Waking Night support worker

Aspris; Calow; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspris is seeking a Waking Nights Support Worker to provide overnight care and supervision for children and young people in our residential homes near Temple Normanton, Calow, and Chesterfield. You will ensure safety and emotional wellbeing through the night, conduct welfare checks, document incidents, and help maintain a calm, nurturing environment.

Automatic enrollment onto NVQ/SVQ qualifications within 6 months and opportunities to progress to degree level are available as part of our

Qualifications

• Automatic enrollment onto NVQ/SVQ qualifications within 6 months of starting a Residential Support role.
• Opportunity to be qualified to degree level.

Responsibilities

• Provide overnight care, supervision and support to children and young people in the home.
• Conduct welfare checks and respond to incidents.
• Maintain accurate records and undertake household duties.

Skills

Overnight care experience

Job description

Moorfield House and Moor Farm Cottage are semi rural Children’s Home on the outskirts of Temple Normanton village and Calow near Chesterfield. We care for up to 9 young people aged 9-16+ years exhibiting Behavioural, Emotional, and Social Difficulties the Young People are split across 2 homes.

Moor Farm Cottage/Moorfield House tries to replicate a caring, family environment that provides the opportunities that will hopefully one day help our young people to lead positive and rewarding lives. we are looking for dedicated, caring and passionate people to support our Young People.

At Aspris, we want every young person to feel understood, supported, and ready to take on the world. That’s why our homes are shaped around the needs of each child - this ensures that all of our young people get the support that’s shaped around their strengths, challenges, and goals.

While the world sleeps, as a Waking Nights Support Worker you will be making a real difference! You'll help create a safe, supportive, and caring environment where children and young people can feel secure and settled. Providing overnight care, supervision, and support to children and young people within the home, ensuring their safety, wellbeing, and emotional needs are met throughout the night.

You will also be expected to conduct welfare checks, respond to incidents, maintain accurate records, undertake household duties, and contribute to creating a stable, safe, and nurturing environment.

At Aspris, learning never stops - and that’s something we truly value. As a growing organisation, we rely on accurate, detailed data, which can include sensitive information such as incident reports and disclosures from young people. High attention to detail is essential to the role.

To support you, we offer continuous CPD and development opportunities, helping you grow and become the best version of yourself.

What does this mean?

• Automatic enrollment onto NVQ/SVQ qualifications within 6-months of starting a Residential Support role
• The opportunity to be qualified to degree level
• A clear pathway for you to progress in your role

We believe every child and young person has potential.

We work in partnership with parents and guardians to unlock this potential through specialist care, support and education. Tailoring our care and education provisions to meet the diverse needs of children and young people ensuring that they always receive the right support, at the right time, and in the right setting. Even when the journey seems hard, we use courage, resilience, kindness and dedication.

Our team of experts work together to deliver safe, nurturing environments where children can thrive. When a young person’s confidence grows, they become limitless. This is the heartbeat of our work - every day, every hour and every minute.

That is the Aspris difference.

At Aspris we're committed to ensuring that our colleagues are compensated with benefits that are meaningful and worthwhile - more information can be found here regarding what benefits we have to offer.

To get a real feel for the true impact of working as part of our residential team - please take a couple of minutes to watch our video Job Description below, where you'll hear first hand from some of our amazing staff.