Night Care Practitioner

ClwydAlyn Housing; Chirk; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A housing organization in Chirk seeks a care support worker to assist in delivering quality care for vulnerable individuals with mental health challenges. The role requires the maintenance of individual care plans and demands flexibility in working unsocial hours. Candidates should possess NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care, demonstrate effective communication skills, and be willing to register with Social Care Wales. Benefits include 25 days of holiday, pension contributions, and training support.

Benefits

25 days paid holiday + Bank Holidays

Up to 8% employer pension contributions

Cycle to Work scheme

Eye care vouchers

Free hot meals for staff

Enhanced maternity package

Qualifications

• Minimum NVQ/QCF Level 2 or willingness to pursue it.
• Social Care Wales Registration required.
• Effective written and oral communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Support the day-to-day delivery of care, ensuring quality and safety.
• Work with care practitioners to maintain individual care plans.
• Demonstrate flexibility in work hours and positively address challenges.

Skills

Effective communication skills

Ability to work on own initiative

IT skills for care planning

Flexibility to work unsocial hours

Education

NVQ/QCF Level 2 in Health and Social Care

Job description

The role involves actively supporting the day‑to‑day delivery of care, ensuring the provision of good quality, safe accommodation that empowers vulnerable individuals with mental health challenges to live as independently as possible, working as part of a team to maintain individual care plans to a high standard, completing care duties and planning using IT systems, and demonstrating flexibility to work unsocial hours and weekends while maintaining a positive, proactive approach to overcoming challenges and achieving positive outcomes.

Benefits

• 25 days paid holiday + Bank Holidays (increasing to 30 days)
• Receive up to 8% employer pension contributions.
• Join a Cycle to Work scheme.
• Receive eye care vouchers.
• Free hot meals provided to staff when working.
• Excellent enhanced maternity package and many other company benefits.
• Working for a company who has won Best Mental Health and Wellbeing Award in 2024.

Responsibilities

• To actively support the day‑to‑day delivery of care and ensuring the provision of good quality, safe, supported accommodation.
• To be part of a team and work with the care practitioners and other staff in ensuring that all residents' individual care plans are regularly maintained to a high standard, as required by our regulatory body.
• To effectively support residents and to complete care duties, be competent in care delivery completion and care planning via use of IT systems.
• Flexibility to work unsocial hours and weekends is essential, where required.
• The successful candidate will demonstrate a flexible working approach, have a positive and proactive personality and be able to overcome challenges and difficult situations whilst achieving positive outcomes.

Qualifications and Registration

• Minimum NVQ/QCF Level 2 or a willingness to work towards this in Health and Social Care Registration with Social Care Wales once completed.
• Effective communication skills (written & oral) are essential.
• Use of computers and technology to input information and access care planning—training and support will be provided.
• The ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team. You will need a minimum of NVQ /QCS level 2 and book 1 All Wales Induction Framework Principles and Values certification.
• Social Care Wales Registration.
• Registration of all social care workers is required in Wales. The qualifications and workbooks will enable you to register with Social Care Wales and ClwydAlyn endorse your formal qualification once commenced in post.
• Social Care Wales fees for registration and re‑registration in the future are paid by ClwydAlyn to support our staff.