Night Care Assistant - The Firs

Job Description

The London Borough of Harrow is looking for a Night Care Assistant to provide a high-quality service for children/young people with mild/moderate/severe learning disabilities, including those with physical disabilities and behaviours that can challenge and/or on the Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) in order to support their families/carers.

The Waking Night Care Assistant is a member of the team, but much of their work will be carried out without the teams immediate involvement as they will be lone working at night. You will be expected to remain awake at night and act with initiative, skill and responsibility. During half term holidays, you will also support day care, where the team work will be more prominent.

The position will be based at the The Firs; a four-bedded short breaks centre based in the west of the Borough of Harrow.

It is a permanent, part time position 20 hrs a week, covering Thursday and Sunday nights each week.

There may be opportunities for additional night and daytime hours, especially during half-terms when overnight stays are paused. Flexibility is essential, you may be asked to join a standby rota and support the team during staff shortages or changing service needs.

This post is exempt under the Employment (Sex Discrimination) Act 2000 therefore only female staff can apply.

The successful candidate will have:

• Good working knowledge of the needs of people with a learning disability.
• Willingness to learn about childcare or other relevant law i.e. the Children Act 1989 & 2004, the Children’s Home Regulations and Quality Standards 2015 / data protection.
• Good experience of working with children or adults with or without disabilities.
• Experience of taking responsibility for children/young people and/or experience of helping people in their personal care e.g. helping with toilet and eating needs.
• Ability to Gastrostomy feed the children/young people or the willingness to take part in training to be able to meet this need within a timescale.
• Understanding of both verbal and non-verbal communication.
• Capacity to deal with aggressive and challenging behaviour and take part in the Physical Intervention Training which will be provided by Harrow Council.
• Level 3 Diploma for Residential Child Care (England) or a qualification that the registered person considers to be equivalent. If you do not have this, the willingness to attain it within the relevant timescale.
• Ability to work Waking Night Care Assistant Shifts (mainly during term time) and Care Assistant daytime hour shifts midweek (mainly during half term) in order to meet service need. Also, willingness to stand by on a rota basis and to support staff shortages at other times as required.

This post is subject to a satisfactory enhanced DBS check.

For more information, please refer to the Role Profile/Selection Criteria

About us

Harrow Council is the 12th largest London borough and one of the most culturally diverse local authorities in the UK, making it a great place to live, work and visit with a range of cultures, religions and opinions that come together to produce high achieving schools and a close and friendly community. Located 10 miles from the city centre and just 13 minutes to Euston from Harrow & Wealdstone station there are great transport links via the Metropolitan Line, Watford DC Line and national rail service. It is easily accessible to the M1, M25 and A406.

Other information

Support for candidates visit:Harrow.gov.uk Our behavioural indicators roles below G11 and above G11 Here at Harrow Council, the vision is one of 'Working together to make a difference for Harrow' Please click here to view Harrow Council's benefits

Important Note

To deliver our commitment to equality of opportunity in service provision, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers. All sections of the population will have equal access to jobs at the London Borough of Harrow. No applicant or employee will receive less favourable treatment because of age, disability, gender, reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy, or maternity unless a Genuine Occupational Qualification applies. As such, we value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds. For further information, please read our equality statement.

As a disability-confident employer, we are committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and accessible to everyone. This includes reasonably adjusting the recruitment process for those with disabilities or long-term health conditions. For further information, please contact us at resourcing@harrow.gov.uk

London Borough of Harrow is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Harrow operates stringent, safer recruitment procedures.

Due to the high number of applications received for some posts, we may close vacancies before the stated closing date if sufficient applications are received. Therefore, please apply as soon as possible.

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