Waking Night Support Worker - Complex care

Keys Group; Southampton; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Real Living Wage minimum

Enhanced pay scales

Career progression to Registered Nurse

Funded qualifications (QCF)

Annual leave 28 days

NEST Pension Scheme

Enhanced DBS check

Staff referral bonus £500

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Keys Group is seeking a dedicated children's waking night support worker to provide a safe, loving home for children with complex needs. You will be a calm, encouraging presence, guiding young people through routines and activities.

Join a supportive team with opportunities for funded qualifications, annual leave, pension, and progression toward roles such as Registered Manager, all while benefiting from paid DBS checks and wellbeing support.

Qualifications

• Caring, flexible and resilient personality traits.
• Passionate about helping children lead happy lives.
• Excellent communication skills; positive, playful and energetic.
• Experience with children or transferable skills in care, nursery, education, sports, or working with vulnerable people is beneficial.
• Ability to stay calm in challenging situations.
• Full UK driving licence is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Be part of a caring team providing a safe, loving home for children.
• Act as a professional parent, offering encouragement and praise.
• Facilitate enjoyable activities and outings to support development.
• Provide emotional and physical support to help children reach their potential.
• Help build friendships and trusted relationships; assist with daily routines.

Skills

Caring

Flexible

Resilient

Excellent communication

Experience with children

Driving licence

Job description

We are looking for a children's waking night support worker to become part of our loving family home, caring for children with complex needs . You would be the person to give encouragement and praise when needed, to be patient and understanding during times of crisis and to inspire them to grow and develop. We want to create a safe haven where every child's potential shines bright, you'll be the beacon of hope, providing unwavering support to our young champions. You will be availble through the nights to support the children What do you need?

• We want people who are naturally caring, flexible and resilient.
• Passionate about supporting children to lead happy lives.
• Great communication skills, positive, playful and energetic.
  Experience in working with children such as children's care or transferable skills such as children's nursery, education, sports or working with vulnerable people is beneficial.
• Ability to remain calm during sometimes challenging situations.
• Full UK Driving licence is beneficial
  Join us as a Support Worker and you will receive:
• Career Progression: We invest in your growth with clear paths to advance including future leaders which prepares you to become a Registered Manager.
• Competitive Salary: We offer the Real Living Wage as a minimum.
• Enhanced Pay Scales: Recognise both qualifications and experience with higher pay rates
• Family Support: Enhanced company maternity and paternity pay.
• Rewarding Job - Full of variety and enjoyment. No two days are ever the same
• Supportive Management - regular supervisions and appraisals to ensure you are enjoying life at Keys Group
• Regular Team Meetings - Include and contribute your ideas towards the progression of the service and have your voice heard
• Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
• Funded Qualifications - We fully fund and support you to obtain a range of QCF's opening up further career opportunities and extra pay
• Long Service awards
• EPIC awards employee recognition programme
• Full Induction Program: Comprehensive introductory training to set you up for success
• Amazing Discount Schemes - Unlock discounts with the Blue Light Card
• NEST Pension Scheme: Secure your future with our pension plan.
• Wellbeing Support, Advice and Guidance - Access advice and guidance through our Employee Assistance Programme.
• Staff Referral Scheme - Refer a friend to join Keys Group and split a £500 referral bonus between you
• Annual Leave: 28 days of annual leave, including Bank Holidays entitlement
• Free Enhanced DBS Check
• Circle, Powered by Workvivo - access to our internal engagement app, Circle, where you can stay up to date with news, recognise colleagues, hear from our CEO, and explore stories from across the organisation

What does the job involve?

• Be part of a caring team that provides a safe and loving home for children, led and supported by a registered manager.
• Act as a professional parent, to to give encouragement and praise.
• Enjoy fun days out such as fishing, ice skating, bowling and trampolining and revisit missed milestones.
• Provide emotional and physical support to allow the children to reach their full potential in sometimes challenging situations
• Build friendships and trusting relationships
• Help them to find pleasure in everyday tasks
• Empower them to make decisions about themselves
• Ensure a safe home environment, cleaning, laundry, cooking is part of the job.

Keys Care provides safe, supportive homes for children, offering tailored services and specialist support to help people thrive. Through our Connected Support approach, we empower individuals to build stability, resilience, and a strong sense of belonging. Safeguarding Commitment: Keys Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of everyone in our care. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check. Keys Group are very proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant that means we have made a commitment to welcoming service personnel, veterans and military families into the group. We are delighted to have veteran friendly policies, offer a Veterans Peer Support Network within our teams and are able to offer Military Awareness and support to our colleagues. KGSW