Night Support Worker

**SDR Care** is a growing business with care homes situated on the South Coast. We pride ourselves on investing in our people and we are committed to the **UK Living Wage Foundation**. We aim to continuously train and develop our staff to enable them to reach their full potential within our collaborative and supportive team.

An exciting opportunity has become available to join our team of **Night Support Workers** at our new home in Hailsham, where you will be working with residents with Complex Needs. The home will specialise in person-centred care for people with learning difficulties and autism.

The individual you will be working with has a fantastic and silly sense of humour; they love to make people laugh. They also love the outdoors, as well as playing ball games and having picnics. Working with this individual will be incredibly rewarding, as we help them on their development journey.

We are looking for people that might have experience and/or understanding of supporting individuals with autism and complex needs, or have worked in a similar role. You will be a great addition to the team if you enjoy working and interacting with people, have the right personality and share the same values as us. We are looking for people who are enthusiastic, effective communicators, with high standards of care, and who are sensitive to the needs of people with complex needs.

The house will eventually have several residents at the property. You will, initially, be providing supported living to one individual. They have challenging needs and behaviours; however, full training and support will be provided to enable the team to support them in a proactive way delivering a Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) model which highlights that all challenges are a form of communication.

We are looking to recruit a Night Support Worker to work on a rotational shift pattern **Monday-Sunday**. Hours will be **20.50 hours** per week (**2**_ nights per week_**) to ensure consistency for the service user/s. It is important that we recruit the **RIGHT** team member for this role, the rota is organised to primarily to suit the service user who we support **24/7** the hours of work will be** **21:45 - 08:00.**

**Our Values form an integral part of our business and as such we would seek applicants that can demonstrate**:
**Kindness, Dignity & Respect**

Integral to the culture of our Company; treat people with kindness, dignity, and respect then our work will be rewarding and fulfilling.

**Calmness**

Every decision we make is better when made with a calm and composed approach; calmness helps us to manage the challenges and demands we face.

**Creativity**

Embrace creativity to find innovative solutions in our work.

**Responsibility**

Take responsibility for our own actions, attitude, impact, and career development.

**Can you** provide a customised, responsive, and high-quality service to a person with Autism and sensory needs?

**Are you**:

- passionate about providing the highest quality of care
- a caring and supportive person
- able to work independently, as well as part of a team
- aspiring to grow your career
- a driver with a Full UK Driving Licence
- resilient and calm

**In return, you can expect**:

- **£12.58 **per hour (_reviewed annually_)
- double pay for working bank holidays
- the opportunity to earn an annual bonus, based on company performance
- a company pension scheme, where eligible
- group life insurance of 2 x salary
- wellbeing benefits
- a collaborative and supportive induction process
- continuing professional development
- support towards achieving your Care Certificate or Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care
- in house specialist Autism training
- Company sick pay (_following a successful probation period, for permanent contracts_)
- **£500** bonus each, if you refer a friend (_or ex colleague_) according to terms and conditions
- Should you be successful, we will contact you to complete an online Disclosure & Barring Service check (DBS) on acceptance of your offer letter._