Night Support Worker

Progress Care Solutions; Wolverhampton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization in the Wolverhampton area is seeking a Night Support Worker for their Supported Living service. The role involves helping young adults with learning disabilities lead full and active lives while ensuring their safety and comfort. The successful candidate will be responsible for monitoring needs during the night shifts, which predominantly take place from 10 PM to 7 AM. Offers flexible working, and starting salary of £12.30 per hour with additional benefits and opportunities for training.

Benefits

Funded DBS and renewals

Private health cashback plan

Online GP and physio

Death in service, 2x salary

Contributory pension

Blue light retail discount card

Annual leave purchase scheme

Comprehensive training program

Refer a friend reward scheme

Annual superstar awards

Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 months experience in a Care organisation or personal experience supporting people with learning disabilities.
• Kind and caring person who wants to make a difference.

Responsibilities

• Support young adults to lead full and active lives.
• Administer medication and respond to needs.
• Perform cleaning and laundry duties.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Conflict Management

Ability to follow Care Plans

Team player

Education

Level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

Night Support Worker – Supported Living – Dudley and Wolverhampton Areas

Nights Support Worker
Location: Wolverhampton and Dudley area
Hourly rate: £12.30 plus
Hours: Up to 36 hrs p week. Minimum of 3 x shifts per week

Calling all Night Support Workers!

Due to expansion and growth we are recruiting support workers to work with adults with learning disabilities and other needs, in the Hub, our supported living service. We are seeking inspirational, caring and motivated people who believe they can make a difference in the lives of the adults that we support.

In the Hub we

• Empower you to be the best version of yourself
• Ensure you have a rota that gives you the time to have fun and relax when not at work
• Support you to develop and gain new skills
• Thrive on diverse people who bring their unique experiences to the team
• We are seeking inspirational, caring and motivated people who believe they can make a difference in the lives of the young adults that we support.

As a Night Support worker with Progress Care Solutions you will be working with our amazing young adults to enable them to lead full and active lives within our Supported living services. This role will involve closely monitoring the people in your care over the shift, responding to their needs, administering medication etc. You will also be required to undertake cleaning and laundry duties. Please note this role will involve lone working so you will need to be comfortable with this. We have full time Waking Nights opportunities in the Wolverhampton and Dudley area. Shifts start at 10pm and finish at 7.00am. Sometimes we do require flexibility for you to stay until 9am. Ideally you will have some previous experience within care or support work supporting Adults with Learning Disabilities and will involve working at different locations. You will also ideally be a car driver. Progress is a well‑established, growing organisation that supports children and young adults with Learning Disabilities through our Residential and Supported living services the West Midlands.

For more information or to apply, please click apply and one of the recruitment team will be in touch!

Qualifications

You will ideally:
Hold a level 2 or 3 in Health and Social Care
Have experience in a care environment
You WILL be a kind and caring person who wants to make a difference to peoples lives.

Experience

Ideally you will have a minimum of 12 months experience working in a Care organisation or have personal experience supporting people with learning disabilities.

Skills/Abilities

• Strong communication skills
• The ability to communicate on various levels
• Working knowledge of, following, and working to Care Plans
• Experience of Conflict Management and dealing with difficult situations
• The ability to work effectively during high pressured situations
• You will be a supportive team player

Qualities

• Kind, Caring and approachable
• Patient and welcoming
• Creative, Helpful and Reliable
• Willing to learn valuable life skills

Company Values

We CARE about our services, staff and the people we support - continually improving the quality of care and service delivery. We TRUST that staff will work in partnership in all areas – ensuring we are meeting business objectives, goals and targets. We RESPECT each other regardless of position and provide peer support to our colleagues by working together. We PROGRESS in our development – personally, as a business, for our professional partners and for the people we support. At Progress, we have high staff retention rates through

• Personal development opportunities
• Treating you as an individual
• Publicly recognising your achievements
• Supporting you any way we can
• Placing you on a comprehensive training program
• A competitive salary
\ worker role offers a salary starting at £12.30 per Hour (Basic salary based on competency based qualifying criteria) plus the opportunity to increase earnings through regular overtime opportunities paid at £14.80 - £15.90 per hr, along with the following benefits package:

Funded DBS and renewals
Private health cashback plan
Online GP, scans, physio, counselling and more
Death in service, 2x salary
Contributory pension
Blue light retail discount card
Annual leave purchase scheme
Broad training and development
Emergency days scheme
Performance management programme and annual review to support progression
Refer a friend reward scheme
Annual superstar awards
Additional annual leave days after 2 and 5 years of service
Utilities comparison service
Counselling line through the Care Workers Charity