Night Support Worker

1 month ago

Kent, United Kingdom Look Ahead Housing and Care Full time

**Job profile**:

- The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
- **Job details**:
**Job details**:

Job reference
- REQ004656
- Date posted
- 17/04/2023
- Application closing date
- 15/05/2023
- Location
- Kent
- Salary
- £24,366.00 per annum
- Package
- 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
- Contractual hours
- 40
- Basis
- Full time
- Job category/type
- Fixed Term Contract, Full Time
- **Night Support Worker**:

Job description
- We’re looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient **Night Support Worker j**oin our **Homelessness** service in **Kent.** No personal care or experience is required, just the right values.

**This position is a Fixed Term Contract ending March 2024.**

**£24,366.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. **_Benefits _include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, _staff discounts, healthcare and career progression._

Want to feel like you’re part of one team? You’ll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren’t token gestures - we’ve thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
- This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation._

**What you’ll do**:
The Night Support Worker provides first contact and safeguarding to the customers during night-time hours. This includes providing a high level of customer service, recognising safeguarding concerns, identifying and reporting risks to people, report writing and providing handovers.

In addition, the Night Support Worker will be responsible for ensuring the safety and security of the building throughout times when support staff are not on site.

**About you**:

- Providing a welcoming and responsive presence to customers and visitors and ensuring their safety and the safety of the building is maintained at all times
- Carry out welfare checks on customers where required
- Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of ‘positive risk taking’
- Managing the security of the scheme and monitoring the CCTV system.
- Reporting repairs and managing immediate remedial to defects if an urgent health and safety matter arises
- Accurately recording interactions with clients and report customer incidents
- Settling in new customers
- Ensuring good housekeeping of the communal areas and occasional food preparation.
- Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues
- Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks etc.
- To treat all information - both verbal and written - in accordance with Look Ahead’s policy on confidentiality
- To maintain good relationships with all involved professionals and agencies
- Report any observations relating to customers welfare
- Adhere to all the policies and procedures of Look Ahead Care, Support & Housing plus those specific to the project including any statutory requirements
- Ensure Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times
- Maintain records as required at the project under the direction of management and offer comprehensive verbal handover.
- Participate in team meetings/reviews and the general development of the service
- Engage positively in reflective practice sessions with colleagues.
- Undertake any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as may be reasonably assigned

**What you’ll bring**:

- A commitment to engaging with vulnerable customers with complex needs, including mental health and substance misuse issues
- The ability to maintain a calm and assertive approach when faced with complex and challenging situations, including building safety, anti-social behaviour and complaints
- Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
- Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
- Prefers working as part of a group or team
- Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organized
- Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
- Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
- Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
- Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
- Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour
- Ability to adhere to Look Ahead’s professional boundaries policy

**Desirable**:

- NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent

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