Temporary Waking Night Support Worker for Mike in Plymouth

Love nights and a good laugh? Mike does too! He is looking for a fellow night owl to support him and share the fun along the way.

Essential Requirements

• Must be comfortable with lone working, being awake all night, and supporting with personal hygiene.

This is a temporary position to cover maternity for up to 12 months. As a night team member, you will be supporting Mike with his evening and overnight routine, offering positive encouragement and helping him make healthy choices. The role includes some basic cooking, light household tasks, and supporting with personal hygiene - always with a focus on encouraging Mike's involvement and independence.

Mike has a great sense of humour and enjoys chatting and having a laugh with his team. His hobbies include gaming, music of all kinds, treasure hunting, gardening, metal detecting, and watching 80's cartoons and films. Mike especially values when his team shares his interests—because it helps him feel more connected and engaged.

We are looking for someone who is collaborative, even when working alone, and eager to keep learning and developing. Mike is autistic with a learning disability and needs support in understanding the 'why' and the 'how', but the team are there to find creative and unique ways of helping his understanding such as creating a bespoke newspaper that has helped Mike develop, think more about his health, and try new things.

Shifts run from 9pm to 9am, with rotas planned to support a healthy work-life balance. Reliability and responsibility are important, as the team is moving towards being self-directed, where everyone is encouraged to take ownership and show leadership when needed. At the heart of it, this role is about helping Mike have a fulfilling and meaningful life - and knowing that you have made a difference by being part of it.

Ideally you will:

• Be outgoing and have a good sense of humour.
• Be highly self-motivated.
• Be willing to learn and develop within your role.
• Be empathetic and understanding towards others.
• Be a great communicator for both Mike and the team.
• Be a creative thinker.
• Have similar interests to Mike.
• Have good computer skills.

Benefits

• We reward our staff with competitive salaries.
• We offer an Award Winning Pension Scheme.
• We have a company sick pay scheme.
• Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay.
• Critical Illness cover, reassurance when you need it the most.
• Life Insurance, reassurance for your family when they need it the most.
• A really good mandatory induction.
• Ongoing high quality training.
• Career development opportunities.
• A real chance to make a difference to someone's life.

Sponsorship is currently not available. We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment to safeguarding, and therefore we apply robust recruitment and selection procedures to ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance. A DBS check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (6 months).