Bank Night Enabling Support Worker - Horizons - £13.50 per hour

Shaftesbury; Poole; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gift vouchers (CQC good/ outstanding)

Training package for all staff

Pension scheme

Holiday pay 12.07%

Employee assistance program

Sleep-in pay £60

Job summary

Shaftesbury Horizons is recruiting for a Night Bank Enabling Support Worker to provide compassionate support to residents. The role involves following the person-centred support plan, offering encouragement, and maintaining accurate records.

The service operates overnight with potential sleep-in duties and an additional £60 per sleep-in. Based in Poole, Dorset, Horizons serves young adults with complex needs in a residential setting.

Qualifications

• Experience in compassionate care and ability to follow person-centred plans.
• Ability to maintain accurate records in line with service requirements.
• Willingness to administer personal care and medication if required.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and encouragement, taking direction from the person supported and the support plan.
• Maintain accurate records at work as required by the service.
• Cover sleep-in sessions with pay of £60 per sleep-in when applicable.

Skills

Caregiving

Record-keeping

Teamwork

Job description

Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury Horizons we are recruiting for Night Bank Enabling Support Workers.

Please note this role does not qualify for sponsorship, as the hours available do not meet the guidelines set by the Home Office.

We are looking for people with the passion, talent, skills and experience that all add up to a caring and community-minded workforce.

We believe that the people we support have the right to a full and flourishing life. They deserve the very best in delivery. Driven by our core values, Shaftesbury strives to be Open, Enabling, Inclusive and Courageous in all that we do.

Our disability services across adult care, children’s care and education are all focused on inclusion and support. Committed to professional, flexible and personalised care, we are passionate about going the extra mile in providing opportunities for people to thrive and live well.

About the role

As a Night Bank Enabling Support Worker it will be your role to provide support and encouragement, by taking direction from both the person supported and the person centred support plan.

You will be required to maintain accurate records while at work, in line with the service requirements. You may also be required to administer personal care and medication.

There will be the opportunity to cover sleep in sessions. You will be paid an additional £60 per sleep in.

Horizons is a residential transitional service for up to 13 young adults, based in Poole, Dorset. Residents have physical and intellectual disabilities and associated medical needs.

Horizons residents, are supported to access the local community, gain life skills and attend further education and courses. Our core values are at the heart of everything we do, with an inclusive environment that promotes independent living skills and interests.

Benefits of working at Shaftesbury

• Great CQC, great reward. If your service is rated good or equivalent by CQC in all domains, all staff will receive a £30 gift voucher. If rated outstanding, all staff will receive a £50 gift voucher. (terms apply)

• We want to reward staff in a range of ways for their hard work. You can be nominated for a recognition letter from a member of the Executive Leadership Team and you may also be nominated to receive a gift voucher up to £50 for going above and beyond within your role.

• Excellent training package provided for all staff.

• Shaftesbury will pay any accrued holiday for the period worked. You will receive a payment equivalent to 12.07% for each hour worked in the period; up to a maximum of 5.6 weeks paid holiday per year.

• Pension Scheme.

• Access to our employee assistance program.

Shaftesbury is the disability charity that’s committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them.

What makes life liveable is never down to just one thing – it’s the sum of many things. From friendship to fun; from companionship to community; from a great chat to a challenge overcome, it all adds up – to Shaftesbury.

Through a wide range of disability care, special education, and rehabilitation services we promote inclusion and wellbeing for all. Together, we work to see people take part, contribute and be valued. We put the elements in place that all add up to connected lives.

Shaftesbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS/Access NI check.

Shaftesbury is committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and to equal opportunities therefore we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.