Night Support Worker - Waterlooville

The YOU Trust; Waterlooville; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Enhanced annual leave

Matched pension

Death in Service

Sick pay

Apprenticeships

Training & development

Health & wellbeing support

Employee discounts

Job summary

The YOU Trust is recruiting a Night Support Worker to join the Learning Disabilities Service in Waterlooville. You will provide safe, person-centred support to help clients manage daily tasks and maintain independence in a Supported Living setting.

We offer permanent, part-time night shifts (21:45–07:15) with an average of 13.5 hours per week and overtime opportunities. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK; sponsorship is not offered.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting people with a variety of needs including personal care, money management, accessing the community and household chores
• Good communication skills: verbal, non-verbal, and written
• Good IT Skills

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, person-centred support to boost independence and help clients live their lives as they want
• Every day is different; be flexible, patient, caring and kind
• Support clients in a Learning Disabilities Service in Waterlooville to live independently in a Supported Living setting

Skills

Personal care

Money management

Community access

Household chores

Communication

IT skills

Job description

Night Support Worker

Location: Waterlooville, Hampshire

Salary: £8,609.25 + £506.25 night allowance (£26,490 + £1,500 night allowance FTE)

Permanent, Part Time (Average 13.5 hours per week) This role is 3 night shifts over a 2 week period with the opportunity to pick up overtime. Night shifts are 21:45 - 07:15

The first suitable applicant will be appointed.

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP IN THIS AREA

YOUis a registered charity thathas beenproviding care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people, working across Hampshire, Portsmouth, Somerset, Dorset, Sussex and the Isle of Wight to give them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.

Essential Requirements:

The successful Night Support Worker applicant will need to have:

Proof of right to work in the UK. Please be advised we do NOT offer sponsorship.

• Experience of supporting people with a variety of needs including personal care, money management, accessing the community and household chores
• Good communication skills: verbal, non-verbal, and written
• Good IT Skills

The Role:

We're recruiting for a Night Support Worker to join our Learning Disabilities Service in Waterlooville. This is a great chance to help clients with learning disabilities manage different parts of their lives in a Supported Living setting.

Your role is to provide safe, person-centred support to boost our clients independence and help them live their lives the way they want to.

Every day is different in this job, so you'll need to be flexible, patient, caring, and kind.

About You:

You need to be professional and proactive in all that you do, with a motivational, encouraging and supportive approach with clients and colleagues alike. Relevant knowledge and skills relating to individuals with a learning disability would assist you in this role, but if you are the right person for the job we will support you to gain the experience you need. We also want people who will share their successes and promote the excellence of the service wherever they go.

Our Benefits:

If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:

• Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
• Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
• Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
• Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
• Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.
• Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
• Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
• Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!
• Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites.

The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.

Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.

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