Relief Night Care Worker

When the world quiets down, our care carries on, and that’s where you come in.

As a Relief Night Care Worker with CrossReach, you’ll be a calm, reassuring presence through the small hours. Whether you’re supporting someone to settle, answering a call bell, or simply being there with kindness and patience, your work brings peace of mind when it’s needed most.

What you’ll be doing

• Supporting residents with personal care, hygiene, and getting settled for the night
• Monitoring wellbeing and responding to needs with compassion
• Keeping detailed care notes and assisting with overnight routines
• Helping to create a safe, quiet, and comfortable environment for everyone

What we’re looking for

• Someone with a calm, dependable nature and a caring approach
• A team player who brings care, patience, and attentiveness to every shift
• Experience in a care setting is welcome, but not essential

A role that fits around you – As part of our relief team, you can choose shifts that suit your lifestyle. Whether that’s evenings, weekends or occasional cover, we’ll work with what works for you.

We welcome applications from people of all ages, backgrounds and experiences. This includes disabled people, older workers, people with care experience and those exploring new careers.

📋 You’ll need to register with the SSSC and be a member of the PVG scheme, but if that’s new to you, don’t worry. We’ll support you every step of the way.

Apply today and bring comfort and care to someone’s night, even while the world sleeps.

This role attracts an salary premium of £2,859 FTE per annum in addition to base salary above

Benefits

We also offer you a range of benefits that you would expect from an organisation that support others.

Firstly, there is access to a wide range of exclusive retail and leisure discounts through the Blue Light Discount card. We also ensure that your future and that of your loved ones is secured with a generous contributory pension plan.

But we also know that your training and development is important to you, and we are keen to support you in making the right steps to learn, grow and develop in ways that are right for you.

CrossReach has been at the forefront of high quality social care for over 150 years, providing loving care to people of all ages and supporting them to live life to the full whatever their circumstances. During that time, we have worked hard to understand the needs of the people who turn to us for help and with them have been at the forefront of pioneering services which have literally changed thousands of lives for the better.

Today we are one of the largest social care providers in Scotland, with experience across a broad range of services. We are still growing, learning, and improving, thanks to the incredible people we have the privilege to support, and all those who support us. We are part of the Church of Scotland and aim to provide social care services and specialist resources in Christ’s name to further the caring work of the Church to people in challenging circumstances.

As we do our work in Christ’s name you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work within it.

This post requires you to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and undertake the necessary vetting checks. You will also be required to be registered with SSSC and it is your professional responsibility to ensure that you meet the standards and criteria for registration.

We have a legal obligation to ensure that we do not employ any worker who has not been granted the relevant permission to work in the UK. This permission is without exception granted by UK Visas and Immigrations. We are required to check the entitlement to work in the UK of all prospective employees, regardless of nationality or job category.

We are committed to ensuring that we attract, retain, and develop the very best people to build a diverse and talented team and we recognise that every individual’s unique background, experience and ability contributes to our success. We aim to create an inclusive and inspiring environment where individuals feel valued and respected and where people can belong, thrive and be their very best, whoever they are.

This post is also eligible for a Shetland Island Allowance of £1.48 per hour.

If you have any queries regarding this role or our recruitment process, please contact the Recruitment team on recruitment.team@crossreach.org.uk

Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert prior to the closing date. Therefore, please make sure you complete and submit your application at an early stage.

Additional Information for Candidates

• Application Process: Please apply for this post by completing the application process on Jobtrain. You can find out more about our recruitment process CrossReach Recruitment Process
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