Night Team Leader

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
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed