Waking Night Support Worker

SeeAbility; Aldershot; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Waking Night Support Worker to join their team. This role involves providing essential overnight support to individuals with disabilities, ensuring their personal care needs are met while fostering independence and social engagement. You'll be part of a compassionate team that values your growth and well-being, offering comprehensive training, career progression opportunities, and a supportive work environment. If you're passionate about making a difference in people's lives and thrive in challenging situations, this is the perfect opportunity for you to shine.

Benefits

Comprehensive Training

Career Progression

Recognition & Rewards

Work-Life Balance

Financial Benefits

Wellbeing Support

Refer a Friend Bonus

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health, autism, or similar support roles is essential.
• Ability to remain calm and provide personal care effectively.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with personal care, meal preparation, and medication.
• Encourage independence and social engagement through activities.

Skills

Mental Health

Autism and Learning Disabilities

Sight Loss

Personal Care

Calm under pressure

Education

Experience in a similar role

Job description

Join Our Team as a Waking Night Support Worker

Location: Aldershot, Hampshire

Salary: £12.30 per hour plus benefits.

Hours: 20 hours / 2 nights per week, 9:30pm - 7:30am

Contract: Part-time, Permanent.

Driving Requirement: A valid full UK manual driving license is preferable.

Right to Work: Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Unfortunately, we are unable to offer any skilled worker visas.

Essential Criteria

To be considered for this position, you will demonstrate exposure to two of the following areas of expertise:

• Mental Health
• Autism and Learning Disabilities
• Sight Loss
• Previous experience in a similar role

About You

Are you someone who truly enjoys making a difference in others' lives? Do you have a calm, caring, and resilient nature that helps you thrive in challenging situations? If so, we want to hear from you!

We're looking for individuals to join our colleague team who can stay calm under pressure, who are enthusiastic and take a proactive approach. If you have previous experience working in a similar role, you could be exactly who we are looking for.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for remaining awake throughout the night and supporting the people we support with their personal care needs, showering, washing & dressing, supporting with food preparation, medication administration, responding to emergencies and light housekeeping duties.

As a Support Worker, you'll be more than just their support – you'll be a key part of someone's journey towards living their best life. Here's what you'll be doing:

• Daily Care & Support: Helping with personal care, meal preparation, medication, and other daily tasks.
• Building Relationships: Getting to know the people you support, understanding their needs, and helping them live life on their own terms.
• Empowering Independence: Assisting with personal goals, from daily activities to long-term aspirations, and encouraging creative exploration.
• Social Engagement: Supporting activities like holidays, social events, and hobbies, ensuring everyone could enjoy what they love doing.
• Respect & Dignity: Ensuring that the individuals and their families are treated with the utmost respect, dignity, and equality.

Who you will be Supporting?

Fairways in Aldershot is a residential home for people with a range of disabilities, including learning disabilities and sight loss.

The people we support in Aldershot are an active group who spend a lot of time getting out and about and engaging with the local community. They love doing activities like art classes, cooking and playing music.

Why work for us?

At SeeAbility, we value your growth and well-being just as much as the support you provide, we can offer you:

• Comprehensive Training: Start with an extensive induction and continue developing your skills with face-to-face training, e-learning, and ongoing support.
• Career Progression: We support your ambitions, offering opportunities to achieve professional qualifications (Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5).
• Recognition & Rewards: From excellence awards to long service recognition, your hard work won't go unnoticed.
• Work-Life Balance: Enjoy up to 36 days of holiday with long service, flexible working options, and time off for life events.
• Financial Benefits: Discounts, cashback, pension schemes, and more, to help your money go further.
• Wellbeing Support: Access to a 24/7 employee assistance program, life assurance and sick pay.
• Refer a Friend: Receive £600 (Support Workers to Deputy only).

About us

Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK. This year we are celebrating our 225th anniversary, having pioneered specialist support across multiple generations since 1799! We specialise in supporting people who have learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, who may also have sight loss. Our support ranges from providing person-centred support across our many supported-living and residential care provisions. Furthermore, we provide specialist eye-care services to children and adults alike and assist people with a disability to find paid employment for the very first time. SeeAbility provides the resources and expertise that make this possible, we support people to live ambitious lives and achieve things they never thought possible.

Safer Recruitment

SeeAbility is committed to safe and fair recruitment practices, safeguarding and protecting those who we support. It is a condition of employment that prospective employees will be subject to the following:

• A criminal background check through the Disclosure and Barring Service (where appropriate).
• Documentary evidence to confirm your identity, current address, and the right to work in the UK.
• Health Declaration to ensure that you are medically suitable for the role you have been offered.
• References will be obtained to ensure satisfactory evidence of conduct in current or previous employment concerned with the provision of services relating to (a) health or social care, or (b) children or vulnerable adults.

These checks will be carried out and completed prior to offering a date to start employment at SeeAbility's expense.

Diversity

We actively seek to attract and retain talent from diverse backgrounds, recognising that a wide range of perspectives strengthen our teams. In exceptional circumstances, the role is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement. SeeAbility encourages applications from individuals of all identities, including those from underrepresented groups and those with a disability. We believe a diverse workforce drives innovation, creativity, and success. Everyone's unique experiences and views are appreciated; their opinion valued. We particularly welcome applications from those with a disability.