Night Support Officer

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                           Night Support Officer
• Job Location:                     Hartwood House 
• Salary:                              £30,024 - £32,597 per annum (pro rata) 
• Hours per Week:                18.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                    31/08/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:    6411 
• This post is not open to job share

An opportunity has arisen for a Residential Night Support Officer positions in a Children's Home providing short breaks to children with disabilities.

18 hours per week (2 x 9 hour shifts 10pm until 7am with the possibility of a relief hours available).

In addition to the salary, there is also a night allowance which will be a third of your hourly rate for the time between 10pm and 6am.

About The Team & Role

The position involves providing care and support to children with a range of health needs and disabilities during the nights that they stay with us. You will also underake duties and tasks identified as well as participating in planning and implementing children's care plans. You will be working in an established and friendly team in a home from home environment at night, while another member of the team sleeps in.

GCC provide a training and development programme which is available to all teams. You will be expected to attend mandatory training and team meetings as required for the role.

About You

To be successful you will need to be child-focused, dynamic and flexible, able to work within a team as well as use your own initiative. You will need to have effective communication skills to be able to communicate with the children that use the service as well as with your colleagues and you will need to have some experience of working with individuals with disabilities.

About Us

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

Flexible and agile working opportunities

25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service

An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)

Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family

Career development and qualification opportunities

Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision

Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for

employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.

An in-house Occupational Health service

Employee discount scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)

Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network

How to apply

For an informal discussion please contact Jenny Glassonbury (Manager) on 01453 764692 or email jenny.glassonbury@gloucestershire.gov.uk or Dean Wilson (Deputy Manager) at dean.wilson@gloucestershire.gov.uk

Closing date 31/08/2025 

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Night Support Officer - Job Profile

The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer. 

This Position is subject to a DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.