Are you looking for night work? Being there for others and providing emotional reassurance overnight is more rewarding than you might think About the role Youll join us as a Waking Night Support Worker in Streatham, which is home to twelve people aged between 45
Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.
- 65, with learning disabilities.
They are all very active during the day and may want to talk to you about their activities and what they have been up to before they go to bed.
You will then check at regular intervals to ensure they are comfortable and getting a good nights sleep ready for the next day.
This is an important role to make sure people feel safe so at times it can be more about providing emotional reassurance.
Some people may need support with medication and/ or personal care throughout the night.
There may also be light cleaning and domestic duties to complete, in order to ensure the home is tidy ready for the next morning.
IND About you Of course we welcome you if youve been a care assistant or support worker, but experience isnt essential.
If you have the right attitude, good customer service skills, share our values and are willing to learn, youre likely to be a great fit.
We are looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.
We have an amazing training and induction programme, including training in positive behaviour support, all free of charge.
About us MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.
We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since.
We celebrate and develop everyones unique gifts, talents and contributions.
Training and Development At Macintyre we fully support your training and development.
We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.
But it doesnt stop there
- throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams.
These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities
- all free of charge.
Pay and Rewards We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes: Six weeks annual leave including statutory public holidays Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost) MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period) Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre) How to apply If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.
if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call usand we will send an application form to you.
Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so dont delay, apply today.
Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support.
Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.
MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce.
We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support.
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COVID-19 Information We will take every precaution to keep you and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process and your employment with MacIntyre.
We encourage all our employees to follow Government advice and get vaccinated against COVID and flu.
If you are a frontline care worker, you are on the priority list for vaccination.d02fcfcb-6df4-40ee-95cf-3eb059ce3173