Waking Night Family Support Worker

We are looking for a Part-Time Family Support Worker for a 7-bedroom Residential Family Assessment Centre in Sowerby Bridge, West Yorkshire. This will be a busy and challenging role and therefore you will have commitment and dedication to providing high quality support to family and staff in line with OFSTED regulations. You will also be required to have excellent safeguarding standards and a strong ethos of providing effective support to families to achieve positive outcomes.

As a Waking Night Family Support Worker you will work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide support to Parent & Child placements in a residential setting. This is a highly trusted role that will require sensitivity and excellent safeguarding awareness, to provide support to Parent & Child placements in a residential setting on a waking duty, monitoring the safety of families and CCTV throughout the night.

The role will be for 38 hours across 7 days per week on a rolling shift pattern with four nights on and four nights off, each shift running from 10.30pm - 8.30am (including 30 minute lunch break). There is expectation of flexibility to provide shift cover as required.

• At last 2 years' experience of working in a Children's Residential, Early Years or Children's Social Care setting.


• Level 3 - Health & Social Care (Child/Young People or Parent & Child)


• Good knowledge and experience of safeguarding and working with complex families


• Ability to communicate effectively in complex or challenging situations with families.


Preferable Skills and Knowledge:
Experience of partnership working with families and external agencies, preferably in a Safeguarding or Looked after Children's Teams.

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Our recruitment process aims to create and maintain a safe workforce and contains robust vetting procedures. The successful applicants will be offered a role subject to satisfactory references and an enhanced DBS check.

Compass is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. As we continue to grow, we know that we must have the most talented employees with diverse backgrounds, cultures, perspectives, and experiences to support our children and young people.