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Achieving for Children is a Community Interest Company that has a public sector ethos, combined with the freedom to innovate enabling us to do things differently. As a not-for-profit social enterprise owned by three local authorities (Windsor & Maidenhead, Kingston and Richmond), we offer the freedoms of a social enterprise with the employment benefits of local government. To find out more about us .
Night Support Worker
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Supported Accommodation Unit based in New Malden, as a Night Support Worker!
The role requires unsociable hours. The post holder would be expected to work 20 hours a week made up of 2 shifts of 10 hours on Saturday and Sunday night. This will consist of two hours awake from 10pm to 12am and then sleep in from 12am until 8am. This is subject to rota changes to meet the needs of the service.
Please note that the pay scale listed is pro rata and this is a part time role.
Operational area Kingston and Richmond Primary place of work Beverley House, 140-142 Dukes Avenue, KT3 Appointment type Permanent Business area Children's Social Care Full time/Part time Part-time Salary from £27,345(SCP02) Salary to £27,729 (SCP03) Hours 20 Estimated Interview date/s 08/09/2025 & 10/09/2025 Closing Date 31/08/2025 Ref No 2096 Documents
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About the role
As a Night Support Worker you will be responsible for providing sleep-in support to the care leavers accommodated at Beverley House, which is one of our support accommodation units. The role requires unsociable hours.
The key responsibilities include:
2. To respond to any issues or emergency situations throughout the night and follow the correct policies and procedures should any issues arise
3. Identify and record any safeguarding issues and facilitate relevant referrals to safeguarding services in accordance with the HOST & Achieving for Children’s Safeguarding procedures.
4. Help deliver independent life skills sessions with young people e.g. cooking, budgeting, cleaning, access to education and employment etc
5. Ensure that regular health and safety checks of communal areas and equipment are completed, logged and actioned appropriately and that communal areas, including external areas, are kept clean and hazard free and reporting any maintenance and repair issues.
6. Accurate record keeping & Identifying/recording any safeguarding issues, incidents and accidents
For further information about this role, please contact Amanda McWilliams by email for an informal discussion.
Please note that the pay scale listed is pro rata and this is a part time role.
About you
As a Night Support Worker, you will need to be passionate about working with young people and will need to be/have:
7. Ability to assess risk and generate solutions to problems, strong analytical and planning skills, and the ability to assess and review young people’s needs
8. Commitment to the protection and safeguarding to young people at risk of abuse or harm
9. Experience of keeping and maintaining records (in accordance with local policy) and information security and sharing
10. Knowledge and understanding of the life skills needed to live independently and experience in delivering these to young people with a wide range of cultural backgrounds and needs
11. Ability to work as part of an effective, flexible and supportive team and willing to work weekends and unsociable hours - including under own initiative and lone working whilst under pressure
About our benefits
We are focused on creating a positive supportive environment, where you will have access to a really wide range of resources, as well as a competitive salary and all the perks to enable hybrid working. In AfC you will also have access to:
12. 29 days annual leave, increasing to 33 days after 2 years and 35 days after 4 years with an additional day off in your birthday month (Or for term-time workers, your leave entitlement consists of the non-working periods in your contract)
13. Tailored induction sessions commencing on the date you start working for AfC
14. Local Government salary and pension scheme (LGPS or Teachers Pension)
15. Flexible working options - helping to keep a good work life balance
16. A comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
17. A range of staff benefits and discounts
18. An excellent learning and development offer to support your career pathway
To find out about all of the breadth of benefits of working for Achieving for Children. For our social work offer. For our Recruitment Journey,
Important Information
Start dates: Achieving for Children have meaning successful candidates join on a set date in each month. Candidates are advised to prepare for this should a job offer be accepted to ensure eligible continuous service is not affected.
Right to work: The UK has introduced a new points-based immigration system affecting EU and Non-EU workers and sponsorship requirements. We advise checking the for right to work guidance.
Equality: We particularly welcome applications from sections of the community who are currently underrepresented within our teams. Achieving for Children are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences, recognising that employees from a variety of backgrounds bring important and positive contributions and can improve the way we deliver services. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.
Safeguarding: We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a check of police records via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS).
For more information about AfC: Drop in and meet Regina on the first Wednesday of every month at Civic Centre, Twickenham.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.