Night Care Assistant (The Lighthouse)

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Job details

Job title Night Care Assistant (The Lighthouse) Job reference 000011293 Date posted 15/07/2025 Application closing date 29/07/2025 Working Pattern Blank Salary Grade E £16,318 – £17,406 a year actual salary (£26,835 – £28,624 a year full time equivalent) Contractual hours Blank Basis Blank Job category/type Social Care – Children Attachments Blank Job description

Directorate: People Services
Hours: 22.5 hours a week to be worked on a 4 week rota
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: The Light House, Derby

This is a waking role, working from 10pm-7am within The Light House short breaks residential unit to maintain the safety of the young people overnight, along with the security of the building. The Unit is registered for up to 10 young people with learning disabilities, some of whom also have challenging behaviour or physical disabilities and complex medical conditions.

Positive, flexible and child centred staff are required to work with the children who wake during the night. All staff will be receiving enhanced medication training to enable them to meet the health needs of young people. All the children have child centred Care Plans which enable’s the Night Staff meet their needs.

We are looking for experienced, positive staff who have a passion and commitment to working with disabled children. You must have the ability to follow and contribute to care plans and maintain the smooth running of the unit overnight as well as working with day staff in sharing information.

For any further information please contact,

Deputy Manager – Nicola Richardson Nicola.Richardson@derby.gov.uk
Deputy Manager – Alexandra Myler Alexandra.Myler@derby.gov.uk

Who We Are

Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities. Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.

What We Offer

You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:

• Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
• 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years\’ service), plus bank holidays
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
• Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
• Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
• Employee Assistance Programmes & Support
• Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network
• Support for colleagues who are carers

Next Steps

If you would like to apply for this vacancy, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.

The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on 29 July 2025. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.

Important Information

Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.

As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.

All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.

Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.

Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are \’at risk\’ of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.

Equality, Diversity & Inclusion

We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.

We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.

Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.

If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK – 18001 01332 640 844) or at recruitmentteam@derby.gov.uk. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/

Please see Job Description here

Please see Person Specification here

Please see DBS Code of Conduct here

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