Night Support Worker 0177

About the role

At Aurora Boveridge College , we support young people between the ages of 16 and 25 who have additional social, emotional, autism and mental health needs. We're currently looking for a Night Support Worke r to assist our students in their homes (on-site) (no personal care responsibilities). Come and join our exciting team and make a difference. As a Night support worker, you will play an important role in our young people's lives, preparing them for adult life and facilitating their transition into further education, training, or employment. Following a handover from our day team, you'll support our students with their evening routine. You will mentor and support our young people in their evening activities, sports, or hobbies both on and off site and ensure they settle for night. This will be with the use of verbal and visual prompting dependent on the need of the young person. You'll also provide a key liaison point for parents and carers and ensure all health/medical needs are looked after throughout the night. You will be the listening ear and emotional support for young people to talk to after a busy day. The key to this role will be your ability to participate and to motivate whilst ensuring our students develop their own independent living skills. =Please see the link below for our full job description: Job Description: Night Support Worker

Requirements

• Successful candidates are likely to demonstrate (no experience needed - we'll fund all your training):
• Willingness to participate, be positive and creative in meeting our young person's needs
• Able to support and develop independence skills such as budgeting, cooking, housekeeping as well as accessing the wider community
• Ability to prompt / encourage in a positive manner whilst providing social/emotional behavioural support
• Ability to show a strong understanding of what "good care" looks like and how to put the young person's needs first, whilst empowering them to be independent
• Due to our rural location access to transport and a drivers licence is essential
• Given the age of our students all applicants must be 21 and over
• How to Apply
• If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form. For the full job description and break down of duties, please contact Adele from the recruitment team at
• Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
• The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
• This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
• Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.

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