Job Introduction
Do you like working with children and young people? Are you enthusiastic and able to engage with young people? We’re looking for a Night Support Worker to join our team at our Hawthorn Resource Centre and this could be the role for you!
Main Responsibility
Working with young people with disabilities you’ll need to stay awake and alert throughout the night. Your role will be to care for the needs of the young people throughout the night as they arise as well as some domestic duties and regular security and fire checks.
The Ideal Candidate
Importantly you’ll need to be flexible and willing to work weekends. Plus, you’ll ideally have some experience of working in a residential setting and you’ll have an NVQ or QCF level 3 in Caring for Children and Young People or be prepared to undertake training with us.
In return you’ll receive regular support and supervision sessions and a wide variety of great training.
Need more information?
Please get in touch with us at zou.mohammed@staffordshire.gov.uk, or on 0283 845237 if you would like an informal chat or to ask any questions you might have. We'd love to hear from you!
Or you can find out more information via our Children's Residential Services website.
About Staffordshire County Council
We are no ordinary county council:
Our Values:
The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.
Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:
We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.
We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.
Our benefits:
We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.
In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to a range of benefits.
Our recruitment process:
As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities
As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Silver Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.
As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.
