Role: Waking Night Support Worker
Location: Across the North-West of England and North Wales
Pay: £16+ per hour + Travel Expenses @ 25p/Mile
Hours:
8pm-8am
About the role
As a waking night support worker, you will be working with children and young people with a range of Mental Health issues on a 2 to 1 basis. You'll encourage and support the service user with evening activities and provide physical and emotional care throughout the night. Previous experience within a similar role is essential.
Duties include:
You will be required to ensure that children and young people are provided with the highest quality of care possible and to assist them reaching their fullest potential.
Waking Night staff are responsible for ensuring the home is secure during the night and should the children or young person awake, that they have a friendly face to support them and deal with any issues.
To ensure children's safety and well-being is appropriately protected at all times
To provide high standard help, care and support
To enable clients / families or children and young people (as appropriate) to enjoy a range of food and support them to buy their food from various places including markets/ super-markets or specialist shops
The young people involved in these placements can have a range of needs, including:
Challenging & aggressive behaviour
Learning disability
Autistic Spectrum Condition
ADHD
Personality Disorder
Self-Injury
M.H diagnosis
Victims of the range of abuses
Inappropriate behaviours
Criteria for these roles are:
Child and Adult DBS - on the update service
1 year minimum experience in a similar role
NVQ Level 3 in childcare or equivalent (desirable not essential)
References covering the last 3 years
INDLIVHSC