Support Worker Waking Night

Executive Mandate Specification

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:

• Referral programme

Day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday

Physical setting:

• Residential home

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

Statutory Executive Benefits & Governance

• Executive Health, Vision & Dental Coverage with Global Provider Options
• Corporate Pension Auto-Enrolment / 401(k) Retirement Plan with Fiduciary Matching
• Annual Discretionary Performance Incentive & Long-Term Equity Participation
• Executive Leave Allotment, Statutory Holidays & Dedicated Health Care Reserves
• US Department of Labor & E-Verify Work Authorization Sponsorship