Night care worker

Together Trust; Cheadle Hulme; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

27 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Pension scheme

Death in service benefit

Blue Light card eligibility

Real Living Wage employer

Training & development opportunities

Employee wellbeing program

Refer a friend scheme

Job summary

Together Trust in Cheadle Hulme is seeking a dedicated night care worker to support young people in a residential home. You will plan and assess needs, keep detailed records, and administer medication where appropriate, with careful attention to safeguarding and legislation.

This role requires strong communication, IT literacy (Clearcare), and an ability to work independently on night shifts, including weekends, within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Experience working in a children's residential setting is preferred.
• Willingness to undertake training and DBS checks.
• Ability to work night shifts, including weekends, safely and responsibly.

Responsibilities

• Attend to needs of children and young adults during the night.
• Assist planning, operations and assessment of each young person’s needs.
• Maintain records and ensure information is passed to the team.
• Administer medication and carry out simple medical procedures as required.
• Take responsibility for security, housekeeping and unit maintenance during the night.
• Liaise with staff, parents/carers and professionals; work as part of a team.

Skills

Communication skills

Teamwork

IT skills

English proficiency

Interpersonal skills

Tools

Clearcare

Job description

The core tasks will include attending to the needs of children and young adults during the night, some of which have complex health conditions, domestic duties and appropriate record keeping in accordance with legislation and regulations. You will also;

• Assist in the planning, operations and assessment of the young person's need.
• Maintain appropriate records on the child, young person and adult and ensure that information is passed onto other members of the team
• Administer medication and simple medical procedures for the young people as appropriate and a willingness to undertake training if required
• Take responsibility for the security and maintenance of the house/unit during the night, including housekeeping duties as required and utilising the sleep - in member of staff or on-call manager as required.

  Do you have the skills we are looking for.

• Good Communication and interpersonal skills. You'll be expected to liaise with other staff, parents/carers, and professionals.
• Some previous experience of working in a children's residential setting along with flexibility to respond to the needs of the home.
• Am ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team, taking the lead when required, maintaining & encouraging open and honest communication.
• You must have a good understanding of English and IT skills and be happy to complete all the paperwork and care plans to a good quality. Which includes daily recording on IT systems (Clearcare) and other records such as incident reports.
• An enthusiastic, reliable and outgoing person with a level of maturity, skills and interests which can be utilised to engage the young people.

This service is regulated by Ofsted therefore all employees must be over the age of 22 years at the time of joining the service. Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself). This role will involve regulated activity. We may remove this advert should we find the successful candidate prior to the closing date therefore early applications are encouraged. We currently do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK. In order for the Trust to comply with the apprenticeship funding rules, it is a requirement of the role that the successful applicant must be able to evidence that (1) they have the right to work in the UK without additional approval for more than 20 hours each week throughout the year and (2) they have an eligible residency status for the purposes of the apprenticeship funding rules. In most cases this will mean that the individual needs to show that they have been ''ordinarily resident'' in particular countries (including the UK) at least 3 years before the start of the apprenticeship. Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience. If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way, please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.

Have you ever wanted to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable Children and Young People? Our children's home in Cheadle Hulme, provides a short break service supporting young people and their families to make sure those that we support have fun. We provide access to new activities and the ability to learn new skills while staying with us. We want our home to be "home from home" while in our care. The young people we support have a diagnosis of learning difficulties and/or autism associated conditions. The Together Trust is one of the North West's leading charities, offering individual care, support, and education to hundreds of children, young people, and adults each year. We are a not-for-profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support. You will be working in a caring home environment, nurturing, and supporting the young people we work with helping them to overcome the issues they are facing. You will work with the team and the Registered Manager to give the support that these Children and Young People deserve to help make life better for them. The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people that we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

This role will be carried out whilst working 10-hour night shifts allocated by the Manager or delegated person which includes weekends. Working Hours - 30 Hours (shift timing of Start time 21:30 & End time 07:30) Location - Central Cheadle Hulme Contract - Permanent Salary - £20,984.00 per year with an hourly rate of £13.45 per hour Salary pro-rated from a full time equivalent of £26,230 based on working 37.5 hours. Salary enhancement of time and a quarter for weekend shifts and during the week between 11pm and 6am. We also offer

• Annual Leave 27 day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years
• Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions initially rising with length of service and up to 6 x basic salary death in service benefit.
• Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Reward and Discount platform offering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
• Proud to be a real living wage employer
• Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
• Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.
• Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home