Night Enabling Support Worker

Confidential; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Welcome bonus £500 after 12 months

Birthday day off on your birthday

Staff gift vouchers (£30–£50) for good

Recognition nominations for staff

Excellent training package

25 days annual leave + 8 bank holidays

Pension scheme

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Shaftesbury Kenway Court is seeking a Night Enabling Support Worker to join our care team in Southend-on-Sea. You will provide support and encouragement guided by the person-centred plan and may assist with personal care and medication, while keeping accurate records.

The role is permanent and part-time (30 hours per week) with night shifts. A DBS/Access NI check is required; salary is £13.15 per hour, with a strong commitment to dignity and quality of life for residents.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and encouragement by taking direction from the person supported and the person-centred support plan.
• Maintain accurate records while at work in line with service requirements.
• May administer personal care and medication.

Job description

Night Enabling Support Worker

Location: Southend on Sea

Salary: £13.15 per hour

Vacancy Type: Permanent, Part Time (30 hours per week)

Are you the candidate we are looking for? At Shaftesbury Kenway Court we are recruiting for 2 part time Night Enabling Support Workers.

Please note this role does not qualify for visa sponsorship, as the salary requirements set by the Home Office are not satisfied.

We are looking for people with the passion, talent, skills and experience that all add up to a caring and community-minded workforce.

We believe that the people we support have the right to a full and flourishing life. They deserve the very best in delivery. Driven by our core values, Shaftesbury strives to be Open, Enabling, Inclusive and Courageous in all that we do.

Our disability services across adult care, children s care and education are all focused on inclusion and support. Committed to professional, flexible and personalised care, we are passionate about going the extra mile in providing opportunities for people to thrive and live well.

About the role

As a Night Enabling Support Worker it will be your role to provide support and encouragement, by taking direction from both the person supported and the person centred support plan.

You will be required to maintain accurate records while at work in line with the service requirements. You may also be required to administer personal care and medication.

Kenway Court is a residential, community-focused care home in Southend-on-Sea.

The service supports people with intellectual and physical disabilities. People who live at Kenway Court have wide individual choice, with active support from staff. Our service offers nursing support to those with complex needs.

We take a person-centred, flexible approach. We know that everyone s needs and aspirations are different that all sorts of things add up to a flourishing life.

Benefits of working at Shaftesbury

• Welcome to Shaftesbury bonus of £500 on completion of 12 months of employment (terms apply)
• Happy Birthday to you! As well as sending you a birthday card, all frontline care staff can have the opportunity to take the day off on their birthday, taken from your annual entitlement.
• Great CQC, great reward. If your service is rated good or equivalent by CQC in all domains, all staff will receive a £30 gift voucher. If rated outstanding, all staff will receive a £50 gift voucher.
• We want to reward staff in a range of ways for their hard work. You can be nominated for a recognition letter from a member of the Executive Leadership Team and you may also be nominated to receive a gift voucher up to £50 for going above and beyond within your role.
• Excellent training package provided for all staff.
• Generous Annual Leave entitlement of 25 days + 8 days bank holiday for the first 5 years. Increasing to 28 days + 8 days bank holiday after 5 years.
• Pension Scheme.
• Access to our employee assistance program.

Shaftesbury is the disability charity that s committed to enabling children, young people and adults to live a life that adds up for them.

What makes life liveable is never down to just one thing - it s the sum of many things. From friendship to fun; from companionship to community; from a great chat to a challenge overcome, it all adds up to Shaftesbury.

Through a wide range of disability care, special education, and rehabilitation services we promote inclusion and wellbeing for all. Together, we work to see people take part, contribute and be valued. We put the elements in place that all add up to connected lives.

Shaftesbury is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. All offers of employment are subject to an enhanced DBS/Access NI check.

Shaftesbury is committed to the Disability Confident Scheme and to equal opportunities therefore we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation.