Night Support Worker - Young People Services (awake shifts)

ST RICHARD OF CHICHESTER CHRISTIAN CARE ASSOCIATION LTD; Chichester; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare and wellbeing support

Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

Medical cashback scheme

Retail discounts

Pension 5% employer contribution

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Job summary

Stonepillow is recruiting for a Night Support Worker to join our Young People Services in Chichester. The role involves working 8pm–8am on a 4-on/4-off rota, supporting 16+ Looked After Young People and Care Leavers in a trauma-informed setting.

The successful candidate will be inspired to safeguard and advocate for young people, with a focus on building a positive future and ensuring a safe, supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Demonstrates empathy and patience when engaging with young people.
• Ability to maintain professionalism in challenging situations.
• Strong active listening and communication to build trust with young people.

Responsibilities

• Provide support in a person-centred way.
• Manage your own caseload and ensure required processes are followed.
• Produce individual support and risk assessments with input from the young person.
• Ensure the voice of the young person is heard in case management and with partners.
• Support team leader with case file audits and safeguarding actions.
• Facilitate quarterly case reviews with manager, young person and professionals.
• Coordinate referrals and Life Skills Programme participation.
• Model unconditional positive regard and a proactive approach to support.
• Carry out welfare checks.

Skills

Empathy

Resilience

Active listening

Communication skills

Job description

Night Support Worker - Young People Services (awake shifts)

• Salary: £27,832 per annum


• Location: Chichester


• Contract: Permanent


• Hours: Full Time - 42.11 hours per week, 4 night on, 4 night off working rota (8pm to 8am shifts)


• Closing: 28 October 2026

We are recruiting for Night Support Workers.

We are looking for individuals to join our young people services for Stonepillow as a night support worker. We are looking for someone who is inspiring and passionate about young people’s rights and building them a positive future.

We want to engage the successful candidate into how we work in a trauma-informed approach and with kindness.

You will be working with 16+ Older Looked After Young People and Care Leavers that are in the care of West Sussex. You will be required to become familiar with legislation regarding young people in the care of local authority, and the robust Safeguarding, Whistleblowing and Health & Safety requirements.

Your duties will include:

• Providing support in a person-centred way.


• Model a kind, positive, persistent, proactive manner to secure meaningful engagement with young people to bring about sustained outcomes for them; ensuring the team you work with are safe and the young people have a trusted safe adult in their life.


• To manage your own caseload, to ensure the following processes are maintain :


• Produce an individual support and risk assessment, in line with our support model, incorporating the views of the young people.


• Ensure that the voice of the YP is heard in all aspects of the case management process and is articulated to all partners involved.


• To support the team leader to maintain detailed case file audits with properly documented correspondence and evidence of decision-making processes and statutory safeguarding actions.


• Facilitate case reviews quarterly with your line manager, your YP and all professionals linked to their support.


• Support your line manager in managing and coordinating all referrals


• Ensure the YP are invested and working on their Life Skills Programme to gain independence.


• Role model and be a proponent of 'Unconditional Positive Regard' to our YP and have a 'never give up approach' to supporting our YP


• Carry out Welfare Checks

In order to be successful in this role you will need:

• Have a kind and 'never give up attitude'. To have the passion to support YP in achieving positive futures.


• Able to work in challenging situations


• Good knowledge of Health and Safety, Safeguarding and Confidentiality and Ofsted


• The ability to motivate and inspire YP to make positive life change


• Ability to communicate with a wide range of people using excellent active listening skills to form healthy and constructive relationships


• To update paper and computerised systems and ensure all occurrences throughout the shift are recorded.

The benefits of working at Stonepillow:

• Actively supporting those in need in your local community


• Healthcare and wellbeing support including access to in-app virtual appointments with NHS registered GPs and access to a comprehensive Employee Assistance programme with face-to-face counselling


• A medical cashback scheme and retail discounts


• Stakeholder pension, employer contribution of 5%


• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (pro rata)

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications have been received.

Stonepillow is committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults. All post holders are subject to a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

• Please view the YP Services Night Support Worker Job Description document