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About the role
- Female Support Worker - Waking Nights
- Part time - 22.5 hours per week
- £14.66 per hour + Up to £1,000 welcome bonus
- Willingham, Cambridge, CB24.
- Full UK Driving Licence with own car essential.
We are supporting five autistic people and people with learning disabilities, behaviours of distress and complex health needs in Willingham, Cambridge.
As a Waking Night Support Worker, you’ll play a vital role in ensuring the people we support feel safe, comfortable and supported throughout the night. This is a highly important role where you’ll carry out regular checks, respond to any needs that arise, and provide reassurance and support as required.
You’ll support with personal care, medication and specialist clinical needs during the night, including tasks such as repositioning, monitoring health conditions and responding to any changes. Full specialist training will be provided, including suctioning, stoma care and PEG feeding, with ongoing support to help you feel confident in your role.
Although this is a night role, you’ll still be part of a close-knit and supportive team. You’ll work alongside colleagues to ensure continuity of care, maintain accurate records, and help prepare the home for the day ahead.
To help you feel confident in your tole, you’ll begin working day shifts for approximately 4–6 weeks. During this time, you’ll complete your induction, build relationships with the people we support, and receive all specialist and clinical training. Once you’re fully trained and signed off, you’ll transition into your permanent waking night role, feeling supported, skilled and ready to succeed.
Waking night shifts are 9:45pm – 7:45am, including every other weekend. Due to the rural location, a UK driving licence and access to your own car is essential.
About you
You don’t need previous experience, we’re looking for people who share our values and are ready to learn.
You’ll be:
- Passionate about supporting people to live great lives.
- Calm, reliable and able to respond confidently during the night.
- A strong team player who can build positive relationships.
- Willing to learn new skills, including clinical and specialist training.
- Comfortable supporting people with complex health needs and personal care.
- Confident using basic IT for recording and communication.
You’ll also need:
- A UK driving licence and access to your own car (due to rural location).
Rewards that make a difference
- £1,000 welcome bonus! You could receive £1,000 welcome bonus to be paid in three instalments, £300 in first full month’s salary, £300 after 3 months and the final £400 on successful completion of probation.
- A competitive payrate with uplift for overtime you chose to work
- Flexible shift patterns to suit your needs
- 30 days paid Annual Leave (including public holidays – pro rata)
- Opportunities for career progression
- We offer a salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned before payday.
- High Street Discounts – Retail and Entertainment (supermarkets, hospitality, pubs, cinema etc.)
- Life Assurance and Company Pension
- Industry leading training
- Enhanced DBS paid for by us
Apply now
- An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
- Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. In this context, "gender" refers to the sex legally assigned to an individual.
- We welcome applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce
- As Disability Confident Leaders , we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy - Dimensions has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees
- As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150.
- We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all of our recruitment communications.
