Waking Night Support Worker

Posting date:	25 June 2025
Salary:	£20,000 to £30,000 per year
Additional salary information:	£12.40 per hour (plus excellent benefits)
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	23 July 2025
Location:	EX8 4PY
Company:	United Response
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	UNIT193186

Summary

Role: Waking Night Support Worker
Location: Exmouth
Hours: 35 per week
Salary: £12.40 per hour

Welcome Bonus: £250 for new starters at our Exmouth services (terms and conditions apply)

Are you kind, dependable and committed to making a difference? United Response is a well-established charity with a strong track record in supporting adults and young people with a wide range of needs. This includes learning disabilities, autism, acquired brain injuries, sensory impairments, dementia and mental health support needs.

We are currently seeking a compassionate and flexible individual to join our dedicated team in Exmouth as a Waking Night Support Worker.

About the Role

As a Waking Night Support Worker, your role will be varied and meaningful. You will be a calm and reassuring presence, providing overnight support and promoting the wellbeing and safety of the individuals in our care.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting with evening and morning routines

• Monitoring individuals throughout the night and responding to their needs

• Completing and maintaining relevant records and documentation

• Assisting with personal care where required

• Carrying out light domestic tasks to maintain a clean and safe environment

What We Are Looking For

To succeed in this role, you will need to be adaptable and empathetic. Many of the people we support live with dementia, so it is important that you are sensitive to their changing needs and able to offer support with patience and understanding.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and experiences. What matters most is your genuine commitment to providing high-quality support with compassion, integrity and respect.

What We Offer

In addition to a rewarding role, we offer:

• 20 days of annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata for part-time roles)

• Pension scheme contributions

• Access to occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling and wellbeing support

• Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)

• Shopping discounts from over 3,500 retailers through our online platform

• x2 wellbeing days a year because your health matters

  You’ll use our digital system Nourish to help manage support plans – full training will be provided.

  Please note, some weekend and bank holiday work is required. All offers are subject to an enhanced DBS check. United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader, providing support to applicants with disabilities. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. If you are interested in applying for employment with United Response and are in need of support to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an email with your request to tamsin.kirby@unitedresponse.org.uk #STH

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About Disability Confident

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.