Waking Night Officer

Walsall Council – Waking Night Officer (Part-time, Bluebells short Breaks) –

Grade G5
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Salary Range: £28,598 – £31,022 pro‑rated to hours worked. (Plus 15% unsociable hours payment)

Part Time
: 20 hours per week

Bluebells Short Breaks Service provides specialist overnight residential care for children and young people with physical and learning disabilities within the Walsall area. It has a longstanding reputation for quality care and support to children with complex needs from its purpose‑built facility.

We are looking for a waking night officer to join our established team.

• Provide overnight care and support to children who are residents at Bluebells.
• Attend to a range of tasks relating to direct care and support of children, along with administrative and domestic duties during shifts.
• Work the service on Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday, including school holidays and public bank holidays.
• Work shifts from 21:45 to 07:45, twice per week on any of the above days.
• Be available during the daytime for occasional training and team events.

• Experience working with children in a residential or similar setting.
• Patient, nurturing, child‑focused, with attention to detail.
• Clear and robust safeguarding approach.
• Strong initiative, able to respond effectively to challenging or unexpected circumstances.
• Age 22 years or older (must be 4 years older than the oldest resident).

• Working hours:
  
  21:45 – 07:45, twice per week (rota provided four weeks in advance).
• Possibility of daytime availability for training and team events.
• Completion of a baseline personnel security standard (BPSS) check.
• Enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check.

Closing date for applications: 28th June 2026.

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all children, young people and vulnerable adults entrusted to our care. We expect all staff to share this commitment, and we will continue to develop robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding. Completion of an enhanced DBS clearance is a requirement for working with children and young people and vulnerable adults.

If the successful candidate has lived, studied or worked abroad, they must declare any such periods and provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to any overseas time.