Support Worker (Nights) – Personal Support Service

City of York Council; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave

LGPS

Wellbeing initiatives

Discounts & rewards

Flexible working

Job summary

City of York Council's Personal Support Services is recruiting for night-time Support Workers to assist customers in their own homes in York. Roles are available as full-time and part-time night shifts at Glen Lodge and Auden House.

You will deliver personal care and help customers maintain independence. No formal qualifications may be required at start; we provide training to reach required standards, including safeguarding and CQC.

Qualifications

• Good communication skills.
• Ability to record defensible documentation.
• Work within a team/able to use your own initiative.
• Able to administer medication.
• Confidence to work with other professionals and families.
• Commitment to identifying personal development and attend mandatory training.

Responsibilities

• Support customers living in their own homes within York delivering personal care and promoting living skills to enable customers to maximise their independence.
• Duties are varied, so no two shifts will be the same.
• Will be supported to work within safeguarding/CQC framework and complete required training.

Skills

Communication

Documentation

Teamwork

Medication

Professional collaboration

Training & development

Job description

Are you looking for a rewarding role in social care supporting customers in their own home as part of our Independent Living Communities?

The City of York Council’s Personal Support Services are now recruiting for some great full time and part time working night opportunities within Glen Lodge and Auden House.

You may have limited experience or qualifications in this field, but we are happy to work with you to reach the standard required to develop into an excellent Support Worker.

As a Night Time Support Worker, you will be supporting customers living in their own homes within York delivering personal care and promoting living skills to enable customers to maximise their independence. The duties are varied, so no two shifts will be the same.

Key Skills And Experience Required

• Good communication skills
• Ability to record defensible documentation.
• Work within a team/able to use your own initiative.
• Able to administer medication.
• Confidence to work with other professionals and families.
• Commitment to identifying personal development and attend mandatory training.

You will be supported by the organisation to work within the legal framework i.e. safeguarding/CQC and given the training and support you need, such as obtaining a desired qualification in health and social care.

In return we offer a generous rate of pay with enhancements for shift work, evenings and weekends. We also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor individuals for visas to work in the UK, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role is suitable as a job share opportunity.

As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.

City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

Closing date: Sunday 27 September 2026 at 12 midnight

Interview date: Week commencing 05.10.2026