Night Care Assistant in Gloucester

Vinney Green Secure Children's Home offers young people a safe, caring environment, where they will experience quality care, education, vocational and life skills training. As a Night Care Assistant, you will play a vital role in helping to ensure the welfare and care of young people throughout the evening and night.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Monitor all young people at least every five to fifteen minutes to ensure they are safe and secure.
• Undertake social duties, including talking with clients and providing reassurance to enable them to have a good night's sleep.
• Issue non-prescribed medication and personal hygiene materials, entering bedrooms as necessary.
• Answer buzzers from young people immediately and assist in any way.
• Wake the young people and supervise breakfast and room cleaning as required.
• Record and maintain written records when necessary.

We require you to hold an NVQ level 2 in a relevant subject area or a good standard of education. Given the nature of the role, you must be able to help clients cater for their personal needs in a sensitive and professional manner. You should have knowledge or previous experience of dealing with young people who present challenging behaviour.

Salary is plus secure unit allowance of £2,903.04 per annum, pro-rated to hours worked. Third time enhancement applied to all hours and additional rates applicable for rostered Sunday shifts (time and a half) and bank holidays (double time). You will be working an average of 37 hours per week, following a designated shift pattern of 4 on 4 off, alternate weekends and some shifts may be on bank holidays.

Young people can present physically threatening behaviour and the environment can become tense and anxiety provoking, so for everybody's safety surveillance cameras are in use in most areas of the building. Vinney Green operates a full non-smoking environment, and there is no provision to facilitate smoking anywhere on site. Staff's personal belongings are required to be left in a provided locker on entry into the building and we may require you to undertake a further physical fitness check. This role is demanding and there will be some physical active aspects to the job, but we can assure you that this will be one of the most rewarding jobs that you will ever do!

Please note that due to the nature of this role it is a requirement of employment that an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check is obtained for this post.

Interview and Hiring Information:

Interview date is to be confirmed.

Benefits and Workplace Culture:

We know our team work best when they have balance in their lives and we offer genuine flexibility to help them achieve that work/life balance. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the safety and welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. Ensuring all our staff are given right skills, knowledge and support to recognise and respond effectively to potential abuse or neglect.

As part of our benefits package, you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts, including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities. We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here. We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of. We're working with the most vulnerable in our community to help them achieve what they want in life. We're investing in our schools to ensure every child and young person in South Gloucestershire achieves their full potential.