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Job description

A Waking Night Assistant is responsible for supporting young people by providing physical and emotional care during a waking night shift. This involves working as part of a team to maintain a stable, happy and caring environment that puts the health, safety and welfare of young people first. Basic but vital parts of this include regular and punctual attendance at work, the need to act professionally and to be a good role model for young people and other staff.

Responsibilities

• To remain vigilant and do everything possible to protect young people and others from abuse of a physical, emotional, sexual, neglectful, financial or institutional nature. This includes an absolute requirement to report any incident of this nature.
• To encourage regular sleep patterns and support evening and night activities in accordance with a young person’s care plan.
• To build and promote good relationships and communication with young people and staff.
• To maintain a safe, clean and enjoyable environment.
• To learn about young people’s individual special needs and help meet those needs in the most appropriate way; to assist in the person centred planning process and promote a young person’s choice.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Minimum level 3 Qualification in any of the below areas: Social Work, Youth and Community Work, Occupational Therapy, Teaching, Nursing, Childcare and Health & Social Care.