Weekend Waking Night Support Worker – Adults Learning DisabilitiesPay Rate: £12.90 per hour | Nights| Part-time (30 Hours per week)| Friday, Saturday, Sunday
Make a Real Difference, Every Day
We’re looking for an experienced, compassionate Waking Night Support Worker to provide dedicated one-to-one support to an adult with learning disabilities in Mansfield (NG19area), whose support needs include behaviours of concern. This is a role built around therapeutic, person-centred care, helping the person we support build routine, confidence, and genuine independence in their own home and community.
This role is based only on weekends, providing a 30 hour contract across Friday, Saturday and Sunday for waking-nights.
You’ll need the confidence, patience, and consistency to support someone through both good days and harder ones, always with dignity, choice, and their long-term wellbeing at the centre of what you do.
About the Role
This is a single-person support role, so consistency of approach matters enormously. You’ll work from an individualised support plan and positive behaviour support (PBS) framework, helping the person we support:
- Build and sustain daily routines that promote stability and independence
- Access their local community, shopping, leisure, appointments, social activities in ways that reflect their own choices and interests
- Develop confidence in making decisions about their own life, from small daily choices to longer‑term goals
- Navigate anxiety, emotional dysregulation, or behaviours of concern using a calm, trauma‑informed, non‑reactive approach
- Maintain relationships with family and the wider care team in a way that feels safe and consistent
Key Responsibilities
- Deliver person‑centred, therapeutic support tailored to the individual’s needs, preferences and goals
- Promote independence and meaningful choice in all aspects of daily life
- Support with personal care where required, always maintaining dignity and respect
- Support medication administration in line with policy
- Support daily living tasks, cooking, cleaning, budgeting, appointments as opportunities to build skills and confidence, not just complete tasks
- Actively encourage community access and social inclusion, tailored to the person’s interests
- Follow the support plan, risk assessment and positive behaviour support plan consistently
- Recognise early signs of distress and respond using de‑escalation techniques, minimising restrictive practice
- Complete accurate, timely documentation and records
- Work collaboratively with family members, healthcare professionals, and the wider multidisciplinary team
What We’re Looking For
- Experience supporting individuals with learning disabilities, autism, or behaviours of concern
- Understanding of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and trauma‑informed practice
- Strong de‑escalation, communication and observational skills
- A calm, patient, non‑reactive approach and able to stay steady under pressure
- Consistency and strong professional boundaries; this person benefits from predictability
- Experience with personal care where required
- A genuine belief in the person’s right to make their own choices and live as independently as possible
What We Offer
- Paid induction and training, including PBS‑specific training for this role
- Funded Health & Social Care Diplomas (Level 2–5)
- Blue Light Card discounts
- Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Enhanced Family Leave
- 28 Days Annual Leave
- Career progression opportunities
About IBC Healthcare
IBC Healthcare supports individuals across the Midlands with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, dementia, physical disabilities, and mental health conditions. 97% of our employees would recommend us as a great place to work, and 93% plan to stay with us for the next 3–5 years.
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