Home Care Support Worker (Nights)

Job introduction

We are looking for 2 night home care support workers at Drove Road, a respite home for disabled young people.

Do you have a background of working with children with learning disabilities? Are you someone who enjoys working in a rewarding, supportive, and a challenging environment? Can you work with a diverse range of stakeholders in an inclusive and accessible way?

We have an exciting opportunity within our Families, Children and Learning Directorate where you will get to make a real difference in the lives of children with learning difficulties. Every team member plays a vital part in helping our young people to thrive, and as a highly successful team we support each other to deliver our service with fairness and inclusivity. We are committed to delivering an outstanding service and to making Health and Disability Services accessible to everyone. 

If you would like to discuss this role, please email  rebecca.thomas@brighton-hove.gov.uk and sarah.raisbeck@brighton-hove.gov.uk to arrange a conversation.

About the role

Drove Road is respite home for young people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge between the ages of 8 and 18.

Staff will work hard to create a positive, safe, stimulating environment in which each young person’s specific needs are met and they are supported to develop and learn new skills while having fun. Particular emphasis is given to those skills that promote independence. 

As a Home Care Support Worker, you will: 

• Support our young people from diverse backgrounds with intimate personal care when required.
• Use a range of inclusive and accessible communication tools to help our young people express themselves.
• Undertake a range of domestic tasks including cleaning, shopping, providing freshly prepared meals.
• Support your colleagues and yourself to stay safe during times of challenging behaviour.

You will be someone with:

• The experience of looking after children with learning disabilities.
• Have inclusive and accessible communication skills for interaction with service users, families, social workers, and medical professionals.
• The ability to apply restrictive interventions to support young people in line with their behaviour support plans.
• A clear Enhanced DBS Certificate

Benefits: 

• Funding and support within two years for a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent qualification).
• Support with in-house training to improve skills and knowledge.
• An opportunity to increase your skill and experience for future roles within social care, education and childcare.
• Enhancements over weekends, and bank holidays.

You will need to be able to work a 4-week rolling rota as follows:

Night shifts: 9.15pm to 7.15am 

There is an expectation waking night staff will attend one team meeting a month and undertake necessary training which is included in number of hours worked.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your Application Form and answers to some shortlisting questions.  Your answers to the shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Application Form guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and (Shortlisting guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

Please note that this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, and is subject to a Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) Check.