Waking Night Support Worker

At Bright Futures, everything circles back to one belief: every person with autism or a learning disability deserves the chance to thrive. Our specialist home in Stockton Heath, Warrington provides high-quality care, education and life-enriching opportunities, delivered by teams who are as skilled as they are compassionate.

Job Role

Bridgewell is a warm, lively, and welcoming home in Stockton Heath, supporting eight adults who live meaningful, active, and busy lives. There's always something going on from football matches and music events to cinema trips, shopping days, cooking sessions, theatre outings, and even big days out like water parks. Every day is different, and every moment is an opportunity to help someone grow in confidence and independence.

We're looking for people who bring warmth, energy, and creativity into their support. People who can get stuck into active support, join in with the fun, and help create meaningful moments throughout the day. You'll be someone who can stay calm when things get busy, think on your feet, and bring a reassuring presence when it's needed most.

If you're friendly, open-minded, and enjoy finding new ways to help people build skills and confidence, you'll fit right in. Most importantly, you'll be committed to keeping the people we support safe, respected, and at the centre of everything you do. If you're passionate about making a difference and want to be part of a team where creativity, compassion, and energy are valued every day, Bridgewell could be the perfect place for you.

Responsibilities

• Provide safe, person-centred care and supervision throughout the night, supporting the wellbeing and comfort of the people in the home.
• Record night-time observations, incidents and wellbeing checks clearly, ensuring accurate handovers to the day team.
• Follow care plans, behaviour support strategies and safeguarding protocols, escalating concerns where required.
• Complete agreed night-time domestic tasks, ensuring the home remains clean, safe and well-presented for the following day.
• Work confidently during waking night shifts, maintaining professionalism, calm decision-making and strong communication at all times.

What we're looking for

• Previous experience in a care or support role is desirable (waking night experience beneficial but not essential).
• A care-related qualification (e.g. Level 2/3 Health & Social Care or equivalent) is desirable.
• Warm, person-centred approach with a strong focus on safeguarding, wellbeing and maintaining professional boundaries.
• Calm, resilient and proactive with the ability to work independently overnight and respond appropriately in unexpected situations.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills, ensuring accurate recording, confident lone working, and effective handover with day staff.

Salary & Benefits

• £25,913.58 - £27,099.77
• Healthcare Cashback (dental, optical, physio, wellbeing)
• Care Friends Referral rewards up to £2000
• Bright Stars bonus scheme & Employee of the Month awards
• Free Meals on Shift
• Life Assurance Policy - 2x salary
• Cycle to Work Scheme

Safeguarding Requirement

Successful applicants will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check. Satisfactory references are also required.

Application Process
Ready to join Bright Futures? We invite interested candidates to apply.

Our recruitment process is designed to ensure alignment with our values and the behaviours required to be successful in this role. It will include:

• Values Based Interview - We'll explore how your personal values align with the Bright Futures' culture
• Competency Questions - You'll be asked to provide examples of your skills and experience in relation to the key behaviours and competencies of this role.

For more information on our interview process, click here: Interviewing

If you have a passion for care and would like more information about this role, we encourage you to contact us on and .

Unfortunately, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

To find out more about working at Bright Futures, click here: Bright Futures

Join the team at Bright Futures and awaken your potential whilst improving the lives of the people we support.

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