Waking Night Care Assistant

Location: St Austell area

£15.46 per hour weekdays | £15.66 per hour weekends | Expert training | Waking night shifts

Bluebird Care – Where you change lives

We’re the best at what we do and it’s all thanks to talented people like you. As a leading Home Care provider, we take pride in our work — and we’re looking for a caring, calm and dedicated Female Waking Night Care Assistant to join our Care Expert Team in the St Austell area.

At Bluebird Care Mid & West Cornwall, we support people to stay in the place they love most — their home.

Our customers should feel safe, comfortable and supported in their own homes, and we help them do exactly that. In this role, you’ll be providing waking night support to a customer with complex care needs, offering calm, professional and attentive care throughout the night.

This isn’t just a job. This is a chance to bring comfort, dignity and reassurance to someone’s life when they need it most.

Due to the nature of this role, this is a female-only position due to an occupational requirement.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Responsibilities

As a Waking Night Care Assistant, your key responsibilities will include:

• Providing waking night support in the customer’s home
• Supporting with personal care, delivered with dignity and respect
• Monitoring comfort and wellbeing throughout the night
• Providing specialist care, including PEG feeds and suctioning when needed
• Supporting with repositioning and comfort, where required
• Responding calmly and appropriately to the customer’s needs
• Keeping clear records and communicating with the wider care team
• Being a dependable, friendly and reassuring presence throughout the night

This role will be overseen by our Registered Nurse, and full training will be provided so you feel confident and supported in the care you deliver.

Benefits

• Weekday waking night rate: £15.46 per hour
• Weekend waking night rate: £15.66 per hour
• 20 hours per week
• Shifts from 8.30pm to 8.00am
• Full induction and ongoing expert training
• Specialist care training, including PEG feeds and suctioning
• Support and oversight from our Registered Nurse
• Regular support from the Bluebird Care Mid & West Cornwall team
• Uniform and PPE provided
• Friendly, inclusive team with ongoing support
• A meaningful role where you can make a real difference
• The chance to develop your skills in complex care
• A workplace where you’re treated with trust, respect and appreciation

Requirements

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• A kind, compassionate attitude and a calm approach to care
• Confidence working waking nights
• Great communication skills and the ability to build positive relationships
• The ability to follow care plans and keep clear records
• A willingness to learn specialist care skills, including PEG feeds and suctioning
• A full UK driving licence
• Access to your own car
• The right to work in the UK

Previous complex care experience is welcome, but not essential — full training will be provided.

If you care deeply, Bluebird Care makes sure you have the time you need to do what you do best, the training so you can keep doing it better and the support that delivering such high-quality care deserves.

Unsure about applying?

If you’re interested but unsure whether you have the right experience, we’re happy to have an informal conversation. We can talk you through the role, the training provided and the support you’ll receive from our Registered Nurse and local team.

Apply today, or contact Bluebird Care Mid & West Cornwall to find out more.

Bluebird Care Mid & West Cornwall is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

DBS checking and references will be undertaken in line with government regulations and recruitment best practice.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if a suitable candidate is found.

It’s good to be home.

Section 7(2b) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 applies that there is a genuine occupational requirement for female staff for this position.