Female Waking nights support worker

Keys Group; Pulborough; On-site; GBP 39,950,000 - 44,083,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Enhanced DBS Check

Career progression

Job summary

Keys Group is seeking a Female Waking Nights Support Worker to provide care for young people in a family home during the night in Pulborough. This role requires resilience, empathy, and a real commitment to safeguarding.

You will work with a supportive team, follow care plans, assist with personal care, and help young people achieve stability and progression. Full-time hours with competitive pay and ongoing training opportunities.

Qualifications

• You should have a real passion to support children in a homely environment.
• Good level of English communication.
• Experience or knowledge of child-centred, therapeutic models.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a caring team to provide a safe, loving home for children during the night.
• Act as a positive role model to encourage and praise.
• Ensure the safety and wellbeing of children at night.
• Provide emotional support to help children reach their potential in challenging situations.
• Assist with moving and handling for children who use wheelchairs.
• Build friendships and trusting relationships with young people.

Skills

Driving license

English proficiency

Child-centred approach

Experience in child care

Job description

Female Waking Nights Support Worker

Keys Group View all jobs

• Location: Pulborough, West Sussex
• Pay: £14.45 per hour
• Contract: Permanent
• Type: Full-time

13 hours ago

We are looking for a resilient and nurturing Children's Support worker to join our family home, caring for young people during the night. The role can be emotionally and physically challenging and you could be handling difficult situations BUT you could be the person to change a life for the better. Personal care is required as part of this role.

What do you need?

• A real passion and desire to support children in a homely environment
• A good level of English communication skills
• Experience or knowledge of child-centred, therapeutic models.
• Naturally caring, flexible and resilient.
• Driving license

Still not convinced?

Keys offer a benefits package including:

• Career Progression: We invest in your growth with clear paths to advance, including opportunities to become a Registered Manager.
• Competitive Salary: We offer the Real Living Wage as a minimum.
• Enhanced Pay Scales: Recognise both qualifications and experience with higher pay rates
• Family Support: Enhanced company maternity and paternity pay.
• Rewarding Job: Full of variety and enjoyment. No two days are ever the same
• Supportive Management: Regular supervisions and appraisals to ensure you are enjoying life at Keys
• Regular Team Meetings: Include and contribute your ideas towards the progression of the service and have your voice heard as part of our regional management team
• Funded Qualifications: We fully fund and support you to obtain a range of QCFs opening up further career opportunities and extra pay
• Paid Training: Get paid to enrol in our sector leading training and level up your career
• Full Induction Program: Comprehensive introductory training to set you up for success.
• Amazing Discount Schemes: Access amazing deals with the Hapi App & Blue Light Card
• NEST Pension Scheme: Secure your future with our pension plan.
• Wellbeing Support, Advice and Guidance: Access advice and guidance through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Staff Referral Scheme: Refer a friend to join Keys and split a £500 referral bonus between you
• Circle App: Internal communications on the next level, be part of something special
• Annual Leave: 28 days of annual leave, including Bank Holidays entitlement

Free Enhanced DBS Check & Real progression opportunities

• Am amazing discount schemes - you'll have access to both the Circular & Blue Light Card which give you incredible discounts at high street retailers, days out, gifts, holidays - even when buying a car

More about the role:

• Be part of a caring team that provides a safe and loving home for children and young people
• Act as a positive role model to give encouragement and praise.
• Ensure their safety and wellbeing during the night
• Provide emotional support to allow the children to reach their full potential in sometimes challenging situations
• a level of moving and handling will be required as some of our children use wheelchairs
• Build friendships and trusting relationships

Why choose Keys for your career?

Keys provide innovative care and education services to children and young people who have complex needs, emotional and behavioural difficulties or who display challenging behaviour. We try and make every day extraordinary for the children we care for and support, because we believe in every single one of them.

As well as competitive pay and in-house professional support, we provide and fully fund the necessary training for you to achieve valuable externally accredited qualifications.

Keys is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care and therefore this post is subject to an enhanced DBS check.

Keys is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.

Keys are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues.

As part of our commitment, we will offer a guaranteed interview to current and former service personnel providing that they meet the criteria of the role that they are applying for. If you feel that you meet the criteria for this, please ensure that you have your military experience detailed on your CV for one of our resourcing team to get in touch.

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Female Waking Nights Support Worker

• Salary £14.45 per hour
• Frequency Hourly
• Contract Type Full Time
• Location Pulborough, United Kingdom