Waking Nights Specialist Support Worker – Brudenell Road, Leeds

Signhealth; Leeds; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading charity as a Waking Nights Specialist Support Worker in Leeds, supporting deaf clients with complex needs. This role offers comprehensive training, a supportive environment, and a commitment to wellbeing for both clients and staff. Enjoy generous holiday, pension contributions, and opportunities for professional development.

Benefits

25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays

2 wellbeing days per year

Company pension scheme

5 days paid study leave

Fully funded BSL training

Sick pay policy

Work-from-home equipment

Refer-a-friend scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working with varying degrees of deafness.
• Experience with complex mental health challenges.

Responsibilities

• Maintain tenants' safety, privacy, and dignity.
• Support clients with complex needs.

Skills

British Sign Language

Communication

Experience with Learning Disabilities

Job description

Waking Nights Specialist Support Worker – Brudenell Road, Leeds

Role: Waking Nights Specialist Support Worker
Salary: £15.12 per hour
Location: Brudenell Road, Leeds
Hours: 12 hour and 15 minute shifts

Closing date: 3 June 2025

About the role

Our service in Leeds is a new supported living service for 4 clients who are deaf with complex needs and/or mental health conditions.

If you have the passion to make a difference, have the experience outlined below, and are interested in working for SignHealth, we would be delighted to hear from you.

We are looking for people with:

• Experience working with varying degrees of deafness, including those who are culturally deaf
• British Sign Language (BSL) skills or a willingness to learn BSL (full BSL training will be provided)
• Excellent communication skills
• Experience working with people with Learning Disabilities and/or Mental Health challenges where diagnosis is complex and may present challenging behaviour
• Experience working in supported living services or residential care services
• Experience or willingness to undertake Prevention Management of Violence and Aggression (PMVA) training

You will maintain tenants' safety, privacy, and dignity in accordance with CQC regulations and organisation policies.

For more information, watch or download the job description below:

SignHealth is a passionate and unique Deaf-led charity committed to creating a future with no barriers to good health and wellbeing for Deaf people.

We support your career development with training and development opportunities to help you become the best you can be.

You will receive an in-depth induction to understand our charity and your role in helping us deliver our mission.

Join our learning pathway with BSL; we offer paid training to further your BSL skills.

Wellbeing is central to our work — for our clients and our staff.

As a SignHealth employee, you will also receive:

• 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
• 2 wellbeing days per year (pro-rata)
• Company pension scheme with Standard Life from day one (employer contribution: 6%, minimum employee contribution: 5%)
• 5 days paid study leave (pro-rata)
• Expenses policy for work-related costs
• 2x salary life assurance scheme (death in service)
• Fully funded BSL training
• Sick pay policy
• Work-from-home equipment and furniture
• Refer-a-friend scheme: £200 voucher for both referrer and referee

How to apply

If you're interested, please apply today!

We encourage applications from deaf people, disabled people, people of colour, and members of the LGBT+ community. We will support all applicants throughout the recruitment process.

Offers are subject to: Enhanced DBS checks, Right to Work checks, references, and medical clearance.

Note: SignHealth does not hold a sponsorship licence. If you need sponsorship to work in the UK, we cannot consider your application.