need to help maintain a high standard of cleanliness within the building.
You will be using IT to update documents such as support plans, risk assessments and will have a good working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act and assessments of capacity.
The shifts are on a 4-week rota which could be subject to change to meet service need. These will be during the week, at weekends and Bank Holidays (between 10pm-8am). Additional enhancements are paid for weekends and Bank Holidays. You will be required to work every other weekend.
The starting pay for the posts is £16.30 per hour this includes our night rate enhancement (£24.45 Saturday hours- £29.01 Sunday hours).
You will need to have a proficient level of written and spoken English for the purposes of case recording and to enable you to work towards a qualification in Health and Social Care if you do not already hold this qualification.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as IT skills are required. Also, an ability to demonstrate awareness and understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion, Mental Capacity Act as well as the need for safety and confidentiality in the role.
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don't meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don't be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs.
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