Night Care Team Worker

Phoenix Futures; Scotland; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A community support organization in Scotland is seeking a compassionate Night Care Worker for a part-time role at Harper House. This position involves organizing and facilitating therapeutic community activities, providing waking night cover, and supporting residents in their recovery journey. Ideal candidates will have an understanding of complex recovery issues and a desire to learn. This role offers 25 days annual leave and additional benefits in a nurturing environment.

Benefits

25 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays

Pension scheme

Wellbeing support

Continuous training and development

Qualifications

• Understanding of the complex issues in drug and alcohol recovery.
• Ability to work with families and vulnerable individuals.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to service needs.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and facilitate evening therapeutic community sessions.
• Provide waking night cover and monitor service users.
• Administer medication and support daily activities.

Skills

Understanding complex issues in recovery

Flexibility and innovation

Effective multi-agency working

Knowledge of adult and child protection

Job description

The Role

Your role in our therapeutic community will be key. You will organise and facilitate the evening running of the Therapeutic Community programme in the National Specialist Family Service. You will co‑ordinate the service users’ tasks and activities.

You will provide waking night cover, ensuring that risk is monitored and minimised. You will organise and facilitate the residents in preparing for the daily programme and activities. You will monitor and administer medication to service users.

Previous experience is desirable, however not essential. Night Care Workers come from many different backgrounds and experiences, and you may have the skills required. We are seeking dedicated individuals, based on your values, willingness to learn new skills and the compassion to deliver the best service possible to our residents.

This is a part‑time role of 26 hours per week on average. You will be expected to work a rolling rota which includes 10‑hour shifts.

About You

To join us as a Night Care Worker at Harper House, you will need:

• An understanding of the complex issues presented by individuals within drug and alcohol recovery.
• An understanding of working with families, and individuals in the substance use sector or related field.
• The ability to be innovative and be flexible in order to meet the needs of the service.
• Be able to work effectively with multi‑agencies, whilst maintaining the excellent reputation of the service.
• Knowledge of adult and child protection is essential as you will be working with vulnerable families in a residential setting.

Your Rewards

• 25 days’ annual leave plus Bank Holidays
• £17,081.65 per annum. Permanent Part‑time role. 26hrs average weekly - rota.
• Benefits including season ticket loan, pension scheme and life assurance
• Support through occupational sick pay, eye‑care vouchers and regular wellbeing talks and activities
• Continuous training and career development via PXL, our dedicated learning management system
• Access to a 24/7 Employee Assistance programme including telephone and online access
• A rewarding role with the opportunity to help us support people on their journey to recovery and change their lives for the better.
• We’ll ensure you get all the support you need to thrive and succeed in your role and find your place amongst our incredible and collaborative team

About Harper House

Harper House, run by Phoenix Futures Scotland, offers safe, structured support for the whole family to address their problematic drug and/or alcohol use, improve their mental health and quality of life. Our residents are able to continue caring for their children while they are working on their recovery in a supportive, nurturing, and substance‑free environment.

The service was formally opened by the then First Minister, Nicola Sturgeon, on November 21, 2022, in a partnership with the Scottish Government. In our first year, we have supported more than 21 families and 30 children, and have been featured as Ayrshire Community Trust’s service of the month.

About Phoenix Futures

Phoenix Futures Group is a charity with over 50 years’ experience and a leading provider of drug and alcohol treatment. Our values are what define us and ensure we work to the highest standards. We believe in being the best, we are passionate about recovery, we value our history and use it to inform our future. We work with local authorities, other charities and service providers across the country to deliver innovative programmes and projects that change lives for the better, setting people on the path to health and emotional wellbeing.

We provide a diverse range of services, our expertise in psychosocial treatment and support is the common thread that runs through everything we do. People need psychological interventions, social support, meaningful use of time, sense of purpose and a place of safety to sustain their recovery. At our core, we support people, families and communities to recover from drug and alcohol dependency.

Interview Process

We want you to feel comfortable to be your best during the interview process, so that you can get to know Phoenix and we can get to know you. If shortlisted, you will be contacted for a short face‑to‑face or digital interview via Microsoft Teams depending on what suits you best. You will be contacted in advance and be provided all details about the assessment process so that you can feel adequately prepared and we can support you with reasonable adjustments as required.

We encourage and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and believe it is important to include people with lived experience to ensure the needs of the people we support are represented. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where everyone is free to be themselves and we ensure equity of opportunity.

Please note, we will be assessing applications as they are submitted and may close this role should we find sufficient applicants with which to make our shortlist. As such, we would advise applying as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.