Children's Support Worker - Nights

Active Care Group; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider is seeking a Night Support Worker in Liverpool to provide overnight care for children with special health needs. The role involves supporting a 2-year-old with complex needs and a 15-year-old with autism in their family homes. Responsibilities include staying awake overnight to monitor and provide care. This position offers flexible waking night shifts and excellent training and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Excellent Induction Training

Ongoing support from Children's Care Managers

Accrued holiday pay

Nest Personal Pension account

Active Awards programme

Refer a Friend Scheme

Qualifications

• A genuine interest in providing person-centered care.
• Willingness to adhere to care manager directions.

Responsibilities

• Support a 2-year-old boy with complex clinical needs overnight.
• Assist a 15-year-old boy with autism in his family home.
• Stay awake overnight to provide care and monitor clients.

Skills

Passion for working with children

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Willingness to learn

Ability to maintain professional boundaries

Job description

For genuine occupational requirements we can only recruit female support workers for these clients.

Are you looking for waking night shifts?

Would you love a rewarding role, supporting children in their family homes overnight?

Come and join Active Care in the Home.

We'd like you to join us as a Night Support Worker to care for our two children's care packages in Liverpool.

What you'll be doing:

This role is to work across 2 children's packages of care in Liverpool, supporting children with additional health needs in their family homes overnight. You will stay awake overnight to support and monitor the client, enabling the family to go to sleep.

One of the clients is a 2 year old boy who has complex clinical needs and clinical equipment, living in the Crosby area (L23). His night shifts times are 12 hours long (7pm-7am).

The other client is a 15 year old boy who has autism and challenging behaviour, living in the Knotty Ash area (L14). His night shift times are 10 hours long (9pm-7am).

Shifts:

• Waking nights (7pm-7am and 9pm-7am)
• 3 nights a week available

What we can offer you:

• Excellent Induction Training
• Ongoing support from our Children's Care Managers
• Monthly advance rotas
• Paid DBS Check
• Accrued holiday pay
• A Nest PersonalPensionaccount
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care in the Home

What we need from you:

• A passion for working with children
• Have a genuine interest in providing the best person centered care possible
• Willingness to learn and develop
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Maintain professional boundaries with the client and their family members, adhering to direction from the care manager as appropriate

Active Care in the Home are an equal opportunities employer however for genuine occupational requirements we require female support workers for these clients.

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability committed employer.