Support Worker
| Posting date: | 09 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £90.35 per day |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 April 2026 |
| Location: | Coalville, Leicestershire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Wax Recruitment Ltd |
| Job type: | Contract |
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Summary
Job title: Support Worker
Job Category: Social Care Non-Qualified
Hours per week: 10.50
Location: 113 Highfield Street, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3BZ, Nottingham Community Housing Association
Pay: £90.35 per day
This a lone walking night shift.
The shift will run 9:45pm - 7:15am.
The tenants are young adults - 18 -25 years old with learning and mental health support needs.
Staff will meet the late shift and be shown what is needed of them before they leave at 10pm.
Staff need to be able to travel to Coalville by car as there is no public transport.
Purpose
To support individuals to make choices and live as independently as possible and to demonstrate the values of the Care and Support Department
Main responsibilities
Support service users/tenants to express themselves and make informed choices and decisions about their lives in a way that respects their dignity and rights.
Devise and implement individual care and/or support plans with risk assessments that are not risk averse. These may include one or more of the following examples:
Living as independently as possible
Maintaining good health and hygiene, administering medications and personal care e.g. dressing, washing, shaving and going to the toilet
Accessing work, education or training
Enjoying leisure time, activities and cultural beliefs in the community
Keeping in touch with family and friends and making new friends
Key work named service users
Carry out or assist in cooking and other domestic/cleaning tasks.
Follow and review care and/or support plans with the service user and record progress of plans
Assist in the delivery of support to service users who may present behavioural challenges.
Key holding including coordinating other shift staff, administering medications
Assume responsibility for safeguarding adults and/or children who have needs for care and support, are experiencing, or are at risk of, abuse or neglect, and as a result of those needs are unable to protect themselves against the abuse or neglect or the risk of it.
Maintain service user records through NCHA�s IT systems or paper records; sharing confidentially with work colleagues and other relevant people as appropriate to provide consistent care and support.
Maintain Health and Safety and day-to-day records of financial transactions and administration; using NCHA job specific IT/ technical systems.
Enable service users to make informed choices through joint reviews of Care and/or Support planning and recorded risk assessments.
Maintain a safe and healthy physical environment for service users and colleagues; complying with current infection control policies and procedures and completing relevant Health and Safety training
Respond to health and safety issues; implementing emergency procedures where necessary.
Work on rota/shift system, including Bank Holidays and weekends and which may include night-time working and sleeping-in duties.
Adhere to mandatory vaccination requirements for the role; providing evidence of exemptions where applicable.
About the person (criteria used to shortlist applications)
Why do you think you will be good at this job?
Staff will need to be medication trained and have experience of working within mental health and learning disability
All post holders are expected to understand and comply with NCHA�s policies and procedures on Finance, Technology Services, Data Protection, Health & Safety, Equality and Diversity and any departmental policies in relation to the duties of the post.
Job Category: Social Care Non-Qualified
Hours per week: 10.50
Location: 113 Highfield Street, Coalville, Leicestershire, LE67 3BZ, Nottingham Community Housing Association
Pay: £90.35 per day
This a lone walking night shift.
The shift will run 9:45pm - 7:15am.
The tenants are young adults - 18 -25 years old with learning and mental health support needs.
Staff will meet the late shift and be shown what is needed of them before they leave at 10pm.
Staff need to be able to travel to Coalville by car as there is no public transport.
Purpose
To support individuals to make choices and live as independently as possible and to demonstrate the values of the Care and Support Department
Main responsibilities
Support service users/tenants to express themselves and make informed choices and decisions about their lives in a way that respects their dignity and rights.
Devise and implement individual care and/or support plans with risk assessments that are not risk averse. These may include one or more of the following examples:
Living as independently as possible
Maintaining good health and hygiene, administering medications and personal care e.g. dressing, washing, shaving and going to the toilet
Accessing work, education or training
Enjoying leisure time, activities and cultural beliefs in the community
Keeping in touch with family and friends and making new friends
Key work named service users
Carry out or assist in cooking and other domestic/cleaning tasks.
Follow and review care and/or support plans with the service user and record progress of plans
Assist in the delivery of support to service users who may present behavioural challenges.
Key holding including coordinating other shift staff, administering medications
Assume responsibility for safeguarding adults and/or children who have needs for care and support, are experiencing, or are at risk of, abuse or neglect, and as a result of those needs are unable to protect themselves against the abuse or neglect or the risk of it.
Maintain service user records through NCHA�s IT systems or paper records; sharing confidentially with work colleagues and other relevant people as appropriate to provide consistent care and support.
Maintain Health and Safety and day-to-day records of financial transactions and administration; using NCHA job specific IT/ technical systems.
Enable service users to make informed choices through joint reviews of Care and/or Support planning and recorded risk assessments.
Maintain a safe and healthy physical environment for service users and colleagues; complying with current infection control policies and procedures and completing relevant Health and Safety training
Respond to health and safety issues; implementing emergency procedures where necessary.
Work on rota/shift system, including Bank Holidays and weekends and which may include night-time working and sleeping-in duties.
Adhere to mandatory vaccination requirements for the role; providing evidence of exemptions where applicable.
About the person (criteria used to shortlist applications)
Why do you think you will be good at this job?
Staff will need to be medication trained and have experience of working within mental health and learning disability
All post holders are expected to understand and comply with NCHA�s policies and procedures on Finance, Technology Services, Data Protection, Health & Safety, Equality and Diversity and any departmental policies in relation to the duties of the post.