Waking Night Support Worker Specialist

**Position**:**Waking Night Support Worker Specialist**

**Location**: Gosport, Hampshire

**Hours**:up to 36 contracted hours per week (Mon-Sun, including weekends)

**Salary**:£28,695.30 per annum (£15.29 p/h)**

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**_ We regret to inform you that Advance is unable to accept any sponsorship requirements._**

**About the Role**:
**_ Would you like to work somewhere where you get to make a real difference every day?_**

We are seeking highly motivated **Waking Night Support Worker Specialist**to work in Gosport, Hampshire with the Support Manager and team to support our customers in deliver 24 hours registered supported living service. This service has 4 adults who have Learning disabilities and mental health and very complex behaviours.

Are you caring, fun and up for a challenge? Are you looking for a career where you get to make a difference to people’s lives? Do you love the idea of no two days being the same? If so, we want to hear from you.

Advance will provide all the training and support you will need for this role.

**Waking Night Activities**:

- Assisting with personal care and hygiene (if required)
- Ensuring the premises are secure and safe during the night
- Supporting with meal times and food preparation (if required)
- Medication administration (if required)
- Support with independent skills
- Keeping accurate records and updating care plans as required
- Keeping up to date with your training
- Supporting with regular checks on the customer to ensure their safety
- Supporting with domestic duties such as cleaning and laundry

Advance is a great place to progress too; many of our Support Workers have gone on to be managers, and some have moved into roles in other areas of our business. Once you’re with us, there are genuine opportunities to learn, develop and build a long and rewarding career. Equally, there is the chance to work flexibly, fitting your role around your other life commitments.

You don’t need to have previous experience working in care or support to be successful in this role. What matters are your values, your passion and determination to make a difference in the lives of people with autism or learning disabilities.

If you think a **Waking Night Support Worker Specialist** role sounds right for you, you will need to be:

- Able to support with customer’s evolving support needs and create personalised support plans using specialist knowledge and experience
- Able to deliver care and support in line with co-produced plans, and establishing meaningful relationships with our customers, and their circle of support to truly understand their needs, and ensure they feel engaged, involved, and fulfilled
- Able to work with customers who present behaviours of concern that require intensive support planning and risk management to ensure the safety of the customer and others
- Able to take the lead on monitoring and evaluating the health and behaviour needs of the customers
- Able to act as a role model and mentor to colleagues, by demonstrating excellent levels of practice and ensuring specialist care and support is tailored to the customers we support
- Able to identify, escalate, and contribute to the management of any risks that could affect customer service or safety, or the effectiveness, efficiency and compliance of an individual's activities, to ensure that the best interests of the customers we support are always maintained
- Need to be literate and numerate in English
- Willingness and ability to achieve the Adult Care Worker Level 3 or equivalent
- Minimum of 1-year strong experience in Learning Disabilities, Autism & Mental Health Services
- Able to work well as a team
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**About the organisation**:
Advance is a national, not-for-profit provider of housing and support services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions. Our vision is to transform lives; providing the best quality housing and support services so that people can live the lives they choose, achieve their personal goals, feel valued and know their voices are heard.

We recognise that our people are our greatest asset and we’re passionate about making Advance a great place to work. We invest in our staff, providing the training and support you need to succeed in your role, gain industry-recognised qualifications and realise your career aspirations.

All newly appointed staff receive an induction, during which they will learn about our PRIDE values, our expectations of how they should treat our customers and our commitments in relation to how they will be treated as a member of staff.

**Benefits of working for Advance**:
We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:

- Flexible hours to fit around you and the needs of our customers
- Paid mileage and travel time between appointments
- Sector specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
- Access to