Night Care Assistant (Short Term Care)
| Posting date: | 23 January 2025 |
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| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 February 2025 |
| Location: | nottingham, NG2 3NG |
| Company: | Nottingham City Council |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 4409 |
Summary
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 148 hours worked per calendar month. Shift requirements are 10pm - 8am including a minimum of 1 day shift per month.
Worker Type: Onsite worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £24,790 (Level one) rising to £25,584 including 33% enhancement for hours worked between 11pm - 6am.
Location: Children's Residential Services.
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
As a Night Care Assistant you will work as part of a team ensuring the holistic needs of the children are met. You will support children in all areas of their lives such as forming positive relationships, health, education, family time and leisure activities. You will also contribute in making the house a home. You will have the pleasure of supporting our lovely young people develop in all areas of their lives .
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
- Have relevant personal or work experience of caring for children, young people or vulnerable adults.
- Have an awareness of the social, cultural, emotional and physical developmental needs of children.
- Be able to work as a team member and on your own initiative.
- Be able to use varied communication methods well, including verbal, written and electronically.
- Be willing to complete the level three diploma in residential care with in two years of commencing employment
- A DBS enhanced check for a regulated activity is required for this post
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries please contact Stacey Dixon or Carly Mallard, by telephone on 0115 9157607 or by email at stacey.dixon@notttinghamcity.gov.uk or carly.mallard@nottinghamcity.gov.uk
Closing Date: 27th January 2025
Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: TBC
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