Waking Night Support Worker

Creative Support; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A health and social care organization is seeking enthusiastic Waking Night Support Workers in Liverpool to support individuals with mental health needs and learning disabilities. The role includes providing personal care, fostering independence, and ensuring service users enjoy a high quality of life. Ideal candidates will demonstrate excellent communication skills and a proactive attitude. The position offers flexible working hours, opportunities for career advancement, and includes various training courses and benefits such as a probationary bonus and 28 days leave.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Qualifications

• Passion for supporting individuals with mental health needs or learning disabilities.
• Previous experience in a similar role is advantageous but not required.
• Preparedness to work on a rota including weekends and bank holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care to service users.
• Support individuals with activities and outings.
• Develop trusting relationships with service users.
• Carry out administrative and housing management tasks.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Team working skills

Proactive attitude

Resourcefulness

Job description

We are looking for respectful, warm and enthusiastic Waking Night Support Workers to work in our supported living service in Waterloo, providing support to 5 individuals with mental health needs, learning disabilities, and/or Autistic Spectrum Disorders within their own self-contained apartments.

You must be prepared to ‘go the Extra Mile’ to ensure that service users are enjoying the highest quality of life and have opportunities to become more independent and connected to their communities. You will have excellent communication and team working skills whilst promoting service user’s dignity, independence and well‑being. If you are calm, resourceful and proactive, this role is perfect for you.

Waking Night Support Worker Duties

• Providing personal care to service users
• Working evenings on a rota system including weekends and bank holidays
• Supporting individuals with activities that they enjoy and days out in the surrounding towns of Winwick, St. Helens, Leigh and Newton‑le‑Willows and further afield
• Developing and sustaining warm and trusting relationships with service users
• Carrying out general administrative duties and housing management tasks

Although previous experience in a similar role is more advantageous, we encourage the people with the right values and passion to apply and work to make a difference. Creative Support also offers a wide range of training courses. This will be a perfect opportunity for those who are seeking to progress in the health and social care sector as we also offer the QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care level 2 – 5. We will support your continuous development by providing accredited courses such as person‑centred planning, communication approaches and many more.

Full and part time hours will be considered. 36 hours for full time, 27 hours for part time.

Vacancy Reference Number: 84282
Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.

Creative Support’s Development Pathway offers a structured induction and values‑led training to help staff grow from entry‑level to leadership roles. It empowers career progression through tailored learning aligned with national strategies and the WE CARE framework. Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti‑racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold award.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.