Night Assistant

Location

Washington, Tyne and Wear | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Title: Night Assistant
Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: £23,400 per annum plus 10% night allowance
Working Hours: 37.5
Working Pattern: 4 shifts over the full working week to include alternative weekends
Location: Willow Brook, Sunderland

For your application to be considered please ensure you attach a current CV and cover letter.

Applications may close before the deadline, so please apply early to avoid disappointment.

Why Riverside?

At Riverside, we’re a housing association with a difference – enhancing the everyday for all our customers. For 90 years, we’ve been revitalising neighbourhoods and supporting communities by providing the homes they need to live full, fulfilling and rewarding lives.

We have a portfolio of over 75,000 affordable residential and retirement homes across the UK. Our work ranges from homelessness services to social care, employment support to retirement living, and we need the best people on board to help us.

Working with us, you’ll enjoy:

• Competitive pay & generous pension
• 28 days holidays plus bank holidays
• Flexible working options available
• Investment in your learning, personal development and technology
• A wide range of benefits

Diversity and Inclusion at Riverside:

We are inclusive. At Riverside, we value diversity in all its forms. We foster a workplace where all individuals are respected, empowered, and heard. Our commitment to inclusivity drives our success and enriches the lives of our customers and colleagues.

Application Process:

If you share our values and are excited about making a significant impact as a Night Assistant, we encourage you to apply with your CV and cover letter.

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet all the criteria on the job description, at Riverside we recruit to potential not just on skills and experience.

The difference you will make as a Night Assistant

You will empower our customers to live independent, fulfilling, and dignified lives in our Independent Living services.

Duties will include:

• Provide assistance to residents in need of physical personal care during the night ensuring dignity and privacy is upheld
• Recognise distress and identify and assess positive ways to reduce it
• Encourage independence in residents where possible
• Actively participates in specified care management programmes
• Provide assistance with laundry as well as assist customers with catering skills

About You

We are looking for someone with:

• An optimistic, flexible, and non-judgemental approach
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with individuals from a variety of different backgrounds
• Experience working in a customer focused environment within a residential setting with a diverse client group of vulnerable adults
• Basic administrative skills with the ability to use Microsoft Office including Word, Outlook, and Excel
• Awareness of housing, health and safety legislation and regulations will also be important

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Salary

£23.4k per annum