Night Support Worker (Conkers)

Hollybank Trust; Lower Hopton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A dedicated care organization in the UK seeks a Night Support Worker to assist young adults with profound disabilities at their residential home. This role involves providing support during the night to promote independence and enhance quality of life. Candidates should possess qualities like confidence, curiosity, kindness, and happiness. The position offers numerous benefits including access to recognized qualifications, enhanced maternity and paternity leave, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Onsite food and coffee shop

Discount and reward portal

Full employee assistance program

Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave

Quarterly coffee mornings and annual celebrations

Enhanced pension scheme

Qualifications

• 6 months of UK-based work experience required.
• No driving license needed.
• Confidence in suggesting new ways and asking questions.

Responsibilities

• Support young adults in a residential home with profound disabilities.
• Encourage independent living and community activity participation.
• Work night shifts to provide continual support.

Skills

Confidence

Curiosity

Happiness

Kindness

Job description

Overview

Role: Night Support Worker (Conkers)

Location: Conkers, Mirfield, WF14 0DQ

Salary: £12.91 / hr

Hours: 36 hrs per week. x3 shifts per week.

Conkers is a lively and welcoming 7 bed residential home for Young Adults who have Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities. We are looking for some amazing new people to join our team. Please read the full job description before applying for this role.

Our goal is to ensure the people we support live as independently as possible and have access to community activities. As a staff team we often say "today has to be the best day of their lives!"

We have a committed and passionate workforce and are looking for likeminded people. If you are up for a challenge, have a great work ethic, are passionate and committed about supporting young adults with physical and learning disabilities. We would love to hear from you! All training and support is provided as well as a learning packed induction period. We have vacancies for the right people why not give us a call and we can discuss the possibility of you joining our exceptional team.

All training will be given, and you do not need to be a driver to apply for this role. Please note, all of our shifts are waking nights.

Download job description: Support Worker Nights Job Description.pdf

Unfortunately we are not able to offer sponsorship to work in the UK, and we do ask that you have 6 months of UK based work experience (in any sector) before applying (please note, this does not apply to school / college leavers).

What we look for from our staff

• Confidence - Suggesting new ways of working, not being afraid to ask questions, challenging poor practice when you see it.
• Curiosity - Not seeing any lack of experience as a barrier, asking why we do things in the way we do them, and looking for ways to learn and develop.
• Happiness - Being a reliable and positive person, being outgoing and vibrant, and enjoying the work you do.
• Kindness - Putting the adults first and working in a person-centred way, supporting your colleagues, and looking after yourself!

What we offer

• Onsite food and coffee shop - Mirfield site only.
• Discount and reward portal
• Full employee assistance program
• Accessible Mental Health First aiders
• Life insurance style policy
• Enhanced maternity, paternity, and adoption leave
• Initial DBS funded
• Access to nationally recognized qualifications
• Quarterly coffee mornings and annual celebrations
• Staff recognition awards
• Level Pay - Early access to wages
• Increasing annual leave with length of service
• Overtime rates over FTE working hours
• Bank holiday bonus rates
• Dedicated wellbeing support and access to departmental wellbeing activities
• Enhanced pension scheme

To find out more, please contact our dedicated recruitment team on 01924 490833 or [e-mail]

Hollybank Trust is committed to Safeguarding vulnerable people, and our Safer Recruitment process requires all employees to have an Enhanced DBS check and reference checks in line with our Recruitment policy. Hollybank will pay for the DBS check. If the candidate leaves voluntarily in their first 12 months, £58.50 will be deducted from their final salary payment.

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We want people from underrepresented groups such as Black and Minority Ethnic (BAME), Lesbian, Gay, Bi and Trans (LGBTQIA+) communities to succeed at Hollybank Trust and our policies and procedures ensure that this can happen. Click here to find out more about our approach to equality and diversity.

Hollybank Trust is a Disability Confident employer. We are actively working to recruit and retain people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into our work force. If you are an applicant who has a disability, you will be offered an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job.