Make your next career move one that cares for others. Join us as a Night Support Worker to empower people to live the life they choose. Why not have a look at our dedicated Careers in adults' residential services, day opportunities and shared lives webpageto learn more about the difference you can make!

About the job

Hourly Rate: £13.21 -13.43 (inclusive rate)

Enhancements: Weekend uplift - Time & half, Bank holidays - Double pay, Evening enhancement (shifts 8pm - 10pm)

Working Pattern: 20 hours per week on a 4 week rota (10pm - 8am)
Contract Length: Permanent
Location: Tozer House, Chichester

Do you want to support people to ensure they get the best care?

Tozer House are looking for a passionate and highly motivated Night Support Worker to join their team on a waking night shift.

As a Night Support Worker, you will:

• Provide personal physical, emotional care and support during a waking night shift.
• Listen to people and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity.
• Undertake light domestic duties as required to ensure cleanliness, comfort, and safety for people we support throughout the day e.g., laundry, or safely cleaning an area after a person has needed personal care.
• Complete regular hourly checks around the service, to include checking on people's wellbeing and on the security of the building.

About Tozer House

We are a registered home for up to 15 adults ranging from 18 - in their 70's with high level of support needs such as Autism and or learning difficulties. Our accommodation comprises of shared accommodation, individual homes on site and short break rooms. The people we care for enjoy the gardens with the most beautiful magnolia tree to welcome you in, we hold dance sessions, regular sing a longs and keep fit groups.

We aim to enable every person to be engaged in their local community to the best of their ability. For some of the people we support, this could be through a programme of tailored support to build and develop them for day-to-day life skills on a one-to-one basis.

Experience & skills (These will be used as the shortlisting criteria)

Key Skills:

• Interpret information, such as service complaints, and then redirect them to the appropriate person to provide quick and accurate resolution.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to provide clear and concise specialist advice and guidance to a range of people we support. Be able to work with a person who might be less able to express themselves and understand non-verbal communication.
• Clear, concise basic literacy and numeracy skills to record and document activities in the care plan.
• Deal appropriately with expressive behaviour from people and respond sensitively to their families and carers.
• Build relationships with people from a wide variety of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.
• Work as part of a team completing shared tasks to deliver a service to others.

Qualifications and/or experience:

Please refer to the attached job description on the application page for the deatiled list of the requirements for this role.

Reward and benefits

Our values and support for one another is intrinsic to everything we do and will be a key priority within the assessment for this post. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits.

• 25 days annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Maternity, paternity, dependency, and adoption leave.
• Training and development opportunities, including apprenticeships and personal development.
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme, 21.37% employer contribution
• Eligible to apply for a Blue light card
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on ourRewards and Benefits page.

How to Apply

Upload your CV and complete the application explaining the key skills listed on the Job Description and experience you can bring to the role ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check, 5 years referencing and a health check.

Note for Recruitment Agencies: We prefer to hire people directly, but we do have a supplier list for when we need a helping hand. We'll be in touch directly if we need you!