Waking Night Support Worker

Aspris; Preston; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Aspris is seeking Waking Night Support Workers to join their residential care team. This role involves supporting vulnerable young people, ensuring their safety, and contributing to their daily routines. The position offers training, career progression, and a supportive environment to grow in residential childcare.

Benefits

Reward and discount scheme

Comprehensive induction

Ongoing training and career progression

Pension scheme

Qualifications

• Experience with emotional, behavioral, autism, ADHD challenges is helpful.
• Demonstrate values needed for residential childcare.

Responsibilities

• Support young people and perform regular checks.
• Assist with daily routines and activities.
• Update care plans and report relevant information.

Skills

Resilience

Communication

Organisation

Caring

Attentiveness

Job description

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There is no better time to start a career within residential childcare than now!

Would you like secure employment where you can progress your career?

If you would like to build a career that gives you a genuine sense of achievement and fulfillment, knowing that you can have a positive impact on the young people we support, then look no further and apply today!

Children’s home Haighton are recruiting for Waking Night Support Workers now!

We are looking for enthusiastic, caring, and passionate people to become an integral part of our support team. In this role, you will support our young people and be required to be alert and observant at all times. You will perform regular checks on the children and young people and may be assigned additional tasks.

Our benefits include exclusive access to our reward and discount scheme, comprehensive induction, commitment to ongoing training and career progression, pension scheme, and more!

As a member of our residential care team, you will strive to bring out the best in every young person by supporting and guiding them in their daily lives. This could involve helping the young person at school, accompanying them to activities (walking, horse riding, trampolining, Duke of Edinburgh, etc.), or assisting with daily routines, including morning and night routines.

At Aspris Children’s Services (formerly Priory Education and Children’s Services), we are proud of the career pathways and training we offer. As long as you demonstrate the values needed for residential childcare, we will provide all the training and support necessary to become a qualified Waking Night Support Worker.

While experience isn’t always essential, certain characteristics will help you succeed in this role:

Resilience: Supporting vulnerable children with emotional, behavioral, autism, ADHD, and related difficulties can challenge your resilience.

Communication: Effective communication with young people and teamwork are crucial for relaying important information.

Organisation: Confidence and organization are needed for updating care plans and reporting relevant information.

Caring: A natural caring and compassionate nature is essential.

Attentiveness: Being attentive to each young person's needs and situations is vital to providing effective support.

We offer a supportive and collaborative environment where you can grow your career and find fulfillment by helping those who need it most.

If you want residential childcare to be a job for life, Aspris Children’s Services will support you in achieving that.