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Sense International

Female waking night support worker

Paston£13 – £13.5 per hourPart-timeClosing 21st September 2026
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About the role

Female waking night support worker

Overview

  • ID

    323863

  • Salary

    £13.50 per hour (allowance inclusive)

  • Type

    Permanent - Part Time

  • Location

    Paston

  • Hours

    18 hours per week

  • Closing Date

    21/09/2026

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Could you provide calm and comfort through the night?

Here at Sense, we support people with complex disabilities to live the life they choose. We're looking for a Waking Night Support Worker to join our team at Newton Court in Paston, Peterborough for a permanent role working 18 hours per week, 10:00pm to 7:00am on a two-week rota including some weekends, paying £13.00 per hour plus a £0.50 per hour waking night allowance.

As a Waking Night Support Worker, you will be awake and actively supporting throughout the night, ensuring the people we support feel safe and comfortable until the morning team arrives.

A BSL Level 2 qualification and a full UK driving licence are both essential for this role.

Please note: this post is restricted to female applicants. This is a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

We are looking for someone who is:

  • Confident using BSL to communicate
  • Comfortable supporting people with mobility needs including walking, guiding, and wheelchair use
  • Able to work independently and use good judgement
  • Warm, calm, and reassuring throughout the night
  • Willing to attend training and develop in their role

This role might include supporting people with:

  • Personal care and hygiene
  • Medication and wellbeing
  • Providing reassurance and comfort overnight
  • Keeping accurate records and handover notes for the morning team

Benefits:

  • 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
  • Free DBS Check
  • Free access to over 100 online and face to face training
  • On-going development opportunities
  • Flexible working and family friendly policies
  • Employee referral scheme
  • Health and well-being support
  • Pension Scheme
  • Discount scheme
  • Wisdom App- free access for all employees to mindfulness application

About Sense

Sense is here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs. That's why we're committed to increasing the number of disabled people working across our organisation and creating an environment where everyone can thrive.

We actively encourage disabled people to apply for our vacancies and believe that a diverse range of perspectives, experiences and talents makes us stronger.

We know there's always more we can do to become a truly inclusive employer, and we're working together to achieve that. Join us and help create the change thousands of disabled people with complex needs and families told us they want to see: a world without limits.

If you need us to adjust our recruitment process to help you access our vacancies, then please get in touch with the talent acquisition team. We are a disability confident leader and commit to interviewing disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a role. More information on this can be found here Our commitment as an employer | Sense Careers

To apply

Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/ 

Closing Date

21/09/2026