Night Support Worker

**About The Job**

**Salary**: £18,887 to £19,264 per annum (£10,209 to £10,412 per annum, pro rata)
**Working Pattern**: Part-time (20 hours per week)
**Contract Length**:Permanent
**Location**: Stanhope Lodge, Worthing

Do you want to support people to ensure they get the best care?

Stanhope Lodge are looking for a passionate and highly motivated Night Support Worker to join their team.

**As a Night Support Worker, you will**:

- Provide personal physical, emotional care and support during a waking night shift.
- Listen to people and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity.
- Undertake light domestic duties as required to ensure cleanliness, comfort, and safety for people we support throughout the day e.g., laundry, or safely cleaning an area after a person has needed personal care.
- Complete regular hourly checks around the service, to include checking on people's wellbeing and on the security of the building.

If you would like to join our dynamic team, please take a look at the attached job description and see if you have the skills, qualifications, and experience to be a Night Support Worker

**Experience and Skills**

(These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)

**Key Skills**:
- Ability to interpret information, such as service complaints, and then redirect them to the appropriate person to provide quick and accurate resolution.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills to provide clear and concise specialist advice and guidance to a range of people we support. Be able to work with a person who might be less able to express themselves and understand non-verbal communication.
- Clear, concise basic literacy and numeracy skills to record and document activities in the care plan.
- Able to deal appropriately with expressive behaviour from people and respond sensitively to their families and carers.
- Able to build relationships with people from a wide variety of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.
- Ability to work as part of a team completing shared tasks to deliver a service to others.
**Qualifications and/or experience**:

- Basic literacy and numeracy skills to record and document activities in the provider plans.
- Diploma Level 2 in Care, or willingness to work towards, or equivalent qualification - Desirable
- Basic understanding of Safeguarding, the needs of the people and their rights as an individual.
- Demonstrable successful experience of working as part of a team.
- Knowledge of Health and Safety practice, First Aid and Fire procedure, Manual Handling - Desirable
- Previous experience of working in a care setting and with people who have a disability or vulnerable people - Desirable

**Rewards and Benefits**

As an employer we recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive and dynamic working environment where employees can achieve their full potential, achieve a healthy work-life balance and are rewardedfor the work they do.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

- 24 days annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme
- A range of flexible working options
- Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres
- A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers with the opportunity to save over £1,000 (Including: Argos, Samsung, ASOS, B&Q and many more)
- Car benefit scheme
- A range of commuting and business travel discounts and initiatives.

**Further Information**

**How to apply**:
Upload your CV and Application Form explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV**. Please ensure you explain how your skills and experience relate to the key skills listedon the job description.**

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