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Female Night Support Worker – Young Adults’ Residential Homes
£12.70 - £12.78 per hour + (Earn up to an extra £2000 through weekend and bank holiday enhancements) + Benefits
Description: Female Night Support Worker - Young Adults' Residential Homes
Type: Full time, Permanent
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: Cheadle Hulme, SK8 6RQ
Salary: £12.70 - £12.78 per hour + (Earn up to an extra £2000 through weekend and bank holiday enhancements) + Benefits
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Night Support Workers to join our growing team!
About Seashell:
Seashell is a charity dedicated to providing a creative, happy, and secure environment for children and young people with complex needs and additional communication challenges from across the UK. We have 17 purpose-built home-from-home, four bedroomed houses for children and young adults who need residential support. We provide 24-hour care, weekly and termly boarding, and 52-week placement for individuals aged 3-25 years.
About the role:
The ideal candidate for this role is likely to be an experienced support worker looking for a new challenge within a friendly, development-focused team
The new Night Support Worker will support our residential care team in our onsite Young Adult’s residential homes. You will work with shift leads/seniors and associated staff teams in promoting quality sleep for our young adults; and when awake a safe, caring, and purposeful learning environment that will assist them to achieve their fullest potential.
Requirements of the role:
- Female support worker required to meet the needs of the service
- Ability to support evening and morning routines and any care or support required through the night e.g. medication administration, personal care
- Ability to commit to shift time of: 9:45pm-7:45am
- Challenging behaviours will present in these roles, so to fully support our young adults, candidates should be comfortable working in this type of environment
- Level 3 Health and Social Care (CCYP) – Level 5 Health & Social Care or equivalent (preferred but not essential)
- Good knowledge of CQC regulations and experience of implementing CQC Fundamental Quality Standards for Homes for young adults.
- Experience of working with young people with learning disabilities and complex needs.
- Experience of disability, mental health and autism spectrum conditions.
- Good written and verbal communication skills, ability to write and maintain reports and children / young people notes.
- Communicate effectively with parents/staff/other professionals.
- Flexible approach to work to work to work a day shift to meet with other operational staff.
Just some of the benefits of working for Seashell…
- 33 days annual leave per year, including bank holidays (incremental based on length of service).
- Detailed 2-week induction programme for all new employees.
- Access to our on-site inclusive gym, fitness classes and swimming pool.
- Blue light discount scheme.
- Benenden Health Care Membership – access to 24/7 GP, physiotherapy, medical treatments, mental health support including counselling service, cancer support, care planning and social care advice.
- Access to a wide range of vocational programmes to support you in your job role.
- Life Assurance (3x Annual base salary) subject to terms and conditions.
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Free on-site parking.
- Paid Enhanced DBS
About recruitment at Seashell…
Please upload your CV to apply. As per our Safer Recruitment procedure, you will be required to complete a Seashell Application Form as part of our recruitment process.
Enhancements
Please note, enhancement figures are based on completing 15 hours per weekend for 20 weekends (Saturday and Sunday) across a 52 week period and are not classed as guaranteed earnings.