NIGHT CARE ASSISTANT

CHILDREN'S RESIDENTIAL

£26,880 - £27,914 PER ANNUM

£13.39 - £13.90 PER HOUR

PERMENANT, FULL-TIME AND PART-TIME ROLES AVAILABLE

HERTFORDSHIRE

We are looking for caring and passionate individuals to join our friendly night team to deliver high quality person centered care to our children and young people.

What you’ll be doing

• Providing personal care to children and young people with complex needs (aged 5 - 19 years)
• Supporting the children in achieving their full potential in all areas of life
• Maintaining accurate records
• Promoting physical and emotional support and well-being
• Carrying out domestic duties, including cooking, cleaning and other tasks vital to maintaining a clean and tidy home environment
• Administering medication (after training)

What we are looking for

You'll be passionate about supporting children and young people to ensure they reach their goals and have the best possible futures. Ideally you will have some previous experience of working in care or education, but if you can commit to being dedicated, patient and adaptable with excellent communication skills, then you are just the person we need!

Why work for us

Based across 60 acres of beautiful countryside, St Elizabeth's is a charity supporting children, young people and adult day clients with epilepsy and other complex medical conditions. Over the past 120 years, St Elizabeth's has grown and developed to comprise a non-maintained special School for both boarders and day students, a specialist Further Education College, domiciliary care for College learners, Supported Living in the community, a comprehensive Day Opportunities programme for adult day clients and 24-hour health provision provided by specialist nurses and therapists.

In addition to excellent staff training, our employees are also rewarded with various other benefits offered as part of your employment:

• Full-time or part-time hours available – (two, three or four shifts per week)
• 11 hour shift from 8.30pm – 7.30am rolling rota over 8 nights
• Starting salary of £13.39 per hour
• 24 nights’ annual leave (based on full-time hours)
• Career pathway including registration onto a Level 3 in Residential Childcare (fully funded by St Elizabeth’s)
• Onsite training and assessment team delivering a variety of learning opportunities and development opportunities
• Based at our beautiful countryside location in Much Hadham
• 20% uplift on your salary for working overtime on a Saturday & Sunday
• Eligible for Blue Light card and other health and leisure discounts
• Free onsite parking
• Paid enhanced DBS

How to apply

Please complete an application form and upload an up to date CV on our website. All offers are conditional and subject to receipt of satisfactory pre-employment checks and references including an enhanced DBS check. Please note we are not on a public transport route. The salary range advertised is based on full-time equivalent and appointment on the scale is dependent on the role, qualifications and experience.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews scheduled on a rolling basis; therefore, we recommend that you apply sooner rather than later. We reserve the right to close an advert if we receive sufficient applications ahead of the deadline. If you require reasonable adjustments at application or interview stage, please do let us know as soon as possible.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

At St Elizabeth’s we embrace diversity and aspire to create a diverse and inclusive working culture. We are proud to be recognised as an Investor in People and to hold Disability Confident status. We are an equal opportunities employer welcoming all applications from across the community.

Safeguarding

St Elizabeth’s Centre is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, vulnerable adults and young people. The successful applicant will be required to undertake an enhanced disclosure through the Disclosure and Barring Service. Some of our positions involve regulated activity relevant to vulnerable children, adults and young people. 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. Our vacancies are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

Registered Charity 1176777

REF-213 673

St Elizabeth's Centre

£26,880 - £27,914 per annum

Much Hadham