Support Worker - Nights

Home Group; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive community organization in Gateshead is looking for a dedicated Night Support Worker to assist customers in developing their independence, especially those fleeing domestic violence. You will be responsible for supporting individuals in daily activities and ensuring adherence to care plans. Offering competitive pay of £12.60 per hour, benefits include annual leave, paid volunteering time, and an excellent training package. Join a friendly team making a real difference every day.

Benefits

34 days leave, pro-rated

Paid time off for volunteering

Matching Pension contributions

Health cash plan coverage

Qualifications

• Passion to support customers in their daily living activities.
• Experience of caring for others.
• Valid driving license and a vehicle insured for business.

Responsibilities

• Support customers to develop their independence.
• Help with daily living activities like budgeting and tenancy.
• Ensure customers adhere to risk assessments.

Skills

Experience in care

Ability to work on initiative

Resilience under pressure

Flexible and personal approach

Job description

Job Description - Support Worker - Nights (251888)

Earn £12.60 per hour (£24,638 per annum) and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Permanent, full time (37.5 hpw) Based on rota, shifts including weekends and Bank Holidays

Gateshead

We can’t offer a CoS for this role

Home, a place where you belong

Calling all night owls! Prefer staying awake and working through the night rather than snoozing away like the rest of us? We’re looking for a dedicated night worker who won’t fall asleep on the job. If you’re as energised as a new Duracell bunny with the alert skills of a meerkat, this is the job for you! As our night support worker, you’ll play a really important role in supporting the smooth running of our service. Furthermore, you’ll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex needs and are fleeing domestic violence to develop their skills to live more independently in the community.

What’s in it for you?

34 days leave, pro-rated (including bank holidays and a “me day”)

Paid time off for volunteering

MatchingPension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary)

Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies

Career path with development and an excellent training package

Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses

What you’ll do

Support customers to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.

Helping customers with daily living activities such as, contacting emergency services, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation.

Ensuring that customers are adhering to their risk assessments, support planning and goal setting.

Working with customers fleeing domestic violence and with complex mental health needs.

As a night support worker, you are supporting the team in service delivery as well as focusing on our service KPI’s and work alongside management to achieve these.

This is more than a job, it’s a place where you feel valued. You get great training, support from friendly colleagues and a chance to make a real difference every day. Be part of one of the UK’s top 10 Great Places to Work!

You have

Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail

Experience of caring for others, you may have worked in care before or have experience of caring for others such as family members or children

The ability to workon your own initiative, remaincalm under pressure and havea resilient approach

Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs

To get from A to B, you’ll need a valid driving license and a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage!

Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.

Although you’ll work nights, we do get together regularly in the daytime for training and team meetings.

You will work on a rota, with a variety of shifts including weekends and bank holidays.

Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues

You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

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