About the role
40/44 Russell St provides Supported Living and respite services to adults with a learning disability. We are looking for two Night Support Workers to join our team. Our aim is to enable adults with a learning disability to live as fully and independently as possible and to enjoy lifestyles close to those enjoyed by other members of the community.
Our two new Night Support Workers will therefore be supporting and empowering service users to enhance their quality of life, maximise potential and to continue to develop and promote independent skills. within their home, within a supported living unit or whilst accessing respite.
These are part time roles (32.5 hours per week).
For more information or to chat about the role please contact
Bridget.benwell@cambridgeshire.gov.uk or Teofilia.florea@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
What will you be doing?
As one of our Night Support Workers you will be providing waking night cover to ensure Service users support needs are met during the night time hours of 10pm-8am, Monday to Sunday.
About you
No formal qualifications are necessary but you will need a Level 2 qualification in Care or an equivalent Care qualification or a willingness to undertake learning to complete a qualification.
A caring, compassionate and empathic nature will be absolutely essential to this role.
Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme.
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.
Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.
We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.
Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.
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