Job Description:

Waking Night Support Worker – Children’s Residential Care

Salary: £16.75 per hour
Contract: Full-time, Permanent
Location: Milton Keynes
Shift: Waking Nights

Make a Difference While Others Sleep

Our client provides high-quality children’s residential care for children and young people who may have experienced trauma, adversity and complex emotional or behavioural needs. They are looking for a compassionate, reliable and resilient Waking Night Support Worker to join their residential childcare team.

This is an opportunity to provide consistent overnight care and support, helping create a safe, calm, therapeutic and nurturing environment where children and young people feel secure, valued and supported.

The Role

The successful candidate will provide overnight support within a children’s residential home, ensuring young people remain safe, settled and well supported throughout the night.

They will work independently during waking night shifts while maintaining close communication with the wider care team and responding calmly and professionally to any situations that arise.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide a safe, secure and nurturing overnight environment.
• Support children and young people in line with their individual care plans.
• Build positive, trusting and professional relationships.
• Complete regular welfare checks and respond appropriately to incidents or concerns.
• Maintain accurate records, daily reports and handovers.
• Administer medication where trained and authorised.
• Support positive behaviour using trauma-informed and therapeutic approaches.
• Promote safeguarding and child protection at all times.
• Support children and young people with emotional, behavioural and complex needs.
• Work closely with the wider residential care team to ensure consistency of care.
• Maintain a clean, welcoming and homely environment.
• Follow the Children’s Homes Regulations 2015, safeguarding procedures and organisational policies.

About You

The successful Waking Night Support Worker will be:

• Caring, compassionate and emotionally resilient.
• Calm and confident when responding to challenging situations.
• Reliable, responsible and able to work independently.
• Passionate about supporting children and young people to achieve positive outcomes.
• A strong communicator with good written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable completing records and using basic IT systems.
• Flexible and committed to working waking night shifts.

Essential Requirements

• Genuine passion for supporting children and young people.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work waking night shifts.
• Understanding of safeguarding responsibilities.
• Full UK driving licence.

Desirable Experience

Previous experience in a children’s residential home, residential childcare or similar care setting.

Experience supporting children and young people with emotional, behavioural or complex needs.

Experience managing or supporting challenging behaviour.

Knowledge of trauma-informed care, therapeutic approaches or Positive Behaviour Support (PBS).

Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare / Children & Young People, or willingness to work towards one.

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