Waking Nights Support Worker

Advance Housing and Support Ltd; Southampton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A national not-for-profit organization is seeking a Female Waking Nights Support Worker to assist individuals with disabilities in Sarisbury Green, Southampton. Ideal candidates will be passionate about making a difference and supporting customers with independent skills, personal care, and daily living activities. The role includes flexible hours, competitive benefits, and genuine opportunities for career advancement in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Access to employee assistance programme

Paid mileage and travel time

Access to perks at work (discounts)

Long service awards

Golden Hello/refer a friend scheme

Free DBS checks

Career progression opportunities

Pension scheme with contributions

Qualifications

• No prior experience in care is necessary, but passion for helping others is essential.
• Candidates must be able to work flexible hours, including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and hygiene as required.
• Ensure safety and security of premises during the night.
• Support customers with meal preparation and independent skills.
• Maintain accurate records and follow care plans.

Skills

Effective communication

Teamwork

Ability to follow support plans

Literacy and numeracy in English

Job description

Position: Female Waking Nights Support Worker

Location: Sarisbury Green, Southampton SO31

Hours: 27 contracted hours per week (Mon-Sun, 3 nights per week, including weekends, and holidays)

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About the Role

Would you like to work somewhere where you get to make a real difference every day? Are you caring, fun and up for a challenge? Are you looking for a career where you get to make a difference to people’s lives? Do you love the idea of no two days being the same? If so, we want to hear from you.

Advance is looking for a Cycle to female support worker in Sarisbury Green, Southampton to support customers with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, mental health conditions to live the lives they choose. We offer great benefits, flexible working and all the training and support you need to kick start a rewarding career in Social Care.

Waking Night Activities

• Assisting with personal care and hygiene (if required)
• Ensuring the premises are secure and safe during the night
• Supporting with meal times and food preparation (if required)
• Medication administration (if required)
• Support with independent skills
• Keeping accurate records and updating care plans as required
• Keeping up to date with your training
• Supporting with regular checks on the customer to ensure their safety
• Supporting with domestic duties such as cleaning and laundry

Advance is a great place to progress; many of our support workers have gone on to be managers, and some have moved into roles in other areas of our business. Once you’re with us, there are genuine opportunities to learn, develop and build a long and rewarding career. Equally, there is the chance to work flexibly, fitting your role around your other life commitments.

About the Candidate

You don’t need to have previous experience working in care or support to be successful in this role. What matters are your values, your passion and determination to make a difference in the lives of people with autism or learning disabilities.

If you think a support worker role sounds right for you, you will need to be:

• Good at working on your own and within a team
• Excellent at communicating with people
• Able(图) to complete quality support records
• Able to work every other weekend
• Ability to follow a support plan and risk assessments and maintain customer records
• Need to be literate and numerate in English
• Willingness and ability to achieve the care certificate

Contact Information

For more information about the role please contact Kelly Brimble on Email: [e-mail] between Monday - Friday 9am - 5pm

About the Organisation

Advance is a national, not-for-profit provider of housing and support services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions.…………………………………………………

We recognise that our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about making Advance a great place to work. We invest in our staff, providing the training and support you need to succeed in your role, gain industry‑recognised qualifications and realise your career aspirations.

We are an equal opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind in Advance. As an organisation, we will not tolerate it. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and toазір supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds.

All newly appointed staff receive an induction, during which they will learn about our PRIDE values, our expectations of how they should treat customers and our commitments in relation to how they will be treated as a member of staff.

Benefits of Working for Advance

• Flexible hours to fit around you and the needs of our customers
• Paid mileage and travel time between appointments
• Sector specific training as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
• Access to perks at work where you can obtain discounts of cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
• Long service awards payable in 5‑year increments
• Golden Hello/refer a friend receive up to £500
• Access to our employee assistance programme
• Free DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service)
• Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
• Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)

Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.

Safeguarding

At Advance, safeguarding is embedded in our organisational culture it’s reflected in our values, our behaviours, and the way we work together. We believe that creating a safe environment is not just about compliance, but about cultivating trust, openness, and accountability at every level.

As the organisation’s safeguarding lead, Ryan Brummitt, executive director of support, oversees our safeguarding arrangements and ensures that concerns are acted upon quickly, sensitively and in line with national legislation and local safeguarding procedures.

We believe that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. Whether you are a customer, family member, colleague or partner organisation, if you have any concerns about the welfare or safety of someone we support or of any member of our team please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

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Diversity and Equality

We value diversity and therefore welcome applications from everyone interested in working at Advance. We are a disability confident leader.

For genuine occupational requirement reasons, we are looking to appoint a female only (biological sex in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, Part 1, Schedule 9).

Advance Housing & Support Ltd reserves the right to close this job once sufficient applications have been received.

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