Night Care Worker

Information

The people who use our services tell us we’ve changed their lives.  Our employees tell us they’re supported, enthusiastic and have opportunities to develop meaningful careers.  We’re looking for someone great to join our team.

 

Our staff have come from all walks of life; some have a faith and some don’t.  We don’t want you to be a cog in a wheel.  We want you to bring your skills and experience either from the care sector or gained elsewhere – we know they are transferrable.  Your journey won’t stop there though as, using the strengths of a large diverse organisation, we’ll support you to develop new skills and qualifications and give you the opportunities to put them into practice.

 We’re all about the people we support.  We want them to achieve the highest quality of life they can and you’ll be more important in that than you know.  You’ll need to be able to discern the person behind the behaviour and be able to develop strong supportive relationships with colleagues

 There’s space to be creative and find ways to help the people who use our services achieve their goals so when you see a problem you’ll need to have the heart to fix it.

If you would like to talk to someone about the types of opportunities we have, or have any other questions, please contact recruitment.team@crossreach.org.uk.

Main Function

The general task required of Care Worker shall be as follows, but variance in emphasis may occur in particular establishments.

To work within a multi disciplinary team to meet the need of the service user.

To undertake certain domestic duties which can be performed during the night hours.

To provide wakeful night duty cover in the unit.

Main Duties

1. Liaise with other appropriate health professionals as needed
2. Assist in the promotion of activity of service users as detailed in individual care plans.
3. Ensure that service users physical environment is maintained to a high standard.
4. Answer emergency bells, the door and telephone, and greet visitors in a professional manner.                        
5. Be responsible for reading and writing reports in line with CrossReach’s Policy and Procedures and SSSC codes of conduct.     
6.  Participate in staff and service users meetings as required.
7.  Work on a rota basis involving weekend work.
8.  Comply with all Health and Safety requirements in line with current policies including risk assessments.
9. To undertake any training deemed necessary to fulfil the requirements of the role.
10. To comply with CrossReach financial procedures.
11. Have respect for all aspects of Christian worship.
12. Facilitate SU’s to attend  Christian worship (or worship of choice as required by the role).

Qualifications

Ideally you will possess an SVQ 2 in Social Service and Healthcare or equivalent to meet SSSC qualification requirements.  If you do not you will be expected to achieve this in a specified period of time.

Personal

As we do our work in Christ’s name you must be respectful of our Christian Ethos and be able to work sympathy with it.

This post requires you to be a member of the Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) Scheme and undertake the necessary vetting checks.

This post requires you to be registered with SSSC and it is your professional responsibility to ensure that you meet the standards and criteria for registration.

Skills and Abilities

The postholder must possess basic computer literacy skills including use of Microsoft Office and the internet.