Waking Night Support Worker

Voyage Care; England; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Bridgwater is seeking a Waking Night Support Worker to enhance the quality of life for individuals in their care. The role involves assisting with personal care, bedtime routines, and conducting regular nighttime checks. The ideal candidate will have a passion for helping others grow in confidence and independence. A full UK driving license and the ability to handle complex behaviours are essential. Join a supportive team offering excellent development opportunities and rewarding career progression.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for flexible pay

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Access to cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Hold a full UK driving license.
• Be resilient, flexible, and composed in approach.
• Experience in following Positive Behaviour Support plans.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals with bedtime routines and personal care.
• Complete regular checks throughout the night.
• Perform light domestic duties in spare time.

Skills

UK driving license

Resilience

Flexibility

Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans

Experience with behaviours of distress

Experience with mental health conditions

Experience with autism

Experience with forensic histories

Experience with trauma

Job description

Waking Night Support Worker Bridgwater -£12.64 per hour

Typical Shifts are:20.30-08.00 3 nights a week

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Wagestream giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards

We’re on the hunt for genuinely caring, hands-on Waking Night Support Workers with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support. As a support worker with us you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst working within a dynamic team to support a fantastic group of people!

Our supported living service in Bridgwater is a welcoming and friendly environment.

As a Night Support Worker, you’ll be enhancing the lives of the people we support by assisting with bedtime routines, including personal care and completing regular checks throughout the night. You will also be expected to complete light domestic duties in any spare time.

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to someone's life and to help them grow in confidence and independence so that they meet their goals, whether this be making dinner by themselves or going on holiday.

We’re interested in our Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Support Workers should hold a full UK driving license, be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach, have experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice as well as experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and people who have experienced trauma.

Why choose us?

You don’t need to have experience to be a fantastic Support Worker, what you need is a passion for enhancing the quality of life for the people we support, a desire to learn and a genuine caring attitude.

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career.

We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation.

We have a fantastic range of benefits for our staff and we offer sector leading career progression, so don't hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we're supporting!

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.