Job Description

Job details

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Job reference
REQ5731
Date posted
28/05/2025
Application closing date
11/06/2025
Location
Various locations across Leicester City
Salary
13.26 - 14.13 Per Hour
Package
For night/weekend working, payment will be at plain time plus a premium of 33.3%.
Contractual hours
0
Basis
Part time
Job category/type
Childrens Social Care
Attachments
Job Specification Waking Night .pdf

Casual Waking Night Staff

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Job description
Play a key role in ensuring the emotional, physical, and social well-being of the looked after children of Leicester City.



Join our ever improving and expanding service, ensuring children are at the heart of our work. We are committed to working in partnership with children, families, and young adults to achieve the best outcomes. Based at any one of our 6 children's homes or one of our newly opening homes based across the Leicester City Suburbs. You'll provide care, guidance and support to children and young people, some of which have challenging behaviours, disabilities, or complex health care needs.



These are casual posts which means we will contact you in advanced for available shifts which it's up to you to take if available. Shifts will always be from 10pm to 8am. This will include working on weekends and bank holidays. For night/weekend working, payment will be at plain time plus a premium of 33.3%.



It is required that Waking Night staff will not sleep on duty. You'll be required to work from whatever location is necessary at the time and will be able to make your own way to your place of work, whether this be by your own car or public transport.

What you'll be doing

You'll provide consistent care when working with children and young people whilst being flexible and approach all tasks (including personal care), in a positive manner to ensure that the needs of the individual are paramount throughout the night.



Having experience with housekeeping you'll complete various tasks such as cleaning surfaces, washing dishes, vacuuming, emptying waste bins, basic sewing repairs etc. You'll manage stripping bed, soiled clothing/bedding, laundry sorting, washing, ironing, and distributing the linen.



You'll report any incidents/accidents involving children as soon as practically possibly to the senior staff on duty, you'll risk assess the building regularly to ensure that everything is in order and report any breaches of building security.



You'll ensure that the appropriate records relating to children and young people and the team are kept up to date in the agreed format and are securely managed and filed.

What you'll need

With the ability to build appropriate and trusting relationships with children and young people, you'll develop their self esteem and confidence. Having experience of working with people, and particularly those with challenging behaviour, you'll approach situations in a diplomatic and sensitive manner.



You'll have some previous experience working in a caring role, with knowledge of moving and handling, you'll be physically fit to assist with lifting, in order to provide personal care. Using your good level of communication skills, you'll be able to give and receive verbal handovers, write notes and report, including observations of children and young people. As an organised individual you'll be able to manage own workload with minimum direction.



Due to the nature of this role, you must be 21 years or older. Appointment will be subject to an enhanced DBS and reference checks.

What we can offer you

As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance. You'll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme.



We'll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities. In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate. For an illustrative value of your benefits package, take a look at our benefits calculator.



Please note that Leicester City Council is unable to offer candidates from abroad sponsorship. So, if you are seeking this, we will not be able to progress your application.

Join us

We're committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That's why we've designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We'll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the 'our approach to recruitment' page.

For an informal discussion about this post, please contact Paul Bakewell on 0116 454 6500.