Waking Night Support Worker

1 week ago


Birmingham, United Kingdom Sense Full time

**Looking for a new challenge?**:
Sense are looking for a passionate and motivated person to join our fantastic team as a Support Worker at our Supported Living service in Selly Park, Birmingham.

This is a permanent role, working 35 hours per week. As a Waking Night Support Worker you will receive £13 per hour. Your shift patterns for this role will be as follows: 4 nights on and 4 nights off.

At our 6-bedded service, we support individuals with complex needs, including mobility impairment, learning disabilities and sensory losses. The people we support live a varied and active life and like to be out and about, busy getting on with things.

As a Waking Nights Support Worker, you will be responsible for supporting with personal care needs during the night and ensuring high standards of cleanliness and record keeping.

Knowledge of or qualification in British Sign Language is desirable.

**Does this sound right for you?**:
**We’re looking for enthusiastic applicants who are**:

- Positive, with a can-do attitude.
- Caring and empathetic.
- Passionate about enhancing other people’s lives.
- Willing to attend training as needed to support you in your role.

**No two days will be the same**

Here at Sense, we support people with complex disabilities to live the life they choose. Your priority will be empowering the people you support to live an independent life.

This role in Selly Park might include supporting people with:

- Everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning.
- Personal care and hygiene.
- Finances.
- Medication and wellbeing.
- Working.
- Going into the community for shopping or other trips.
- Their social life and nightlife.

Everyone we support is an individual, so their care is as unique as they are. You can see a more detailed description of duties in the job description attached at the bottom of this advert.

**Why work for Sense?**:
Sense is a national disability charity supporting everyone who is deafblind or has complex disabilities. We believe everyone should be able to take part in life, no matter their disability.

Our work empowers thousands of people who are deafblind or have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfill their potential.

Work at Sense can be demanding and so isn’t for everyone, but it is also incredibly rewarding and valuable. Take a look at the video below to see why we do what we do.

**Benefits**:

- 24 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
- Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
- Free life assurance policy.
- Cashback and discounts on high street brands (and 10% off at Sense charity shops).
- Cycle to work scheme.
- Travel season ticket loans.
- Enhanced sick pay.
- Free DBS check if your role needs one.
- A £350 refer-a-friend scheme.
- Headspace app

**Ready to make a difference?**:
**To apply**

No agency submissions please: any submissions without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own and as such no fee will be payable.



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