Residential Night Support/Care Workers

Residential Night Support/Care Workers (Children’s & Young People’s homes)

Cheadle Hulme

Salary range: £15,773 - £17,584 + benefits (£8.09 – £9.02 per hour)

Holidays:  Year 1 is 33 days, rising to 38 including bank holidays after 5 years

What are we looking for?

We are recruiting for talented Residential Night Support/Care Workers for our Children’s homes, Young People’s homes and Short Breaks/Respite Services who want to make a real difference!  Experience in a care/support role is preferred but may not be essential.  Level 3 qualification in Residential Childcare or equivalent or Health & Social Care advantageous.  Our homes are 4 bed roomed with en-suite facilities here on site at Cheadle Hulme near Handforth.  So if you are passionate about providing care and support, have the right attitude and share our values, then we’d like to hear from you!

What are the roles?

These are full time permanent roles on a waking night duty to ensure the safety and individual needs of our children and young adults in our homes are met over the night period.  Duties include personal care needs, supporting residents if they wake in the night, communicating with residents and recording events/activities as required, as well as some general household duties.  Some challenging behaviours may present, so similar experience is advantageous but not essential.

What are the hours?

• 9.45pm – 7.45am
• Full flexibility over 7 nights is required
• Full time positions, 37.5 hours per week
• Typical shift patterns include working every other weekend, with 3 weeks of 4 nights followed by 1 week of 3 nights.

What are the benefits?

Pension scheme, on site gym, employee assistance programme, online retail and leisure discounts, cycle to work scheme, childcare vouchers, free parking and generous holidays!

We’ve recently introduced performance related pay reviews and offer good career development opportunities with a structured and clear salary progression scale depending on qualifications, training and experience.

Who are we?

Seashell Trust is a national charity supporting children and young adults with complex learning disabilities and additional communication needs from across the UK.  We provide care and education, for children and young adults from 3-25 years.

We provide an environment that is safeguarded and as part of our safer recruitment policy, successful candidates will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check (no cost) and full references will be taken.

We value diversity and are committed to equal opportunities.  Disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria on the person specification will be guaranteed an interview.

This charity is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

You may have experience of the following: Residential Support Worker, Care Staff, Young People, Voluntary Sector, Supported Living Care Worker, Residential Care Worker, Social Care Worker, Community Services, NHS Support Worker, Care Assistant, Senior Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant, etc.