Night Project Worker 1 (23657)

Barnardo's; Leyland; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Barnardo's Bay6 in Leyland, Lancashire, is recruiting a dedicated Support Worker to join a night shift team providing care and supervision for young people aged 16–24 living in a multi-site housing project. You will work a 37-hour rota across 4 nights per week, focusing on safeguarding, health and safety, and recording in line with Barnardo's policies.

The role requires empathy, reliability, and IT literacy to document daily progress.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with Young People and/or vulnerable adults.
• A good understanding of safeguarding.
• IT literate with the ability to accurately record information.

Responsibilities

• To lone work for parts of the shift and to be awake throughout the night on site.
• To ensure health & safety routines are carried out within the building.
• To safeguard the young people within the service.
• To record in line with Barnardo's recording policy.
• To ensure young people adhere to the rules of the service.

Skills

Experience with young people

Safeguarding knowledge

IT literacy

Job description

Bay6, our Supported Housing Project for 16 – 24 year olds based in Leyland, Lancashire has an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual to join our passionate team. Are you committed to making a difference to the lives of young people? Are you up for a new opportunity and challenge?

Our young people say.....‘Bay6 is special in more than one way'‘It's a step to a brighter future'‘Staff taught me to believe in myself'‘It's like a second family to me'

The service is made up of 3 buildings across 2 sites: Bay6 - 6 bedrooms with communal areas including staff offices Haddon Lodge - 5 one bedroom flats Belgrave Court - 6 one bedroom flats

Shift pattern: 9:30pm – 8:30am with a 30 minute unpaid breakThe 37 hour post is 4 nights per week on a rota basis which covers Monday to Sunday. Based on a 4 on 4 off rota with another colleague

For more info regarding our pay and reward framework can be found below

Our Mission statement‘To provide a safe, friendly and appropriate environment where young people are supported, enabled and empowered to prepare for independent living'Objectives of Service: Bay6 provides a safe environment to offer holistic approach to young people to enable them to gain and develop the skills needed to live independently through one to one support and group work. Support Workers work alongside the young people to assess their needs and goals and develop individual plans to ensure we are working together towards positive outcomes.

Some of the Key Responsibilities include:

• To lone work for parts of the shift and to be awake throughout the night on site.
• To ensure health & safety routines are carried out within the building.
• To safeguard the young people within the service.
• To record in line with Barnardo's recording policy.
• To ensure young people adhere to the rules of the service.

Essential Requirements:

• Experience of working with Young People and/or vulnerable adults.
• Able to demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding.
• IT literate with the ability to accurately record information.