Waking Nights Support Worker, York

Avalon Group; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 10,000 - GBP 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A dedicated care organization in York is seeking experienced and compassionate Waking Night Support Workers to provide safe and attentive overnight support for individuals with specific health needs. The role involves monitoring and responding to health issues during the night. Ideal candidates should have previous care experience and strong communication skills. Attractive benefits include a £500 welcome bonus, extensive training, and on-call support.

Benefits

£500 Welcome Bonus

24/7 Advice helpline

Discounts at retailers

Health Cash Plan

Paid travel expenses

Enhanced DBS Certificate

Qualifications

• Previous care experience required.
• Experience with enhanced health-related support needs is highly desirable.
• Comfortable providing attentive overnight support.

Responsibilities

• Provide attentive overnight support and monitoring.
• Respond promptly to health or wellbeing needs during the night.
• Maintain accurate records and handovers.

Skills

Experience with epilepsy

Diabetes care

Compassionate and caring

Teamwork skills

Communication skills

Job description

Part-time hours available (availability to be discussed at interview)

Pay

From £12.97 per hour (Waking Night Weekday rate)

Shifts

Waking Nights (9:30pm - 7:30am)

£500 Welcome Bonus (Terms & Conditions apply)

Award winning in-house training with opportunities to develop your career

24/7 Everyday Advice helpline, giving you impartial guidance regarding any personal matters or concerns you may have

On Call support 24 hours a day

Discounts at high street retailers and on gym memberships

Access to our Health Cash Plan

Paid travel expenses between consecutive sessions of support

£250 bonus for recommending a friend to become a support worker

Paid Enhanced Disclosure and Barring (DBS) Certificate (which you need to be able to work in social care

Waking Nights Support Worker, York (Heworth)

Female applicants only, due to the specific support needs of the people we support*.

Avalon Group has an exciting new service in Heworth, York (Adult Social Care), supporting four ladies to live independent, fulfilling lives — we are looking for experienced and compassionate Waking Night Support Workers to provide safe, attentive support throughout the night.

This is a fantastic opportunity to play a vital role in ensuring the wellbeing, comfort, and safety of the people we support overnight.

What You’ll Be Doing

As a Waking Night Support Worker, you will:

• Provide attentive overnight support and monitoring
• Respond promptly to health or wellbeing needs during the night
• Support individuals with epilepsy, diabetes and other enhanced health needs
• Maintain accurate records and handovers for the day team
• Promote dignity, reassurance and person-centred care at all times

What We’re Looking For

Previous care experience required

• Experience with epilepsy, diabetes, non-verbal support or enhanced health-related support needs is highly desirable
• Compassionate, reliable and caring individuals
• Strong teamwork and communication skills

Why Work for Avalon?

Avalon Group is an award-winning charity with over 30 years’ experience providing person-centred support to adults with care and support needs. Our work is guided by our values of respect, honesty, learning & development, inclusion and partnership working.

• Comprehensive training from our in-house training team.
• Opportunity to build specialist experience and develop lifelong skills
• Award-winning charity with over 30 years’ experience
• Values-led organisation focused on respect, inclusion and development
• Fantastic benefits including a Wider Wallet Scheme, enhanced pay rates for nights/weekends/bank holidays, 24/7 on-call support, and paid mileage

If you’re looking for a role where you can truly make a difference — we’d love to hear from you.

Apply before the end of February, and you could be eligible for a £500 Welcome Bonus!

*This is a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

Due to the terms of our sponsorship licence, we are currently not able to accept applications from those requiring sponsorship. Please only apply if you are already a resident in the UK with no sponsorship requirements.

Appointment will be subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Certificate.

We strive to ensure equality of opportunity for all. We welcome applications from suitably skilled candidates regardless of ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexuality or religion.

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As The Avalon Group meets the requirements in respect of exempted questions under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, all applicants who are offered employment will be subject to a criminal record check from theDisclosure and Barring Service before the appointment is confirmed.

Criminal records will be taken into account for recruitment purposes only when the conviction is relevant. Having a ‘spent’ or ‘unspent’ conviction will not necessarily bar you from employment – this will depend on thecircumstances and background to your offence(s) and we will consider these on a case by case basis.

The amendments to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (2013 and 2020) provides that when applying for certain jobs and activities, certain convictions and cautions are considered ‘protected’. This means that they do not need to be disclosed to employers, and if they are disclosed, employers cannot take them into account.

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