Project Night Worker

Hendre Limited; Cardiff; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading organization in Cardiff seeks a Project Night Worker for the Young Person's Project. This temporary role involves providing essential support to young individuals, ensuring their safety and independence during night shifts. The ideal candidate will possess relevant experience and qualifications, and will be passionate about making a positive impact in the lives of young people. Opportunities for development and a supportive work environment are offered.

Benefits

Enhanced sick pay

Fully paid DBS check

Salary sacrifice schemes

Employee assistance programme

Shopping and activity discounts

Learning and development opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience working with Young People with support needs.
• Knowledge of issues affecting disadvantaged Young People.

Responsibilities

• Provide support services to Young People with complex needs.
• Ensure young people feel safe and able to live independently.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Time Management

Education

Qualification in Social Care

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

We're looking for a current Hafod colleague to join our team within the Young Person's Project in Cardiff as aProject Night Worker.This post would suit an individual who has some knowledge and experience of working with Young People, but ultimately someone who is positive, passionate and enthusiastic in wanting to make a difference to people’s lives

This is a temporary role, working 37.5 hours per week, covering a period ofmaternity for up to 6 months (with the potential to be extended for a further 1 - 2 months).

You'll work 3 nights per week (12.5 hour shifts) as part of a 7 night rota. Hours to be worked are 7.45pm - 8.15am.

You'll need a full current driving licence and access to a vehicle.

Benefits

• Pay rate of £12.60 per hour
• Fully paid induction and training programme
• Enhanced sick pay
• Fully paid DBS check
• Salary sacrifice schemes
• Employee assistance programme and well-being resource available 24/7
• ‘Perks’ – a range of shopping and activity discounts and cashback options
• We are a Family Friendly organisation
• Develop with the support of our Learning and Development team

What you'll do

To assist in the provision of a full range of support services to Young People with complex needs within a Supported Housing Project and provide night cover and work as part of a team in order to support and assist Young People in their Supported Accommodation environment. You will ensure the support is provided in a manner which enables the young people to feel safe in their own home and able to live independently.

What you'll need

Possession of a qualification in Social Care or related discipline in respect to working with Young People would be advantageous. You will have experience of working directly with Young People with support needs and experience of liaising with voluntary and statutory agencies. You will have knowledge of the issues affecting disadvantaged Young People and Knowledge of local resources/advice services appropriate to Young People. You will need excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to manage your time effectively. In addition, you will have a good working knowledge of Microsoft Office.

You will need a full current driving licence and access to own vehicle and a willingness to work flexibly.

Opportunities for development

We provide a range of learning and development opportunities to support you at every stage of your career. From technical training to leadership development, we have a range of programmes available for you.

Our Behaviours

Our Behaviours guide the way we work, shape the way we grow and make sure each of us, whatever we do, can have a positive impact within our roles. To find out more about our Behaviours please see the attached Hafod Behaviours Framework.

Next steps

If you would like further information about this opportunity, please contact the team on [e-mail]

If you are interested in applying for this role, please click 'Apply' and you will be diverted to our recruitment platform.

Closing date: Friday 30 May 2025

Our customers are at the heart of everything we do that’s why we include them in in helping us select the right people to work with us. If you are successful in the initial selection stages you may have the opportunity to interact with one of our customers where they will have the opportunity to ask you some questions. We will consider feedback from this as part of the selection process.

If successful for this role a DBS check will be required.

Hafod reserves the right to close this vacancy early should sufficient applications be received. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration.