Waking Night Support Worker Blisworth

Location:
Northampton

Calling all compassionate and dedicated individuals! Mencap is seeking a passionate Waking Night Support Worker to join our incredible team in Northampton.

As a Support Worker, you'll have the opportunity to make a real difference in the lives of people with learning disabilities. You'll be supporting a diverse group of individuals, each with their own unique abilities, needs, and goals.

Working waking nights, you'll provide essential overnight support, ensuring individuals feel safe, comfortable, and supported. From assisting with personal care and night‑time routines to offering reassurance and emotional support, you'll play a vital role in their wellbeing.

• A genuine passion for supporting others
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to build meaningful relationships
• Availability to work waking night shifts (9pm–7am), including weekends and bank holidays
• A positive, patient, and empathetic attitude toward individuals with learning disabilities
• A full UK driving licence is essential

Part‑time position

• Waking night shifts: 9pm–7am
  Important information for applicants:
  All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Mencap is an equitable, diverse, and inclusive organisation. We particularly welcome applications from disabled candidates and individuals from Black and Asian communities, who are currently under‑represented within our workforce.

• Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.
• Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday (excluding bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high‑street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest‑free loans, and many more exciting offerings.
• T&C's apply based on contract

For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document and below link with all the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.

We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.

At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.

Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.

Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.

Every day we grow and learn. It's okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes.

Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves.

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long‑term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies.

We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We're not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you're applying for.