Waking Night Support Worker- Strood -Medway

Waking Night Support Worker

Salary/Hourly Rate: £21,441 pa / £11.00 p.h. (Pro Rata for part time)

Hours: 33.83

Location: River Drive

About the Role: Waking Night Support Worker

Waking Night Support workers help the people we support to feel safe and secure throughout the night. Delivering exceptional care and individualized support ensures that our residents live as independently and safely as possible. In addition, the responsibilities of the role are to assist in maintaining the cleanliness of the service and carry out necessary utility checks. This is a personally rewarding role where you can build on your skills and experience. Having a background in supporting people with Autism in a previous role within a social care environment is desirable, although is not essential.

What is essential is that you understand that autism can be complex and challenging and that each person we support is unique.

Meet the Team:

River Drive is a unique purpose built service that is split over 2 floors, Currently supporting 2 adults with autism.

Our residents participate in a wide range of activities, they enjoy going on trips to the theatre, visiting local wildlife parks to feed the ducks, and going for a drive to the coast to enjoy tea by the sea.

We are looking for a specialist support worker that believes that everyone has the right to be involved in all aspects of their lives, and can support and encourage people to take an active part in all that they do.

The specialist staff team in situ are looking forward to welcoming a new colleague and have suggested we let you know that they love a good catch up together over coffee and, are hoping to plan a relaxing team visit to a spa very soon!

If you are a positive, forward-thinking, and compassionate Specialist Support Worker (and fancy a relaxing spa day with new colleges) then we would love to hear from you.

Tasks / Responsibilities of a Waking Night Support Worker (may include but not limited to):

• Routine safety checks on individuals and their environment
• Ensure the service is safe and secure
• Household management tasks cooking, cleaning etc.
• Administering medication
• Assisting individuals with personal care and hygiene
• Ensuring written records are correctly maintained
• Will include lone working
• Working with individuals who can display challenging behaviours - hurting self or others, running away, throwing things, swearing, shouting.
• Working with and supporting individuals with additional needs, such as epilepsy, pica, learning disabilities.
• Understanding each individuals abilities and support needs
• Promoting independence and choice
• Promoting equality, diversity & inclusion
• Uphold the privacy, confidentially and dignity of all individuals
• To form good working relationships with other members of staff across different services.
• A commitment to continuous personal development and learning.

Benefits We Offer you as a Waking Night Support Worker:

We offer many benefits, which include some salary sacrifice arrangements, although some benefits are dependent on a minimum earnings threshold:

• Paid DBS Check
• 28 days holiday, plus option to buy 5 extra days pa (Pro Rata for Part Time Positions)
• Company Sick Pay after 12 months service
• Death in Service Benefits
• Some meals provided, depending on shifts
• Long Service and Contribution Recognition Awards
• Pension (after 3 months)
• Employee Assistance Programme, with counselling services
• Significant Retail and Leisure Discount Scheme that could save staff an average of £1,000 pa
• Discounted Gym Membership
• Financial Well-being Scheme (loans and savings)
• Additional Sleep In Shifts may be available
• Opportunities to pick up additional voluntary casual shifts at enhanced rates
• Superb paid training
• Regulated Care Qualification Sponsorship
• Refer a Friend scheme via Care Friends where points mean pounds!

About the Trust:

Supporting over 100 people in Medway and across Kent, The Kent Autistic Trust provides a wide range of services designed to meet diverse needs of the people we support with autism, learning disabilities and related difficulties. We provide residential homes, supported living accommodation, day resource services, respite, and outreach services. Ensuring the voice of those we support is actively listened to, working for us often means that no two days are the same, but the care and support we give is of consistently high quality, with CQC rating all our services good, and many outstanding.

Our Values and Commitment:

KAT is committed to providing high quality supports designed around individual abilities, needs and choices. KAT is committed to promoting independence and inclusion within communities. KAT believes everyone is able to make their own individual contribution. KAT seeks to work in partnership with all relevant parties but in particular with the individual themselves.

We seek Support Workers who really value every person, whether it's the people we support, their families, carers, or other staff by respecting their priorities, needs, abilities and limits.

We hope you are one of them!

We do not accept applications made via agencies for Support Workers.

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We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found or experiencing a high volume of applications.