An opportunity has arisen for a Residential Night Support Officer positions in a Children’s Home providing short breaks to children with disabilities.
18 hours per week (2 x 9 hour shifts 10pm until 7am with the possibility of a relief hours available).
In addition to the salary, there is also a night allowance which will be a third of your hourly rate for the time between 10pm and 6am.
Job title: Night Support Officer
Salary: £30,024 – £32,597 per annum (pro rata)
Location: Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
Deadline: 31/08/2025
Roles & Responsibilities
The position involves providing care and support to children with a range of health needs and disabilities during the nights that they stay with us. You will also underake duties and tasks identified as well as participating in planning and implementing children’s care plans. You will be working in an established and friendly team in a home from home environment at night, while another member of the team sleeps in.
GCC provide a training and development programme which is available to all teams. You will be expected to attend mandatory training and team meetings as required for the role.
Eligibility Requirements
To be successful you will need to be child-focused, dynamic and flexible, able to work within a team as well as use your own initiative. You will need to have effective communication skills to be able to communicate with the children that use the service as well as with your colleagues and you will need to have some experience of working with individuals with disabilities.
About Us
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
- An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for
- employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
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