Waking Night Healthcare Support Worker - Full UK Manual Licence, Leeds

Care in Mind; Leeds; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Birthday day off

Enhanced sick pay

Enhanced pension

Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

Paid time off for fertility treatment

Life Assurance (2 x annual salary)

Free onsite parking

Job summary

Care in Mind is a Leeds-based provider of residential care for young people aged 16-30 with mental health needs. The Waking Night Healthcare Support Worker role runs 33 hours per week on a 8.30pm–7.30am rota, including weekends and some bank holidays.

A full UK manual driving licence is required to drive the service car. You will support the young people’s wellbeing, education and daily living, update care records, and assist with incident management and training.

Qualifications

• Flexibility to work night shifts including weekends and bank holidays.
• Full UK driving licence - manual only, not automatic.
• Ability to attend training on weekdays.
• Good written skills to write basic reports and record information accurately.
• IT skills to use an online care system and write emails.
• Good verbal communication and listening skills.
• Maintain professional working boundaries.
• Remain calm in emergencies and support others.

Responsibilities

• Update online care records and handovers to day staff.
• Medication administration and monitoring.
• Support residents with wellbeing, education and daily living tasks.
• Assist with incident management and de-escalation of challenging behaviours.
• Keep the home tidy and ensure a homely environment.
• Provide support during night shifts and weekends.

Skills

Full UK Driving Licence

Manual transmission

Good written skills

Basic IT skills

Good verbal communication

Professional boundaries

Calm under pressure

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Care

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Waking Night Healthcare Support Worker - Full UK Manual Licence, Leeds

Moortown, Leeds

Must be a driver, with a Full UK licence, manual licence only, cannot accept automatic. Must be willing to drive service car unsupervised.

£2808.78 - £29709.68 per annum dependent on experience. (Pro rata for part time hours)

33 hours per week

Shifts pattern- 8.30pm - 7.30am to include weekends and some bank holidays.

Day shifts will be required on occasions for training purposes

Please note that we do not currently hold a sponsor licence and are therefore unable to sponsor work visas. Applicants must have the unrestricted right to work in the UK at the time of application and for the duration of employment.

Main duties of the job

Essential requirements of a Support Worker

• Flexibility - Your role will involve working night shifts including weekends and bank holidays
• Full UK Driving Licence - Manual not automatic
• Must be able to attend training throughout employment which will be held on weekdays
• Good written skills and the ability to write basic reports and record information accurately
• Basic IT skills (Your role will involve some computer work, completing forms, using an online care system, and writing emails)
• Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen to others
• An ability to maintain a professional working boundary
• Ability to remain calm in emergencies, supporting others during difficult situations

Desirable Criteria of a Support Worker

• NVQ Level 2 qualification or equivalent in Care
• Previous experience of working with young people who have mental health needs

About us

Care in Mind provide residential services for young people aged 16-30 years old. The young people we care for often require a high level of support to assist with difficulties they may have from self-harming, behaviour, and emotional difficulties. Our aim is to support the young people using a therapeutic approach to help them achieve their individual goals, in preparation for transition to adult life.

Company Benefits

• An additional day off each year for your birthday
• Enhanced company sick pay
• Enhanced company pension
• Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
• Paid time off for fertility treatment
• Life Assurance (2 x annual salary)
• Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Healthcare CashPlan with costs provided towards dental and optical care and a range of other healthcare treatments and benefits.
• Employee Assistance Programme/24-hour Counselling Service.
• Free eye tests and various other benefits.
• Excellent Learning and Development opportunities (Level 3 in Adult Health & Social Care and support with completion of the Care Certificate)
• Paid Training, Induction and DBS check.
• We are a Mindful & Disability Confident Employer.
• We are a supporter of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter.
• We are a Menopause Friendly Organisation.
• Long service awards.
• Social events including a Christmas party.
• Blue Light Card to access further shopping discounts
• Refer a Friend Scheme (Up to £500 per referral
• Free onsite parking.

Job responsibilities

At Care in Mind our homes are always a hub of activity and energy where the young people can feel safe, and our staff enjoy coming to work. Our young people can still be quite active at night so you will have lots of interaction and will be required to support them their wellbeing, education, household tasks and general life skills. There will also be more challenging aspects to the role such as incident management and de-escalation of challenging behaviours. You will be required to update online care records, complete medication administration and provide effective handovers to the day staff. In addition, you will be responsible for the general upkeep and tidiness of the home ensuring the young people live in homely environment. Even though you are working nights, you will have the support of another night worker or a sleep in and have access to an on-call manager for additional support.

At our home in Leeds, you will be working with young people who have diagnosed eating disorders, alongside a variety of mental health diagnoses. Our young people often use self-harm and compensatory behaviours as a strategy to cope with their emotions. Your role will be required to support the young people through their eating complexities, including meal support, food and fluid documentation and post meal support. You will also support and help to manage incidents of self-harm and other risk-taking behaviours. Some of our young people have physical health concerns which require close monitoring and documenting - full training for this is provided. A number of our young people are preparing for independence too, to move on from the home into the community. Therefore you will be supporting this transition through things such as: discovering different education routes, accessing public transport and appointments independently and supporting them to self-administer their own medication. Our young people are all unique and have different interests, they engage in a variety of activities including going to theme parks, pottery painting and watching theatre plays, so there will never be a dull moment when you are on shift.

Previous care experience is not essentialand full training will be provided. You will receive ongoing support and mentoring from our friendly residential and clinical team which includes Reflective Practice, 1:1 supervisions and Group Staff support.

The job is highly rewarding and a great start to developing your career working with young people or enhancing your previous experience of mental health with the opportunity for excellent career development.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Do you have any formal qualifications in care?

Experience

• Do you have An understanding of the issues young people face?
• Experience of working in a team?

Skills

• Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen to others
• Good written communication skills and the ability to write basic reports and record information accurately
• IT skills and the ability to write emails and use Microsoft office
• Full UK driving licence, manual only, not automatic

Other

• Able to work the night shift (including weekends, bank holidays, occasional days where required to complete any necessary training)

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£28,808.78 to £29,709.68 a yearPer Annum Dependant on Experience (Pro Rata for Part Time Hours)