Waking Night Support Worker
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Job summary
Mencap is seeking a Female Waking Night Support Worker to join our team in Clacton-on-Sea. The role covers night shifts, 27 hours per week, ensuring high-quality support for adults with learning disabilities.
Responsibilities include personal care, medication administration, and maintaining the safety of residents and the home. Enhanced DBS is required; female-only applicants due to service needs.
Qualifications
- Compassionate and dedicated handling of residents.
- Ability to provide personal care with dignity and respect.
- DBS check required before appointment.
Responsibilities
- Provide night-time personal care and support to adults with learning disabilities.
- Administer medication/PRN as directed.
- Monitor general well-being and safety of residents and premises.
- Perform laundry and light cleaning during night shifts.
Skills
Job description
Calling all compassionate and dedicated individuals!
Mencap is seeking a Female Waking Night (27 hours per week) passionate Support Worker to join our incredible team in a service within Clacton-on-Sea.
As a Support Worker, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities. You will be working with a diverse group of people, each with their own unique abilities and needs, which can be complex.
As a Waking Night Support Worker, you will be expected to provide an outstanding level of support that will enormously contribute to the people we support, living a more comfortable, dignified, liberated and happy life.
You will provide support during the night to the adults with a learning disability
Duties will include supporting with personal care, administering medication/PRN, checking on general well-being, carrying out laundry tasks, some cleaning tasks throughout the night as well as ensuring the safety of the people we support as well as the house is maintained.
Typical shifts are for 9 hours (10:00 pm to 07:00 am) one weekend on and one weekend off.
All our services are 24hr care. We prepare the rotas at least 4 weeks in advance so you can still plan your personal and social life!
*Due to the nature of this service, we are looking for female only applicants. This post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
An enhanced DBS will be required for the successful candidate
Job ID: 36528
Company: Mencap
Salary: £25,054 - £25,054
Hours: Full-time
Location: Clacton-on-Sea, CO15
Job type: Permanent
Posting date: 23 Jul 2026
Closing date: 21 Aug 2026
Calling all compassionate and dedicated individuals!
Mencap is seeking a Female Waking Night (27 hours per week) passionate Support Worker to join our incredible team in a service within Clacton-on-Sea.
As a Support Worker, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of individuals with learning disabilities. You will be working with a diverse group of people, each with their own unique abilities and needs, which can be complex.
As a Waking Night Support Worker, you will be expected to provide an outstanding level of support that will enormously contribute to the people we support, living a more comfortable, dignified, liberated and happy life.
You will provide support during the night to the adults with a learning disability
Duties will include supporting with personal care, administering medication/PRN, checking on general well-being, carrying out laundry tasks, some cleaning tasks throughout the night as well as ensuring the safety of the people we support as well as the house is maintained.
Shift times:
Typical shifts are for 9 hours (10:00 pm to 07:00 am) one weekend on and one weekend off.
All our services are 24hr care. We prepare the rotas at least 4 weeks in advance so you can still plan your personal and social life!
*Due to the nature of this service, we are looking for female only applicants. This post is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, Part 1.
An enhanced DBS will be required for the successful candidate
Job ID: 36528
Benefits
Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.
Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday (excluding bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest‑free loans, and many more exciting offerings.
For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document and below link with all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team
https://jobs.mencap.org.uk/benefits.aspx
*T&C's apply based on contract
About Mencap
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.
Belonging at Mencap is for Everyone, Every day, Everywhere.
- Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
- Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes.
- Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.
We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long‑term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.
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