Night Support Worker - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Look Ahead Housing and Care

Look Ahead Housing and Care
Look Ahead Housing and Care
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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

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Job profile:


  • The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
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Job details:
Job details:

Job reference

  • REQ00486
  • Date posted
  • 27/06/202 Application closing date
  • 27/07/202 Location
  • Milton Keynes
  • Salary
- £18,399.14 per annum

  • Package
  • Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
  • Contractual hours
  • 30
  • Basis
  • Part time
  • Job category/type
  • Part Time, Permanent
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Night Support Worker:

Job description

  • We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient
    Night Support Worker join our
    Young People service in Milton Keynes.

£18,399.14 per annum, working 30 hours per week. _Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, _staff discounts, healthcare and career progression._

Want to feel like you're part of one team? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team.

After all, our people are doing something amazing:
helping to transform lives every day.

  • This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation._

What you'll do:

Milton Keynes Young People Services is Supported Accommodation Service for young people aged 16 to 21 years old. The Service encompasses a mix of units across five sites supporting 52 vulnerable young people.


The aim of the service is to empower Young People to move towards independent living, supporting their successful transition from childhood; laying the foundations for healthy, ambitious, and safe adult lives with mínimal ongoing support.

Support is delivered in partnership with a number of stakeholders and partners in the community such as mental health services; substance misuses agencies, housing teams, police and social services.

We are recruiting for Waking Night Support Worker to join our dynamic service and team.

In the role of Waking Night Support Worker; individuals will ensure continued support is provided to young people at the standards of day staff with particular focus on safety of vulnerable young people.


About the Role;


Waking Night Support Worker will work in line with person centred risk assessments; support plans and liaises with Support Workers to provide comprehensive handover and partnership working.

They will be observant of changes in behaviour and presentations ensuring appropriate actions are taken to document and report changes in support needs of young people.

Performing Audits for PPE stock, First aid boxes and communal H&S checks.


Waking Night Support Worker will be able to carry out all necessary health and safety actions including light cleaning tasks and work with in policies and procedures.

Furthermore they will actively seek out ways to work with the team and stakeholders to improve the experience of young people in the service.


  • Have a belief in young people, their potential to grow, succeed and thrive independently given the right support
  • Be motivated to achieve excellence and have passion for supporting young people to reach their potential, with a 'can do' attitude, and a willingness to get stuck in
  • Commit to providing opportunities for young people to achieve their goals
  • Be resilient and able to do deal with challenging and diverse behaviours positively
  • Have a strong Customer focus and commitment to putting Young People's interests and voices at the heart of all aspects of their support
  • Have an outcomes focus and approach to working with young people
  • Have strong selfawareness and commitment to acting as a positive role model
  • Have commitment to nondiscriminatory practice and to promoting equality and diversity
  • Have commitment to acting as a corporate parent in all aspects of practice where applicable
  • Have a commitment to effective joint working with partners to meet Young People's needs
  • Have a strong sense of personal accountability.
The role requires individuals to work on a rota pattern including weekend working.


About you:


  • Ensure the welfare of customers providing emotional and practical support to customers who are in distress, in crisis or require medical assistance such as emergency first aid or the intervention of medical professionals
  • Remain calm and professional when dealing with emergencies and incidents following the reporting procedures and completing the required paperwork
  • Ability to work empathically and compassionately with customers who present with complex needs such as mental health, substance misuse, safeguarding and physical health support needs
  • Ensure the safety and welfare of customers by implementing and monitoring the visitors
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