Waking Night Assessment Worker

Dudley Lodge Safeguarding Children Services

Dudley Lodge Family Assessment Centre – 143 Warwick Road, Coventry, CV3 6AT

Bonner House – 172 Sellywood Road, Bournville, Birmingham, B30 1TJ

Saxon House- 96 Tettenhall Road, Wolverhampton, WV6 0BP

Job Description & Personal Specification

Job Title: Waking Night Assessment Worker

Grade: £11.89 – £14.87 per hour plus an additional £10.87 allowance for each night worked.

Shift Time 9:30pm – 7:30am (10 hours each night)

Location Coventry

Is the post exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act? Yes

Does the post require a DBS check? Yes

Our Commitment Statement

Our expectation of all staff is to demonstrate kindness, empathy, and fairness to all.

Dudley Lodge strive to provide an inclusive working environment and experience, where employees can

bring their best, and authentic self to work. Where difference is recognised, respected, valued, and

celebrated.

Our approach to inclusion and diversity is rooted in listening, learning and acting. This includes

conducting ongoing listening forums across the company, the implementation of Inclusion & Diversity

talking/support groups, workshops and training, good quality supervision, surveys and collaborative

working parties. All with the core aim to receive honest feedback, reflect and continuously strive to be

the best that we can be.

Purpose of Job

• To work with families on a day-to-day basis, observing and recording the parents’ abilities to meet

the immediate safety and care needs of their children. This will be completed through daily

observations.

• To ensure parents/carers prioritise the safety and welfare needs of their children
• To create a supportive learning/re-learning environment for parents and children
• To provide childcare for children whilst their parents/carers attend Groups and Individual Sessions
• To ensure the safety of children and families during the night
• Follow procedures in place to ensure building is secure at night

Job Description:

Duties and Responsibilities

1. To ensure the safety and welfare of children remains central to the assessment/intervention

process.

2. To take an active part in the assessment process regarding children and families – to observe,

supervise, record and assess family interaction, child behaviour, parental motivation and parental

ability to meet the needs of the child(ren).

3. To provide a service that values and respects the strengths, experiences and background of the

families.

4. To ensure that children and families are safe during the night. This involves following procedures in

place, as well as completing dynamic risk assessments which respond to situations which may arise.

5. To carry out regular patrols of the building (at least hourly) and provide supervision of families

during the night as the situation dictates.

6. As a night member of staff, you will need to work collaboratively with your colleagues on nights to

ensure that you plan for the shift ahead and support one another with the competing demands of

the Centre.

7. To take an active part within team meetings in reviewing and developing the practices and provision

within, and resources available to, the centre.

8. To use common sense and sensitivity in challenging and teaching parenting practices.

9. To provide structured feedback to parents during and at the end of each shift.

10. To plan and prioritise workload effectively within established timeframes and ensure that all written

recordings meet required deadlines.

11. To assist with childcare duties as required.

12. To liaise with managers, and source other agencies/resources as appropriate.

13. To work as part of a team to provide a culturally sensitive service for children and their families.

14. To promote and maintain equal opportunities and anti-oppressive practice within the work

environment.

15. To observe and implement Child Protection Procedures and the Centre’s policies and procedures.

16. To participate fully in training and supervision, identifying training courses relevant to role and

personal development.

17. To be aware of health and safety responsibilities at work.

18. If you have observed a specific incident, to provide evidence in court, if required.

19. To undertake other duties as identified by the Centre & Deputy Managers, Team Case Managers or

Quality Audit Manager.

Title of post to which this job normally reports:

Team Case Manager

Supervision

Supervising Officer Job Title: – Team Case Manager

Number and type of staff to be supervised:

None.

Special Conditions:

Post holder is required to work shifts, including weekends and Bank Holidays at the Centre

All staff are expected to work in a flexible way to cope with the needs, demands and requirements of

the Centre

The Dudley Lodge Centre is based across three floors and the Bonner House Centre is based across 2

floors staff will be required to access the floors via stairs. Assessments and observations will take place

throughout the centre and if the case of a fire alarm staff may need to assist babies and families down

the stairs to safety/fire assembly point.

Use of personal phones/cameras are restricted to certain areas of the building

Observance of the Centre’s Equal Opportunities Policy will be required, and to work at all times in

accordance with all the Centre’s policies and procedures

Failure by a member of staff to report actual or suspected physical or sexual abuse of a child by another

member of staff or other person having contact with the child may constitute a disciplinary offence.

Dudley Lodge is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and vulnerable

adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons.

All posts are exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. Amendments to the Exceptions Order 1975 (2013

& 2020) provide that certain convictions and cautions are ‘protected’ and so are not subject to disclosure and should

not be taken into account. Further information about this can be found on the DBS website or at Nacro.

This post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS disclosure.