Overview
and Responsibilities
Night Support Worker - Boveridge College
Location: Cranborne, Dorset
Hourly rate: £. - £.+ £ per night shift worked (approx. an additional £4, per year)Annual Salary: £,. - £,.Contract: full-time - Fixed term contract until August 6Hours: 7.pm-8.am- 4 on 4 off shifts- average of. hours per week.
About Us:
At our Aurora Boveridge College, we support young people between the ages of and who have additional social, emotional, autism and mental health needs.
We’re currently looking for a Night Support Worker to assist our students in their homes (on-site) (no personal care responsibilities). Come and join our exciting team and make a difference.
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The role:
As a Night support worker, you will play an important role in our young people’s lives, preparing them for adult life and facilitating their transition into further education, training, or employment.
Following a handover from our day team, you’ll support our students with their evening routine. You will mentor and support our 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.
The key to this role will be your ability to participate and to motivate whilst ensuring our students develop their own independent living skills.
Duties will vary, you must expect to diversify and lend a hand wherever is required. Please see the link below for our full job description:
Skills and Qualifications
Skills and Qualifications:
Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate (no experience needed – we’ll fund all your training):
1. Willingness to participate, be positive and creative in meeting our young person’s needs
2. Able to support and develop independence skills such as budgeting, cooking, housekeeping as well as accessing the wider community
3. Ability to prompt / encourage in a positive manner whilst providing social/emotional behavioural support
4. 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
5. Due to our rural location access to transport and a drivers licence is essential
6. Given the age of our students all applicants must be and over
Benefits and Additional Information
Benefits and Additional Information
7. Full training with the opportunity to study the Level 3 diploma in Health and Social Care (funded by us!) and CPD pathway for progressing
8. The little perks of appreciation, chocolates, food, tea & coffee pods, Christmas hampers etc
9. Well-being checks with our Mental first aiders & Well being Champions
10. Full management support
11. Life assurance
12. Enhanced pension scheme (from October)
13. Perkbox - offering high street discounts
14. Employee assistance programme
15. Car lease scheme
16. Fully funded training and qualifications
17. Bike to work scheme
18. Free membership to our Health cash back plan - Claim back money on services such as dental, optical, physio and many more.
For candidates that haven’t worked in this sector before please be aware that for regulatory reasons the application process is far more detailed and thorough compared to other sectors.
Please complete the online application form in full, including all employment and education details, and provide a personal statement that makes us keen to speak to you.
If you need any assistance or would like any more information, please contact Adele in the Aurora Group Recruitment Team at