Waking Night Support Worker - Adult Services

MacIntyre; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Six weeks annual leave

Pension scheme

Staff savings scheme

Employee Assistance Plan (EAP)

Health cash plan

Sick pay

Life assurance

Rewards scheme

Discounts (MacIntyre Perks)

Blue Light Card access

Enhanced DBS

Job summary

MacIntyre is seeking a dedicated Waking Night Support Worker to join our team in Milton Keynes. You will support adults with learning disabilities and/or autism during the night, ensuring comfort, safety and wellbeing through ongoing checks and personal care where needed.

Shifts run 10:00pm–7:30am (9.5 hours) with 3 nights per week. Training and ongoing support are provided by the Service Manager, Deputy and Senior Practitioners to help you develop and grow in your role within our supportive

Qualifications

• Compassionate and reliable individuals
• Willingness to support with personal care and medication
• Ability to work independently during night hours
• Commitment to safeguarding and wellbeing of those supported

Responsibilities

• Conduct regular checks to ensure residents are settled and comfortable
• Support evening routines (TV, reading, snacks) and bedtime preparation
• Provide personal care and administer medication when required
• Complete light cleaning and administrative tasks during quieter periods
• Receive training and ongoing support from Service Manager and Senior Practitioners

Skills

Compassionate

Patience

Reliability

Customer service

Job description

Waking Night Support Worker | Join Our Team

Are you looking for night work? Could you support adults with learning disabilities when they are wakeful during the night?

We are currently seeking a dedicated and compassionate Waking Night Support Worker, to join our team supporting adults with learning disabilities and/or autism.

Shift Patterns Available

• Shift time: 10:00pm to 7:30am
• Duration: 9.5 hours per shift
  We are recruiting for:
• 1 x Waking Night - 3 nights ( Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday)

About the Role

As a Waking Night Support Worker, you will play a vital role in ensuring the comfort, safety, and wellbeing of the people we support throughout the night. Your responsibilities will include: conducting regular checks to ensure individuals are settled and comfortable; supporting evening routines such as watching TV, reading, or preparing light snacks; assisting individuals to get ready for bed; providing personal care and administering medication when required; and completing light cleaning and administrative tasks during quieter periods. You’ll receive full training, along with ongoing support and guidance from your Service Manager, Deputy, and Senior Practitioners.

About the Service

Great Holm is home to over 34 people of mixed ages and genders, living across 16 residential flats. The service includes a large garden, outdoor gym, and patio area that residents enjoy, especially in warmer weather. As many of the people we support are older, the focus is often on maintaining independence and existing skills, while still encouraging opportunities for growth and engagement where possible.

What We’re Looking For

• Compassionate, patient, and reliable individuals
• A willingness to support with personal care and medication
• The ability to work independently during night hours
• A genuine desire to make a difference in people’s lives

If you're looking for a rewarding night role where you can make a meaningful impact, we’d love to hear from you.

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About you

Experience isn’t always necessary. If you have the right attitude, good customer service skills, share our values and are willing to learn, you’re likely to be a great fit. We are looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.

About us

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

Pay and Rewards

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

• Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.