Night Wake Officer - Trinity House

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of children with learning disabilities, autism, complex health conditions, and challenging behaviour? We are opening a new home and we are seeking dedicated and experienced Night Wake Officers to join a supportive and nurturing team.

Trinity will be a specialist long-stay residential home providing care for up to 4 children with a range of learning disabilities. Our aim is to create a nurturing environment where children can develop the skills and confidence, they need for day-to-day life. We support children with emotional well-being, health, and social needs, tailoring our care to meet their individual requirements.

This is an exciting time to join us, and we need the right talent to help us to continue to improve and grow our services. All our current homes are rated GOOD with Ofsted and we aspire to be Outstanding.

The Residential provision is a 24hr service, applicants for these roles will be expected to work shifts, weekends, and bank holidays.

• Monitoring and Supervision
• Providing Personal Care
• Supporting Complex Behaviours
• Communication and Record-Keeping
• Promoting Independence and Dignity
• Maintaining a Safe and Clean Environment
• Perform domestic tasks
• Team Collaboration

Birmingham Children’s Trust won the Supportive Social Work Employer of the Year award at the Social Worker of the Year Awards in October 2025. James Thomas, our (BCT) Chief Executive, said: "Winning two Social Worker of the Year Awards is testament to the devotion and dedication of all our staff, from those working with and directly supporting children, young people and families to those who are providing extremely valuable support services to enable practitioners to thrive."

We have been rated as ‘Good’ by Ofsted, following a 2023 inspection. This is a fantastic achievement for Birmingham Children's Trust, with many positive highlights focusing on areas including the quality of staff leadership, partnership working, safeguarding and corporate parenting.

This is a role based at Trinity, Birmingham so you must have the correct right-to-work in the UK documents. Sadly, we do not support those who require sponsorship.

• Experience working with children with learning disabilities, autism, complex health conditions, and challenging behaviour OR equivalent.
• Strong organisation and time managements skills.
• Excellent communication skills, with experience in using communication aids.
• A compassionate and patient approach, with a commitment to providing high-quality care.
• Ability to work collaboratively with co-workers, a range of professionals and stakeholders.
• Relevant qualifications in childcare are desirable.

Interviews will be held in person, further details to be confirmed.

• A generous annual leave package of 30 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days after 5 years of service and 35 days after 10 years of service.
• Free on-site parking at our offices on One Avenue Road (Aston) and Lifford House (Stirchley). We also provide onsite electric car charging ports which are free to use!
• Full access to our amazing internal employee benefits scheme including, Occupational Health services, Rewards Schemes, Benefits discounts (including the Blue Light Card), Health & Fitness and Personal Wellbeing support and much more!
• Pension Scheme - You will receive a generous local government career average pension scheme in line with the local government pension scheme.

If you’re a passionate, experienced childcare professional ready to help shape young lives while driving high standards of care, we’d love to hear from you! For further information, feel free to contact Abdul Amin (Registered Manager)…