Childrens Night Life Practitioner

Kisimul Group Limited; Swinderby; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Genuine Career Development

Fully Funded Qualifications

Blue Light Card

Refer a friend: up to £500

Life Assurance

Pension

Health & Wellbeing support

Flexible Working Patterns

Cycle to Work

Free DBS Checks

Job summary

Kisimul Group Ltd is hiring night Life Practitioners for The Old Vicarage in Swinderby to support individuals with learning disabilities. You will help with daily activities and accompany residents on community outings, providing compassionate, person-centered care.

The role offers pathways to higher hourly rates through our competency framework, a company vehicle for activities, and a range of benefits including funded qualifications and career development.

Qualifications

• A genuine passion for care and to be motivated by contributing to the progression of others.
• A strong team player.
• Resilient and confidence to ask for support as needed.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Computer literacy.
• A Level 3 in Children’s Residential Services or a willingness to work towards.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with severe learning disabilities and complex needs to live fulfilling, independent lives.
• Assist with daily activities and accompany trips into the community.
• Use company vehicle for activities; ensure safe transport with full UK licence.

Skills

Compassionate

Team player

Resilient

Excellent communication

Computer literacy

Education

Level 3 in Children’s Residential Services

Tools

Full UK driving licence

Job description

£500 Joining Bonus

About The Role

£500 Joining Bonus Our Children Residential Home is looking for night Life Practitioners to join our team at The Old Vicarage in Swinderby.

We are looking for a compassionate, enthusiastic, and a dedicated Life Practitioner to join our team. As a Life Practitioner, you will provide essential support to individuals with severe learning disabilities and complex needs. You will play a key role in helping them live fulfilling, independent lives by assisting them in daily activities and accompanying them on trips into the community.

We provide a company vehicle that can be used to transport the people we support to community activities such as shopping, meals, appointments, and outings. To drive the company vehicle, you must have held a full UK drivers licence or have been driving in the UK for 2 years or more.

Level 1 - £13.37, Level 2 - £13.87, Level 3 £14.37

You will have the opportunity to enhance your skills through our competency framework, unlocking pathways to increased hourly rates of pay.

Benefits

• Genuine Career Development: Opportunities with transparent pay grades (find out more here – Kisimul | Autism, Learning Disability, Residential Care)
• Fully Funded Qualifications
• Blue Light Card: Which gives you access to discounts in over 15,000 venues UK wide
• Refer a friend: Earn up to £500 for every successful hire.
• Financial Benefits: Life Assurance of 1x your annual basic salary. Access to salary sacrifice pension scheme, withdraw a percentage of your wages as you earn them before payday with Stream. Access to Discounts from over 150 retailers.
• Health & Wellbeing: From access to an online GP, confidential telephone counselling, dedicated internal wellbeing support and an Employee Assistance Programme that truly makes a difference.
• Flexible Working Patterns: We recognise that not everyone celebrates the same occasions, so colleagues have the option to work on bank holidays and take the time off at another point that’s more meaningful to them.
• Cycle to Work Scheme: Salary-deducted bikes to save money.
• Free DBS Checks: We cover the cost so you can start worry-free.

What is it like to work at Kisimul? Click here to hear our teams talking about life at Kisimul: https://youtu.be/pP-sFmzkR88

Find out more about Meaningful Life Model: https://youtu.be/XWo2VXzeGIg

About The Candidate

What experience and qualifications do you need:

• A genuine passion for care and to be motivated by contributing to the progression of others.
• A strong team player
• Resilient and confidence to ask for support as needed
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Computer literacy
• A Level 3 in Children’s Residential Services or a willing to work towards

What Will You Get In Return

• A competitive salary.
• Extensive training packages with time rostered out of your work rota to attend.
• Pension
• Life Assurance
• Genuine career development opportunities for those who want them.
• A beautiful home and grounds to work within.
• Fully funded DBS checks

£500 joining bonus: £250 on commencement of employment and £250 on successful completion of probation.

About Kisimul

Kisimul Group Ltd are a group of independent specialist schools and adult provisions providing exceptional residential care and award-winning education to children, young people and adults with a diagnosis of Autistic Spectrum Disorder, severe and complex learning difficulties, global development delay and associated challenging behaviour.

We are proud to be awarded an outstanding company to work for as voted in our most recent companies employee survey.

Kisimul is dedicated to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people, and expects all staff to share this commitment.

At Kisimul, we’re committed to creating a workplace that celebrates and welcomes diversity in all its forms. We believe that varied perspectives make us stronger and more innovative. If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every requirement, we encourage you to apply — your unique background, perspective, and potential might be exactly what we’re looking for

Due to current UK Government guidelines, we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this role. Sponsorship is restricted to eligible colleagues who are already employed by the organisation. Please be aware that Children’s Homes positions are not eligible for sponsorship.

All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

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