Waking Night Support Worker - 20 hours a week

Waking Night Support Worker – Disabled children and adults - Southampton - £12,513.60 - 20 hours a week

We are The Rose Road Association a Registered Charity providing essential Care and support Services in Southampton. We are passionate about supporting children and adults with, Learning, disabilities, Physical disabilities and /or Autism. We are seeking to recruit a Great Support Worker, someone with the right values and attitudes to work in our Overnight Respite facility in Southampton – could this be you?

You don’t need to have previous experience in this field, nor do you need qualifications as we are happy to work with you to develop your competence in the role and increase your confidence in the work that we do.

Above all, we want someone who shares in our values. These are:

• A commitment to Quality and Standards and being the best we can be
• Treating people as individuals with dignity, being Person Centred.
• Working Together as a team, with Trust and Respect for each other and for the families we support
• Taking Pride and Passion in the difference we make to families and finding the Fun and Celebration in everything that we do

Alongside this fulfilling role we offer:

• High Quality Training
• Pension Scheme
• Employee discount scheme
• Free Employee Assistance and Wellbeing programme with 24/7 cover

The children and adults we support are individuals and therefore no two days are the same, as a general guide, duties will include, support with all personal care needs, including bathing, dressing, feeding. To engage in activities of their choice, promote independence where possible, tending to any needs they may have during the night such as supporting service users with cpap machines/tube feeds/oxygen/seizures overnight for which training will be provided and general domestic duties such as laundry and cleaning.

Interested? Apply by clicking on the link below. You will be asked to register your details with Staff-finda and to upload your CV. You will have access to the full Job Description and person specification and an opportunity for you to tell us about your personal qualities and why you believe that you are right for this role.

The Rose Road Association supports vulnerable children, young people and their families and therefore strongly encourages staff to have had both Coronavirus vaccines and any available boosters unless medically exempt from the vaccination programme, however it is not currently a requirement for the role.

This is an open application process so Interviews will be arranged within a few weeks of receiving your application.

This post is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure by the Disclosure & Barring Service. It is a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in regulated activity to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. adults at risk, children or both).

Waking Night Support Worker – Disabled children and adults - Southampton