Waking Night Support Worker

Achieving for Children; Kingston upon Thames; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Achieving for Children is looking for a Full-time Waking Night Support Worker in Kingston upon Thames. The role involves providing care and support for children during nighttime hours, ensuring their safety and maintaining a secure environment. Benefits include 29 days of annual leave, flexible working options, and access to a comprehensive employee assistance program.

Benefits

29 days annual leave

Local Government salary and pension scheme

Flexible working options

Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

Development offers to support career pathways

Qualifications

• Ability to assess and generate solutions to problems.
• Commitment to the protection and safeguarding of young people.
• Ability to identify and record safeguarding issues.

Responsibilities

• Provide overnight care to vulnerable residents.
• Conduct welfare checks during the night.
• Ensure the safety and security of the building.

Skills

Analytical skills

Planning skills

Risk assessment

Safeguarding awareness

Job description

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Achieving for Children

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Kingston upon Thames, United Kingdom

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Yes

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29.06.2025

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13.08.2025

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Job Information

Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us.

Waking Night Support Worker

We are proud to share that children's services in Kingston have achieved an OUTSTANDING rating from Ofsted in December 2024, receiving the highest judgement rating in all five assessment areas. This marks Kingston's second consecutive OUTSTANDING rating, a true reflection of the commitment to ensuring children and young people across the borough have a fairer start in life, and providing the support and services they and their families need to live happy, healthy and successful lives. To find out more click .

If you would like to be part of our success story, take a look at the below opportunity to see if it's the right fit for you.

Waking Night Support Worker| Full time | £31,524 - £32,931 pa | Based across Windsor and Maidenhead, Richmond and Kingston | Full time | 156 hour on average per month - 3/4 nights per week

This post will be based across provider services in Windsor, Teddington and Surbiton children’s homes.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this position.

Operational area Kingston and Richmond Primary place of work Across Kingston, Richmond and Windsor and Maidenhead Appointment type Permanent Business area Children's Social Care Full time/Part time Full-time Salary from £31,524 (SCP12) Salary to £32,931 (SCP15) Hours Average 36 hours per wk, 156 hours per month, shift work across 365 days per year Estimated Interview date/s TBC Closing Date 30/06/2025 Ref No 1864 Documents

Job Information

Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us.

Waking Night Support Worker

We are proud to share that children's services in Kingston have achieved an OUTSTANDING rating from Ofsted in December 2024, receiving the highest judgement rating in all five assessment areas. This marks Kingston's second consecutive OUTSTANDING rating, a true reflection of the commitment to ensuring children and young people across the borough have a fairer start in life, and providing the support and services they and their families need to live happy, healthy and successful lives. To find out more click .

If you would like to be part of our success story, take a look at the below opportunity to see if it's the right fit for you.

Waking Night Support Worker| Full time | £31,524 - £32,931 pa | Based across Windsor and Maidenhead, Richmond and Kingston | Full time | 156 hour on average per month - 3/4 nights per week

This post will be based across provider services in Windsor, Teddington and Surbiton children’s homes.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this position.

Operational area Kingston and Richmond Primary place of work Across Kingston, Richmond and Windsor and Maidenhead Appointment type Permanent Business area Children's Social Care Full time/Part time Full-time Salary from £31,524 (SCP12) Salary to £32,931 (SCP15) Hours Average 36 hours per wk, 156 hours per month, shift work across 365 days per year Estimated Interview date/s TBC Closing Date 30/06/2025 Ref No 1864 Documents

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About the role

This post will be responsible for providing care to our vulnerable residents overnight; ensuring the buildings are safe and secure and for carrying out some cleaning and administrative duties. The postholder may be required to do regular welfare checks on a young person who is high risk of self harming or having suicidal ideations or is at risk of going missing.

Care offered includes:

Responding to times of crises

Supporting daytime staff with setting a night time environment for the children

Supporting the children, ensuring safeguarding policies and procedures are implemented during the night

Ensure the upkeep of the home is maintained

Liaising with agencies, stakeholders and services associated with the home

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Christine Flowers, Operations Manager at

About you

The successful candidate will have the following aptitudes:

Ability to assess risk and generate solutions to problems, strong analytical and planning skills, and the ability to assess and review young people’s needs

Commitment to the protection and safeguarding to young people at risk of abuse or harm

Ability to identify and record any safeguarding issues in accordance with the Residential Home and Achieving for Children’s Safeguarding procedures.

Commitment to carry out day-to-day and deep cleaning tasks and routine Health & Safety checklist task

About our benefits

We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:

29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term-time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract)

Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC

Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)

Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance

A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme

A range of staff benefits and discounts

An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway

To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children . For our social work offer . For our Recruitment Journey,

Important Information

Start dates: Achieving for Children have meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month.Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.

Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the for right to work guidance.

Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams.Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).

For more information about AfC:Drop in and meet Regina on the first Wednesday of every month at Civic Centre, Twickenham.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.