Night Support Worker - The Elms

• 25 days annual leave
• We’re as flexible as we can be with shifts and will do what we can to support you to manage your work-life balance.
• 22 hours per week
• You’ll be paid an extra £1.88 for each hour worked on Saturday and Sunday
• 33.3% salary enhancement for working at night
• Planned relocation to Somerton in 2026

The Elms, located in Curry Rivel, offers care and support to children with learning disabilities and complex needs. We provide a short break service and play an important part of Children’s Social Care in Somerset. We focus on promoting independence, social inclusion and choice to provide individual support to children and young people with learning disabilities and complex needs. 

We’re rated GOOD by Ofsted, providing “an environment for children filled with care and love” (their words, not ours…but we do agree!). Where better to develop your career?

We’re working to improve the lives of people in Somerset – and you’ll be a key part of that.

As a Night Support Worker, you will be working with children and young people to support them in all aspects of their life, monitoring their health, wellbeing and safety and meeting all of their needs.

You will provide a safe nurturing environment for disabled children and young people, based on the premise that their needs and welfare are paramount and should be met on an individual basis.

In this pivotal position, you will provide nightly care delivery and support to individual young people in accordance with their individual support plans, whilst following Service policies, procedures and Health & Safety regulations. This will include providing personal care and emotional support.

You will actively promote individuals’ rights, obtain, and document the views of the Child with the sole aim being a person-centred and holistic approach to their care. Additionally, you will have the desire and ability to work positively with colleagues in the team and across the organisation to ensure consistent best practice is achieved.

Your working pattern will include working every other weekend.

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you:

• Are willing to work towards a fully funded Level 3 Diploma in children and young people or if you hold a relevant higher level qualification.
• Enjoy working with a variety of people
• Understand the importance of communicating effectively with others to promote rights and choices.

Ideally, you'll have experience of working with children and young people in either a residential setting, childcare setting, teaching or youth work capacity - but this is not essential.

You’ll ensure effective safeguarding and well-being of Children & Young people are of paramount importance during daily practice.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more.

The salary range for this role is £24,981 to £25,823 per annum for 22 hours per week (including a one third night enhancement and £4,000 recruitment allowance, pro rata)

Your working pattern will include every other weekend and you will be paid an additional £1.88 for each hour worked on a Saturday and Sunday.

For further information or an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity, please contact: Tammie Rose, Registered Manager, on tammie.rose@somerset.gov.uk or Kelly Noble, Deputy Manager on kelly.noble@somerset.gov.uk. Telephone number: 01458 251207.

We'd love the opportunity to arrange and hold interviews ahead of the closing date for suitable candidates. If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button. We can’t wait to hear from you.

When completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.

If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.

We are a hugely ambitious council, committed to improving lives for the residents, communities and businesses of Somerset.

And that’s why we’re working so hard to build a sustainable organisation with a culture that rewards, values and recognises our staff, and gives everyone here the opportunity to grow and develop, personally and professionally.

    
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