Night Care Assistant Crocus Fields

Nottingham City Council; East Midlands; On-site; GBP 262,000 - 263,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottingham City Council is recruiting a Children’s Residential Night Care Assistant at Crocus Fields, Nottingham. The role involves delivering essential and personal care to disabled children and young people, in a night-time setting on a fixed 2-week rota.

The ideal candidate will establish positive relationships, assess needs and risks, and work with care plans to meet physical, emotional and educational needs. DBS enhanced check required.

Qualifications

• Provide essential and personal care to children and young people with disabilities.
• Establish positive relationships, assess needs and risk.
• Support care plans delivery and coordination.

Responsibilities

• Provide essential and personal care to children and young people with autism and learning or physical disabilities.
• Establish positive relationships with the young people, assessing needs and risk.
• Work jointly in preparation, implementation, and delivery of care plans.
• Ensure that the physical, emotional, religious, educational and psychological needs of children and young people are met.

Skills

Night care

DBS check

Job description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 31.5 hours per week

Worker Type: Onsite Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £26,427 (Level one) rising to £27,274 (Level three) per annum (pro rata for part-time’)

*Enhancements of 33% on top of hourly rate from 11pm to 6am

Location: Crocus Fields, Nottingham, NG2 2HN

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

Nottingham City Council are looking to appoint Children’s Residential Night Care Assistant at Crocus Fields short breaks unit for children and young people with disabilities. This is a chance to bring your dedication and compassion to a fulfilling environment that has received an OFSTED outstanding rating in October 2022 and for the previous 7 years due to their commitment to disabled young people and their families.

Working hours

The position is a fixed shift pattern on a 2-week shift rotation.

Please note this an awake night role throughout this time period:

Week 1

Wednesday 10pm-7am

Thursday 10pm-7am

Friday 10pm-7am

Week 2

Monday 10pm-7am

Tuesday 10pm-7am

Saturday 10pm-7am

Sunday 10pm- 7am

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• To give essential and personal care to children and young people with autism and learning or physical disabilities.
• To establish positive relationships with the young people, assessing needs and risk.
• Working jointly in preparation, implementation, and delivery of care plans.
• To ensure that the physical, emotional, religious, educational and psychological needs of children and young people are met.

- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post.

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on theadditional informationfor applicants page.

For informal enquiriesplease contact Joanne Wright Manager by telephone on 07984244355 or by email at [e-mail]

Closing Date: 23rd October 2026

Interviews will be held: TBC

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