Night Support Worker - Cambridge, United Kingdom - Cambridgeshire County Council

Cambridgeshire County Council

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Cambridge, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

About the role
40/44 Russell St provides Supported Living and respite services to adults with a learning disability. We are looking for two Night Support Workers to join our team.

Our aim is to enable adults with a learning disability to live as fully and independently as possible and to enjoy lifestyles close to those enjoyed by other members of the community.

Our two new Night Support Workers will therefore be supporting and empowering service users to enhance their quality of life, maximise potential and to continue to develop and promote independent skills.

within their home, within a supported living unit or whilst accessing respite.

These are full time roles (35 hours per week).

For more information or to chat about the role please contact
What will you be doing?

As one of our Night Support Workers you will be providing waking night cover to ensure Service users support needs are met during the night time hours of 10pm-8am, Monday to Sunday.

About you

No formal qualifications are necessary but you will need a Level 2 qualification in Care or an equivalent Care qualification or a willingness to undertake learning to complete a qualification.

A caring, compassionate and empathic nature will be absolutely essential to this role.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.

We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits: