Night Support Workers

Job description

Job responsibilities

Huntingdon Accommodation Services, located in Huntingdon and Wyton, provides support to tenants with learning disabilities in a supported living environment.

We currently have two vacancies at our Huntingdon service, each for 35 hours on a night time rota.

As a Support Worker, you will be part of a dedicated team, working to empower adults with learning disabilities. Your role will involve enhancing their quality of life, maximising their potential, and promoting independence both at home and in the community.

For more information or to chat about these opportunities please contactAbigail Westwood, Registered ManagerAbigail.westwood@cambridgeshire.gov.ukorLucy Corney, Team Leader lucy.corney@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

We are looking for two permanent waking Night Support Workers who are motivated, enthusiastic and creative team players committed to providing high quality support. You will need to be confident to undertake personal care tasks and have a willingness and capacity to work with people who may challenge.

You may be required to work across services including both respite and supported living to meet service needs and will have the opportunity to work additional hours across the service.

You will have the benefits of regular supervision, annual appraisals and excellent training opportunities including face-face training. There will also be a need to attend staff meetings which are held once a month.

Both positions are part of a rolling 4-week rota, including Bank Holidays and weekends and enhancements are paid for working unsociable hours.

Interviews will take place on the 5th Nov 2025 in person.

Please note that these roles do not meet the salary requirements for us to be able to offer sponsorship.

You will be a caring, passionate and motivated person keen to make a difference and provide exceptional care and support. You will be able to empower individuals and recognise that each person is unique in their needs and choices.

You will have strong verbal and written communication skills and a good level of IT ability in order to complete risk assessments and update personal records. You will have a sensitive and a professional approach in managing your work and an understanding of equal opportunities, diversity and safeguarding. The role will involve the administration of medication, and the provision of personal care.

In return for your commitment and dedication to our service users, we offer appropriate training, support, and career development opportunities as well as the opportunity to join a supportive team committed to delivering an excellent service for adults with disabilities.

Please view the attached Job Description and Person Specification and outline in your supporting statement how your skills and experience meet the essential criteria.

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you dont meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please dont be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

Person Specification

General Requirements

Essential

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Desirable

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Cambridgeshire County Council

Address

Huntingdon

PE28 2AF

Employer's website

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)