Night Care Assistant

Job Details:

Job Reference: HCC619043
Salary Range: £24,405 - £25,430 pro-rata, per annum
Work Location: West Street, Havant
Hours per annum: Minimum of 30 hours per annum
Contract Type: Permanent (Annualised hours)
Closing Date: 12 November 2024

The Role:

Here at West Street we provide short term crisis respite services for adults with learning disabilities. As a Waking Night Care Assistant you’ll play a key role providing personalised physical and emotional care to the people who stay with us, including helping with medication and providing personal care. You’ll focus on ensuring a high standard of hygiene and safety, so people are comfortable and secure at night during their stay with us. Each of the people who stay with us is unique with their own individual physical, mental, social and emotional needs. You’ll enjoy this fast-paced role and will be flexible and adaptable to meet individual needs. The role is diverse, and you will use your person-centred approach to focus on the service users strengths, promoting their independence and tailoring your support to the individual.  

Take a look at our Candidate Pack for more information about the role, team and our values. The section ‘About you’ explains what specific knowledge, skills and experience we want you to tell us about. Make sure you explain how you meet these requirements and demonstrate our values, in your application.

You may already have experience of enabling or providing care, but it’s not essential. For this vital Night Care Assistant role your life experience is just as important as work experience. You’ll need strong observational skills to closely monitor mental and physical health, responding quickly and appropriately to verbal and non-verbal signs. The wellbeing and safety of the people who stay with is will be at the forefront of all your decisions and supported by your excellent communication skills. You’ll be comfortable working independently, assessing and evaluating situations during the night and deciding how to respond. Most importantly, you’ll demonstrate our core values, showing patience, empathy and compassion. Basic IT skills and accurate information recording skills are also essential.

In return we can offer you a comprehensive induction programme, so that you’ll have all the training you need to do a fantastic job as a Night Care Assistant. You’ll also get great satisfaction from ensuring people are safe and comfortable at night whilst they stay with us.   

We are committed to your continual personal development and offer an extensive Benefits Package.

For this role you’ll be required to work nights, weekends and bank holidays for which enhancements will be paid in line with the HCC salary policy.

Please note: We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role and therefore it is essential that you already have the right to work in the UK before applying.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Health Care Assistant, Care Worker, Residential Care Assistant, Residential Support Worker, Care Assistant, Waking Night, Night Support Worker, Support Worker, Home Care Worker, Home Care Assistant, Domiciliary Care Worker, Night Shift Care Assistant, Night Carer, Community Care Assistant, Agency Homecare Assistant, Assistant House Parent and Personal Care Giver.

Additional Information:

Find out more about Working with us in Adults’ Health and Care, including our benefits and the recruitment process.

Values Based Recruitment:

We recruit for attitudes and values in Adults’ Health and Care. We invite you to evidence how you demonstrate our 5 core values in your application.  For more information on our values, please refer to the candidate pack.

Vetting Requirements:

This post is subject to a Criminal Records Check.

Contact Details for an Informal Discussion:

For general enquiries, please contact care.careers@hants.gov.uk 

For an informal chat about the role, please contact Natasha Teague, Unit Manager, on natasha.teague2@hants.gov.uk