Night Care Worker

We have a rewarding opportunity for a Night Care Worker to join our team within our residential service in Cheadle Hulme, Stockport.

**Have you ever wanted to make a difference to the lives of vulnerable Children and Young People?Our children’s home in Cheadle Hulme provides Respite Care for Children and Young People with Autism, Learning Difficulties and Complex Care Needs.**

The Together Trust is one of the North West’s leading charities, offering individual care, support, and education to hundreds of Children, Young People, and Adults each year. We are a not-for-profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support.

**You will be working in a caring home environment with the team and the Registered Manager which gives support to the children and young people allowing their parents and siblings a much-needed break.**

**Location - **Cheadle Hulme, Stockport

**Starting Salary - £24,980.80 per annum (£12.01 per hour)**.Actual salary for the hours and weeks worked.

Full time equivalent salary for 37.5 hours is £23,412.00 per annum.

**Salary Enhancement**

25% uplift on the hourly rate for weekend shifts.

Enhanced pay for weekend shifts and during the week between 11pm and 6am - 25% uplift on the hourly rate.

**A**bout the position.**

The core tasks of a **Night Care Worker** include attending to the needs of the children and young adults during the night, some of which have complex health conditions, domestic duties and appropriate record keeping in accordance with legislation and regulation. Another member of staff will sleep in the unit and can be disturbed if there is an emergency.

The **Night Care Worker** role is varied and, in many instances, unpredictable. All staff are therefore expected to work in a flexible way.

As a **Night Care Worker,** you will provide a professional and effective administrative service to the Registered Manager and staff team, thus enabling them to provide high quality care to the young people in the Trust’s care.

**What can you bring to the team?......**

We are seeking a **Night Care Worker** who has previous experience of working with young disabled people and working unsociable hours.

You will need to be proficient in recording information and have previous experience of working on your own initiative and as part of a team.

Experience of administering medication is desirable along with the ability of supporting young people towards independence.

**Trust benefits include**:
27 days holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 years after 10 years

Generous pension scheme and death in service benefit, up to 7% company pension contributions and up to 6 x basis salary death in service

Occupational sick pay and family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.

Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us

Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications.

Long service awards including cash gifts and extra holiday.

Promotion of Wellbeing across the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online

Access to our Employee Assistance programme for you and adults at your home

After you have successfully completed a 6-month probation period, you will undertake a QCF level 3 or 4 qualification with support from an assessor and supervision.

To discover the full details of this rewarding role within the Together Trust look at our Job Description.The Job Pack outlines lots of information about the Trust.

**We are a Real Living Wage employer.**

Together Trust has committed to paying all staff a significantly higher salaries than the government minimum wage. By officially registering as a Living Wage employer, we are showing our commitment to our employees, now and in the future.

**_ In order for the Trust to comply with the apprenticeship funding rules, it is a requirement of the role that the successful applicant must be able to evidence that (1) they have the right to work in the UK without additional approval for more than 20 hours each week throughout the year and (2) they have an eligible residency status for the purposes of the apprenticeship funding rules. In most cases this will mean that the individual needs to show that they have been ''ordinarily resident'' in particular countries (including the UK) at least 3 years before the start of the apprenticeship._