Night Care Worker in Stonehaven

As a Care Worker in our care home, you will support older people overnight, helping maintain comfort, respond to needs and ensure a safe and well organised environment throughout the night. Working alongside colleagues, you will deliver consistent and person centred care during night shifts.

What your night will look like:

• Monitoring residents and responding to call bells
• Supporting personal care and comfort where required
• Maintaining safety and security within the service
• Completing night time records and reports
• Preparing clear handovers for the day team
• Working night shifts as part of a rota

About you:

You are reliable and committed to delivering high quality care in a care home setting. Previous experience in care is helpful but not essential as training will be provided. You will be willing to gain an SVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care with support provided and able to follow clear procedures and routines. Basic IT skills are required for maintaining accurate records. You will be required to join the PVG Scheme and register with the SSSC, or be willing to do so.

What you’ll gain:

• Structured induction and ongoing training
• Funded SVQ Level 3 qualification where required
• Support to maintain your SSSC registration
• Access to wellbeing support and staff benefits

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. If this night shift role matches your experience and availability, apply now to join the team.

We also offer you a range of benefits that you would expect from an organisation that supports others. Firstly, there is access to a wide range of exclusive retail and leisure discounts through our rewards scheme and 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 and death in service benefit. Balancing work and family are made easier with our suite of enhanced family friendly policies and your health and wellness are prioritised with access to our health cash plan, giving you cash back for a wide range of health treatments. We even have access to a care concierge service to assist you with life's challenges, providing invaluable support when you need it most.

But we also know that your training and development is important to you, and as well as a contribution to your professional membership fees, 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 the job you have applied for requires you to have a Christian faith and be able to work within and uphold our Christian Ethos. This is an Occupational Requirement under Part 1 of Schedule 9 to the Equality Act 2010.

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.

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.