Night Team Leader / Senior Support Worker

Location: Alfreton, Derbyshire
Pay: -12.85 per hour
Hours: 33 or 38.5 hours per week
Shifts: Nights

We are recruiting an experienced Night Team Leader / Senior Support Worker for a 28-bed residential care service supporting adults aged 18 and over.

This is a hands-on senior role combining direct care with shift leadership, medication support, care-plan input, audits, risk assessments and the mentoring of other Support Workers.

The role

You will help ensure that service users receive safe, respectful and person-centred support throughout the night.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading the night shift and supporting other members of the care team
• Protecting the rights, dignity, health and safety of service users
• Supporting individuals with their daily routines and activities
• Monitoring service users and maintaining a safe environment
• Encouraging independence, rehabilitation and self-care
• Assisting with medication administration where required
• Contributing to care plans and reviewing standards of care
• Completing audits, risk assessments and relevant records
• Supporting the induction, training and mentoring of new employees
• Handling or auditing service-user monies at the beginning and end of shifts
• Completing weekly fire checks and maintaining the fire-safety records
• Working alongside management and multidisciplinary professionals

About you

To be considered, you should have:

• Strong previous experience working as a Support Worker or Senior Support Worker
• Experience supporting vulnerable adults
• The confidence to lead a shift and resolve day-to-day issues
• Experience administering or supporting with medication
• Good communication and record-keeping skills
• A calm, patient and reliable approach
• Relevant health and social care qualifications
• The flexibility to work contracted night shifts

What is available

• -12.85 per hour
• 33 or 38.5 contracted hours per week
• Regular night shifts
• A senior position within an established adult care service
• The opportunity to take responsibility for shift leadership and staff development

Apply today and we will be in touch in due course