Female Waking Nights Support Worker

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Female Waking Nights Support WorkerLocation: SheffieldDiscipline: Care and SupportJob type: PermanentWorking hours: 10pm -7amSalary: £10.50 per hour (Plus 10% Waking Nights Enhancement)Expiry date: 30 Nov 2023 23:59Are you looking for a meaningful career Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated Support Worker, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possibleWe are looking for Female Waking Nights Support Workersto join our friendly and welcoming team here at Hft Sheffield. This is your chance to make a real difference to peoples lives.Experience is not essential as we provide all the training you need to be a confident support worker. Whether you are an experienced professional or completely new to the world of care, we want you to be a compassionate and friendly individual, who shares ourValues.You will be expected to attend team meeting and training will be during day to meet company requirements.What matters most is a positive attitude to life and a desire to support people to live their life with as much independence, choice, dignity and control as possible. You will need to have good listening skills and a practical, caring approach.Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.What will you be doingAs a waking night support worker at Hft you’ll be supporting adults withlearning disabilities to live the best life possible. In this caring and creative role, everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, creating flexible services that meet people’s needs and always looking for the best way of doingthings.Waking night support workers are required to remain awake throughout the night to support individuals as required.The role is tailored to the needs of the individual(s) you will be supporting. The tasks can include:

• Assisting with taking medication
• Monitoring people we support due to medical needs, such as seizures
• Provide support during the night when the people you are supporting are awake and are struggling to go back to sleep
• Support with personal care
• Updating files such as finance logs and support plans
• General household tasks, such as cleaning, washing and ironing
• Performing security checks, including fire checks
• Moving and handling, that includes the use of a hoist, sling and slide sheets.
• Pump feed (Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, via a PEG)

What’s in it for youThere are a range of benefits and career development opportunities at Hft. We’ll give you a comprehensive induction, full training, and support along the way.If you do not already have a relevant qualification in Health and Social Care, Hft will fully fund and provide training for you to obtain your Diploma in a Health and Social Care within the first 18 months of your employment.With Skills for Care accreditation we are committed to investing in you to ensure you have the specialist skills and expertise needed to support people to live the best life possible.As a ‘Gold’ standard Investors in People accredited employer, we are committed to supporting colleague wellbeing as a priority. Within this, all Hft employees get access to the LifeWorks – the world’s biggest 24/7 colleague counselling and support service.It is completely free for all colleagues to use in complete confidence, whenever and however they want to access it.We offer

• Annual Leave: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
• Wage incentives: 20% bank holidays’ allowance with an increased rate of 50% for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. 10% Overtime allowance for hours worked over 37.5 per week.
• Apprenticeships: Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care
• Training: Access to award winning training and development
• Wagestream: Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app
• Aviva Digicare + workplace: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
• TELUS health: A 24/service, completely confidential counselling and support platform and helpline that is free for all colleagues to use.
• Discounted mobile ‘phone contracts. As an Hft employee, you’ll be able to take advantage of Vodafone’s Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off.
• Care Friends: Employee referral app – earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.
• Retention bonus: £250 every 6 months for the first 2 years of service
• Free life assurance – 3 x your annual salary
• Family friendly policies – term time only contracts, part time, annualised and compressed hours. Generous return to work bonus following maternity leave

Find your place with us and change lives.STRICTLY NO AGENCIES PLEASEWe reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient applications.Hfts usual terms and conditions apply. Hft is committed to equal opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. As a Disability Confident Employer, Hft is helping to ensure that disabled people have the same opportunities to fulfiltheir potential and realise their aspirations that people without disabilities do. Successful applicants will need to undertake an enhanced disclosure check against the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). Having a criminal record may not bar you from employmentApply NowREF-209772