Waking Nights Care Worker (Eleanor Lodge)

Waking Nights Care Worker (Eleanor Lodge) Northampton, England

West Northamptonshire Council
Full Time Northampton, England 10.94 GBP HOURLY Today
Job description

About the role

Eleanor Lodge provides exceptional levels of support to adults, aged 18 and over, with learning disabilities and mental health issues. It is situated in Delapre, Northampton and offers a wonderful living environment in which our customers can enjoy an enhanced quality of life. We also offer domiciliary care to adults living in their own homes within the community.

We have teams of friendly and committed staff who provide the highest level of care. With our great accommodation and facilities at Eleanor Lodge evokes a home from home atmosphere in which our customers can feel comfortable, content and very well cared for.

As a Waking Nights Carer, your role will support our customers who may suffer from dementia or a physical disability within a specialist support centre setting.

What will you be doing?

As a Waking Nights Home Carer, your responsibilities will include:

  • Supporting young adults during the night, you will be required to provide care that ensures that each individual’s dignity, privacy, independence and choice is supported, whilst ensuring that our customers’ health and safety is always a priority.
About you
  • People can rely on me
  • I really care about others
  • I like to help people
  • I enjoy being active
  • I’m a good listener
  • I can understand how others feel
  • I’m a practical type of person
  • I’m observant

If you can say yes to the statements above – we’d love to hear from you.

You don’t need previous experience in social care, or qualifications, we will provide all the training and support you need to give you the skills and confidence be able to care for our residents.


Career development and training opportunities

Our team’s learning and development is very important to us. It ensures we have the right people, with the right skills, doing the right job. We are committed to career development and have a variety of career pathways, for those who want to progress or specialise

All new starters are required to complete the Care Certificate, if not already completed previously, alongside mandatory training within their induction period. Courses are updated throughout your employment.

Our benefits

We offer a wide range of benefits to our employees, these include:

  • Generous annual leave entitlement starting at 27 days annual leave per year, 28 days for senior managers (pro rata, depending on how many hours per week you work), plus bank holidays. An additional 5 days, linked to continuous service, and ability to purchase up to 6 weeks additional leave per year.
  • Local Government Pension Scheme plus immediate life cover (3 times your annual salary from day one) and ill-health protection.
  • Employee discounts with local and national retailers, days out, finance, health and beauty, travel and eating out plus lots more.
  • Car Lease scheme.
  • Employee Assistance Programme - We have an employee support programme run by Health Assured, an independent, external organisation. Health Assured is available for you and your immediate family members, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year and includes telephone counselling, legal advice, bereavement support and medical information.
  • Ongoing training and development opportunities.
  • A variety of flexible working options
  • Our West Ways of Working – We want our workforce to thrive, and we equip our employees with the right technology to support hybrid and collaborative working, on or off site, depending on the role.
  • Making a difference - If you want to use your skills and experience with an organisation that are genuinely invested in making a difference, are committed to improving people's lives, and whose success has a direct impact on the wellbeing of your family, friends and people in your local area, then West Northamptonshire Council is the place for you.

The council is in the process of implementing a new pay structure and terms and conditions which will be applicable to this role. The outcome could result in a future variation to the advertised salary, and this will be discussed at interview.

Waking Nights Care Worker (Eleanor Lodge)
West Northamptonshire Council

www.westnorthants.gov.uk
Northampton, United Kingdom
Unknown / Non-Applicable
1001 to 5000 Employees
Government
Regional Agencies
2021
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