Temp - Night Worker - Luton, Bedfordshire, United Kingdom - Connect2Luton

Description

Role:
Short Breaks Worker Nights

Department:
CHILDREN & LEARNING

Connect2Luton are excited to recruit a Short Breaks Worker Nights on behalf of Luton Borough Council within their CHILDREN & LEARNING department.

Under the direction of the Team Leaders and on call management support, organise, plan and take responsibility for the care and safeguarding of the young people and security and cleanliness of the Short Breaks Hub during the night, ensuring the provision of high quality, cost effective short break care for children & young people with learning, physical disabilities and challenging behaviour.

As a Short Breaks Worker Nights, you will be responsible to:

Work with individual children and young people to address their physical, emotional, social and development needs including administration of medication.

Give prescribed medication and other health procedures (eg, gastrostomy feeding and oxygen) or first aid treatment to residents and be alert to resident's medical needs.

To plan and organise workload ensuring young people are safe guarded, competently undertake all aspects of the care task for young people and ensure their needs are met.

Work during day time hours to complete training and attend meetings.

Able to communicate sensitively, clearly and persuasively, gaining co-operation and trust, dealing with challenging behaviours, maintaining own emotions and composure, building caring positive relationships.

Able to implement agreed care plans and assist in the assessment of needs of the young people.
Able to undertake record keeping and report writing.
Able to undertake practical care tasks and domestic tasks (including manual handling and administration of medication, after training).
NVQ3 Caring for Children.

Because of the nature of this job, it will be necessary for Disclosure and Barring Service checks to be undertaken.

Luton Borough Council have partnered with Kent County Council to create Connect2Luton, a recruitment managed service for all contingent temporary agency, contract, and interim roles at the Council.

Our heritage and being local government owned which means we have a wealth of knowledge and expertise within the public sector, with many of our employees having previously worked for the Council or have supplied previously into the Council, for several years.

Connect2Luton, part of Luton Borough Council & Kent Commercial Services LLP, is an equal opportunities Employment Agency & Business and positively encourages applications from all suitably qualified and eligible candidates.