Waking Night Residential Childcare Worker

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Salary:
Up to £29,876 per annum depending on qualifications

Role: Waking Residential Childcare Worker

Location:

Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire
Salary: Up to £29,876 per annum depending on qualifications

Hours:

Full-Time, Permanent (40 hours per week) | 3 on, 3 off with additional shift on 3 day week
Essential: Full UK Manual Driving Licence

UK Applicants only. This role does not offer sponsorship.

Be the Calm in Their Night and the Confidence Behind Their Tomorrow. For some young people, knowing there is a familiar, caring person there throughout the night can make all the difference.

As a Waking Night Residential Childcare Worker in Lochmaben, you’ll provide the reassurance, stability and support children and young people need to feel safe and secure overnight. From offering comfort when someone is struggling to settle to responding calmly when support is needed, you’ll be an important and trusted presence within their home.

This is much more than keeping watch overnight. You’ll help create a calm and nurturing environment, support individual routines and make sure everything is ready for the day ahead. You’ll work as part of a dedicated residential team where the small things you do can have a lasting impact on a young person’s wellbeing, confidence and sense of security.

No previous residential childcare experience is required. If you’re caring, resilient and able to remain calm when others need reassurance, we’ll provide the training and support you need to develop your skills and build a rewarding career.

Every night will be different, but your focus will always be on helping our young people feel safe, comfortable and supported.

• Providing overnight care, supervision and emotional reassurance to children and young people
• Creating and maintaining acalm, safe and nurturing environment throughout the night
• Completing regular welfare checks and responding sensitively to individual needs
• Supporting young people who may wake during the night and providing reassurance when they need it
• Following individual care plans, routines and agreed approaches to ensure consistent support
• Completing accurate records and night reports to provide continuity of care between night and day teams
• Helping maintain a clean, comfortable and welcoming home environment
• Supporting with appointments, activities and transitions where required
• Building positive and trusting relationships that help young people develop confidence and emotional security
• Working closely with your residential colleagues to maintain excellent standards of care and safeguarding

You don’t need previous care experience or qualifications to get started. What matters most is your values, your attitude and your ability to be someone a young person can rely on.

You could already work within care or support, or you may be looking for a completely new career where your life experience and people skills can make a difference.

• Kind, compassionate and genuinely motivated to improve the lives of children and young people
• Calm and reassuring, particularly when a young person is anxious, unsettled or experiencing a difficult moment
• Patient and resilient, with the ability to respond positively to challenging situations
• Reliable and comfortable working throughout the night as part of a waking night team
• A good communicator who can build positive and appropriate relationships
• Observant and able to recognise when a young person may need additional reassurance or support
• Comfortable completing records and following individual care plans and procedures
• A supportive team member who…