Night Support Worker Location: Cranborne, Dorset Hourly rate: £12.37 - £13.49 £25 per night shift worked (approx. an additional £4,000 per year) Annual Salary: £28,141.75 - £30,689.75 Contract: full-time - we have 1 x permanent, and 1x 12 month fixed term contract available Hours: 7.45pm-8.15am- 4 on 4 off shifts- average of 43.75 hours per week. Teaching Personnel have an exciting opportunity to work with an SEN College based in Cranborne. The role: As a Night support worker, you will play an important role in the young people’s lives, preparing them for adult life and facilitating their transition into further education, training, or employment. Following a handover from the day team, you’ll support the students with their evening routine. You will mentor and support the young people in their evening activities, sports, or hobbies both on and off site and ensure they settle for night. This will be with the use of verbal and visual prompting dependent on the need of the young person. You’ll also provide a key liaison point for parents and carers and ensure all health/medical needs are looked after throughout the night. You will be the listening ear and emotional support for young people to talk to after a busy day. Skills and Qualifications : Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate (no experience needed – we’ll fund all your training): Willingness to participate, be positive and creative in meeting our young person’s needs Able to support and develop independence skills such as budgeting, cooking, housekeeping as well as accessing the wider community Ability to prompt / encourage in a positive manner whilst providing social/emotional behavioural support Ability to show a strong understanding of what “good care” looks like and how to put the young person’s needs first, whilst empowering them to be independent Due to our rural location access to transport and a drivers licence is essential Given the age of our students all applicants must be 21 and over If this opportunity is for you please send your CV to Abigail Simpson All applicants will require the appropriate qualifications and training for this role. Please see the FAQ’s on the Teaching Personnel website for details. All pay rates quoted will be inclusive of 12.07% statutory holiday pay. This advert is for a temporary position. In some cases, the option to make this role permanent may become available at a later date. Teaching Personnel is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children. We undertake safeguarding checks on all workers in accordance with DfE statutory guidance ‘Keeping Children Safe in Education’ this may also include an online search as part of our due diligence on shortlisted applicants. We offer all our registered candidates FREE child protection and prevent duty training. All candidates must undertake or have undertaken a valid enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. Full assistance provided. For details of our privacy policy, please visit the Teaching Personnel website.