Waking Nights Officer (CDC)
Salary: Grade 7 – £28,598- £31,537 pro rata + 17.5% all inclusive allowance (Pay award pending).
Contract Type: Permanent, part time.
Hours: 21 hours per week.
Closing date: 31 October 2026.
Enhanced Level DBS Disclosure is required for appointment to this post.
The City of Doncaster Council is a confident, ambitious organisation that puts improving the lives of its residents at the centre of everything we do. You have an opportunity to be part of this in the role of Waking Nights Officer.
We look to recruit to our Children’s Residential Homes. The successful candidate will work under the supervision and advice of the Registered Manager, providing a warm, caring, enabling environment designed to meet the emotional, social and physical needs of children and young people living with disabilities and complex care needs.
Duties include general housekeeping such as washing and ironing the young people’s clothes, cleaning the home, completing paperwork for children’s files and other clerical tasks. The candidate will be expected to have good communication skills and basic IT skills, be able to work independently with support of a sleeping member of staff, and complete tasks set out on their shift plan.
The candidate will ensure discreet oversight of the young people at regular intervals during the night or as directed by the Manager or senior officers. They will ensure that the home is safe and secure and be able to report and liaise with other agencies such as the Police and social care if a young person is missing from care.
The candidate must be prepared to provide cover for other night care officers when on annual leave, training or sick leave. The Registered Manager may also offer additional shifts within the day to promote individual training and integrated working across the home.
The candidate will be willing to undertake any training required for the role and must complete QCF level 3 within two years of enrolment, as this is a mandatory requirement of children’s homes regulations. The candidate will also be competent to attend training and implement Therapeutic Crisis Intervention.
Additional Benefits
- Inclusive allowance of 17.5% for unsocial working hours
- Rota includes 2 weekends off out of 4
- South Yorkshire Pension Authority contributions
- Overtime over 37 hours paid at time and a quarter
Employer Commitment
Doncaster Council is committed to meeting the needs of our diverse community, improving the quality of life for all, and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults. We expect all staff to share these commitments.
City of Doncaster Council is a disability confident employer committed to a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We offer interviews to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job, are flexible when assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate they can do the job and make reasonable adjustments as required.
This post involves working with children and therefore if successful you will be required to apply for a Disclosure of Criminal Records check at an enhanced level. Further information about the Disclosure Scheme can be found at www.gov.uk/disclosure-barring-service-check.
English fluency duty under the Immigration Act 2016 – As you are applying for a customer-facing role, you must have the ability to converse easily with customers and provide advice/guidance in accurate spoken English.
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