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Night Support Worker
Aurora Meldreth Manor
Royston
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Full time
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Job summary
Aurora Meldreth Manor is seeking a Children's Night Support Worker to provide compassionate care for children and young adults during night hours. Candidates must have experience in the care industry, strong communication skills, and a desire to empower young individuals. Competitive pay starting at £12.37/hour, opportunities for training, and a supportive work environment await.
Benefits
Qualifications
- Experience working in the Care industry is essential.
- Willingness to learn and go the extra mile.
- Ability to guide and encourage supportive independence.
Responsibilities
- Provide high levels of care throughout the night.
- Assist with getting children ready for bed.
- Ensure medical needs are met at all times.
Skills
Education
Job description
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*Having experience of working in the care industry is essential for this role*
Children's Night Support Worker – Aurora Meldreth Manor
Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston - Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border
Salary: £12.37 ph to £13.49 ph (linked to competency and qualifications) + a night supplement of £25 per night shift worked
Hours: 4 week rota pattern of 14 shifts (8:45pm to 8:15am) – Ave 40hrs per week.
We are currently looking for an experienced Night Support Workers in Meldreth, Nr. Royston (South Cambridgeshire / North Hertfordshire border), where our Aurora Meldreth Manor Children’s Home and school provides education, care and therapeutic support for children and young people who have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties resulting in complex learning needs.
The Role:
At night; your role will be to provide the highest level of care for our children and young adults; from assisting them in getting ready for bed (including washing/changing), encouraging a healthy sleeping pattern where possible and of course regularly checking all of those in your care at regular intervals through the night and dealing with any incidences that occur.
- Providing exceptional high levels of care for our children and young adults
- Assisting with getting them ready for bed which will include washing and changing
- Encourage a healthy sleeping pattern where possible
- Checking on the children and young adults at regular intervals throughout the night and dealing with any difficulties
- Ensuring that medical needs are met at all times
- Ensuring that the environment is safe, supportive, calm and happy
Please note that the role may require participation in physical intervention and personal care routines.
This is a waking night position; so in the quiet periods you will also be expected to get involved in some light housekeeping duties (such as loading the dishwasher and keeping the environment tidy).
With full training and continued support you will take responsibility for ensuring that all their medical needs are met including the administration and recording of prescribed medication.
The key to this role will be your ability to communicate effectively, build trusting relationships and provide the support required to enable our children and young adults to become more autonomous.
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:
- Willingness to learn and to go the extra mile
- Experience working in the Care industry (working with children that have additional needs is a bonus)
- Ability to guide and encourage supportive independence when possible
- Exceptional communication skills and patience
- Resilient with a robust and positive nature
- Ability to be creative in meeting the needs of the young adults or children’s needs
- Ability to work on a rota pattern which will include working every other weekend
- Full training and continued support
- Opportunity to study the Level 3 diploma in Residential Child Care which will be funded by us!
- DBS is paid for by us
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on offer
- Life assurance and pension
- health cash back plan
- Car lease scheme
- Bike to work scheme
- Free parking
You will have a chance to work with a supportive team whose common goal is to empower and support wherever is required. Our Meldreth Manor site is empowering, caring and truly transformative to our pupils and residents.
You can apply online by completing our online application form.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Safeguarding Statement
Meldreth Manor School - A Scope School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.DescriptionEmployerLocation
Overview and Responsibilities
*Having experience of working in the care industry is essential for this role*
Children's Night Support Worker – Aurora Meldreth Manor
Location: Meldreth, Nr. Royston - Cambridgeshire/Hertfordshire border
Salary: £12.37 ph to £13.49 ph (linked to competency and qualifications) + a night supplement of £25 per night shift worked
Hours: 4 week rota pattern of 14 shifts (8:45pm to 8:15am) – Ave 40hrs per week.
We are currently looking for an experienced Night Support Workers in Meldreth, Nr. Royston (South Cambridgeshire / North Hertfordshire border), where our Aurora Meldreth Manor Children’s Home and school provides education, care and therapeutic support for children and young people who have severe, profound and multiple learning difficulties resulting in complex learning needs.
The Role:
At night; your role will be to provide the highest level of care for our children and young adults; from assisting them in getting ready for bed (including washing/changing), encouraging a healthy sleeping pattern where possible and of course regularly checking all of those in your care at regular intervals through the night and dealing with any incidences that occur.
Please note that the role may require participation in physical intervention and personal care routines.
This is a waking night position; so in the quiet periods you will also be expected to get involved in some light housekeeping duties (such as loading the dishwasher and keeping the environment tidy).
With full training and continued support you will take responsibility for ensuring that all their medical needs are met including the administration and recording of prescribed medication.
The key to this role will be your ability to communicate effectively, build trusting relationships and provide the support required to enable our children and young adults to become more autonomous.
Skills and Qualifications
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate:
Benefits and Additional Information
What’s on offer
You will have a chance to work with a supportive team whose common goal is to empower and support wherever is required. Our Meldreth Manor site is empowering, caring and truly transformative to our pupils and residents.
You can apply online by completing our online application form.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
Safeguarding Statement
Meldreth Manor School - A Scope School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.We particularly welcome applications from under represented groups including ethnicity, gender, transgender, age, disability, sexual orientation or religion.
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