Waking Nights Support Worker

Salary £24,784.50 per year pro rata at £12.71 per hour.

Location Ashfield House, Sugar Loaf Lane, Kidderminster

This is a Permanent, Part Time vacancy that will close in {x} days at {xx:xx} BST.

The role

Purpose:

Do you want the autonomy and freedom to enhance the lives of the People We Support?

If so, we’d love to hear from you.

We have an opening for you to join us as a Waking Nights Support Worker at Ashfield House. The purpose of the role is to provide autonomous assistance to the People We Support to fulfil their potential for independence, choice, inclusion, and control.

You will be responsible for ensuring that care and support is of a high standard, focused on person centred outcomes and delivered within budget.

You will ensure that all needs assessments, support plans and risk assessments are kept up to date. There will also be direct engagement and liaison with social workers, family members and key workers as required.

Hours:

Please note, this position is based on a rolling rota, with the following hours:

Week 1: Wednesday & Saturday (19:45pm – 07:15am)

Week 2: Tuesday & Friday (19:45pm – 07:15am)

Week 3: Monday & Tuesday (19:45pm – 07:15am)

Week 4: Friday & Sunday (19:45pm – 07:15am)

Duties & Responsibilities:

Main responsibilities:

Complete daily monitoring sheets such food, fridge, freezer, medication cabinet temperatures, bowel charts, weight charts and fluid charts etc.
Where the appropriate registration is in place, assist with or arrange for personal care where required (for example bathing and hair washing). Please note that this may involve supporting people to the toilet, to manage incontinence, to bathe and shower etc and enable people to manage all of this, with regard for their dignity and privacy.
Administer, record, order, check and count medication.
Undertake related paperwork including support plans, daily updates, person profiles, risk assessments, incident reporting, behaviour reports and notes/updates on health appointments.
Complete home security checks.
Respond to any requests made by the People We Support, should they require assistance.
Complete any necessary cleaning of the home, including kitchen and bathroom.
Complete necessary checks throughout the night.
Work within the Community’s policies and procedures and code of conduct, actively promoting the equality and diversity and the human rights of the People We Support to realise independence, choice, inclusion, and control.
Undertake training and continuous professional development in accordance with The Care Quality Commission, local authority requirements, the needs of the service and the People We Support.
Work in close partnership with family members and other professionals involved in the individual’s life.
Undertake personal development to develop and understanding of our philosophy and values and how these inform and guide practice in the key responsibilities of the role.
Must stay awake throughout full duration of the shift.

Camphill Village Trust is an equal opportunity employer.

Camphill Village Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all adults who use our services and as such expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Successful applicants will be required to complete the relevant pre-employment checks including a DBS check.

We Reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive a sufficient number of applications.

The charity

Established in 1954, Camphill Village Trust is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health challenges. In our 70th year we honour our past, provide for the present and will lead the future.

Our focus on humanity and nature was inspired by our past and remains as key to the Trust’s ethos today. This is reflected in our focus on social and green care integration, valuing everyone’s contribution, enabling personal pathways to development, celebrating the changing seasons, and respecting the rhythm of natural life.

We operate in both rural and urban communities, building on our care (social) farming legacy. Our historical focus on enabling potential for people with support needs through farming, organic horticulture and enterprise centred on nature and traditional skills, continues to play to our strengths.