Night Support Worker

Night Support Worker

Temporary with the potential for longer term opportunities for the right candidates

ASAP

8PM - 8AM on a rota basis

Manchester

Our client

Our client, a Northwest based charity, provides accommodation and support to people who are homeless or at risk of losing their homes. They are looking for a Night Support Worker to join their rapidly growing Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children service with the potential for longer term opportunities for the right candidate. Working hours are 8PM - 8AM on a rota basis, including weekends. The role will be based in a semi independent living service in South Manchester that supports unaccompanied asylum seeking children who are waiting for assessments and long term accommodation.

The role

The UASC Service is responsible for helping customers adult to their new life and transition into the community as smoothly as possible.

Every day is different

Every day is different, whether it's teaching young people how to recycle or budgeting their money for the month. Each young person will have a unique skill set that you will help to hence in your role as a Night Support Worker.

Confidence to succeed

Your support will directly contribute to the next steps of each young person's journey helping them to grow in confidence by teaching them how to navigate childhood. You might help them to apply for college and encourage them to participate in community events. You could find yourself teaching them how to understand relationships and showing them the important of their support network.

Whatever you find yourself doing each day, you will be giving a young person the confidence to succeed in life.

The candidate

• You have experience of supporting customers with complex needs / vulnerable people.
• The ability to develop effective working relationships and rapport with customers and colleagues alike.
• An understanding of homelessness and the challenges people may face.
• Experience of working effectively in a multi-disciplinary team, involving other professionals to ensure positive outcomes for people.
• A solid understanding of safeguarding.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage your own diary, prioritising your workload effectively.
• The ability to work using your own initiative, making decisions accordingly.

Due to the nature of the role, a car driver with business insurance is essential for this role. An Enhanced DBS is also required for the role of Night Support Worker.

Morgan Hunt is a multi-award-winning recruitment Business for interim, contract and temporary recruitment and acts as an Employment Agency in relation to temporary vacancies. Morgan Hunt is an equal opportunities employer, job suitability are assessed on merit in accordance with their skills, qualifications and abilities to perform the relevant duties required in a particular role.