Waking Night Student Support Assistant
Valence School, Westerham, Kent, TN16 1QN18 days remaining to apply
Start date details
As soon as possible
Closing date
20 April 2026 at 12:59am
Date listed
2 April 2026
Job details
Job role
- Teacher
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £12.60 Hourly £6,581 per shift p.a. (£12.60 plus unsociable hours allowance : 7.30pm to 7.30am : Term Time Only
Waking Night Student Support Assistant job summary
We are looking for a caring, motivated and reliable Waking Night Student Support Assistant to join our residential education provision. In this role, you will help create a safe, nurturing and supportive environment for young people with special educational needs, ensuring their physical, emotional and social wellbeing throughout the night. You will play a key part in enabling students to feel secure, comfortable and able to develop their independence and reach their full potential.
In this role you will:
- Support students during the evening and night, carrying out regular checks, monitoring for any signs of distress and keeping accurate records.
- Communicate effectively with students, staff and other departments to maintain high standards of care.
- Promote students’ intellectual, physical, social, emotional and spiritual development within the residential setting.
- Support personal care routines including washing, bathing, mealtime assistance, and morning/evening routines.
- The role will include a substantial amount of moving and handling children and young people.
- Follow and implement individual care plans, helping students work towards their independence goals.
- Use appropriate recording and reporting processes in line with organisational procedures.
- Carry out domestic duties such as laundry and cleaning to ensure a clean and welcoming environment.
- Adhere to moving and handling procedures and all health and safety and safeguarding practices.
- Work towards completing the Level 3 Residential Childcare Diploma, if applicable.
- Uphold school policies including safeguarding, equality, diversity, confidentiality and data protection
Desirable: Experience in school or residential settings, GCSEs in English/Maths, Level 3 Diploma and knowledge of SEND.
What we offer
- The opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of young people with special educational needs.
- A supportive, friendly and professional team environment.
- Training and development opportunities, including the chance to work towards a Level 3 qualification if required.
- Generous pensions scheme & life cover
- Staff wellbeing sessions and support
- Retail discounts and subsidised meals
- free on-site parking
You will get a total hourly payment of £16.80ph for the hours worked between 10pm to 7am on weekdays.
Why work with us?
Be part of a supportive and passionate team, helping students achieve their potential while developing your own skills and career. Apply today and make a real difference every day!
We are recruiting for this post on a rolling basis, therefore you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible. We reserve the right to close this vacancy, interview and appoint earlier if we receive sufficient applications for this role.
Valence School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of every student and we expect all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Valence School is committed to valuing diversity and promoting equality for all. References will be taken up before interview and online checks undertaken for shortlisted candidates. The successful applicant will require an enhanced DBS check (this post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act).
Further information about the job
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs will not be accepted for this application.
View advert on external website (opens in new tab)About Valence School
- School type
- Special school, ages 4 to 19
- School size
- 132 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 4 to 19
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report
- School website
- Valence School website
We are proud to share with you the excellent work we do with children and young people who have physical disabilities and complex medical needs. Our school is unique within the maintained sector in the whole of southern England. We cater for students aged 4 to 19 and have both day and boarding places. We have a large site with high quality teaching, social care and health care facilities. A staff team of over 200 people provides specialist teaching, social care, therapies and nursing care to an exceptionally high standard.
Our overall aim is to enable every child and young person to achieve meaningful independence. Students flourish in a supportive but challenging environment, making good educational progress and achieving a range of accreditation as they get older. There is excellent support to enable students to achieve functional communication, mobility and skills for daily living.
We are a Foundation Special School and are part of the Kent SEN Trust, a cooperative trust of ten schools working together to improve outcomes for all the children and young people attending the schools. In 2008 Valence became a specialist Sports College and this status plays a significant role in raising students’ achievements and their participation in high quality physical education and sport.
The School works proactively with parents and external professionals to provide holistic support for every child and young person. It is also developing high quality outreach support services to local schools and more widely for children and young people in Kent who have physical disabilities who are attending mainstream schools.
The School always places children and young people at the centre of all decisions it takes and it has a relentless focus on achieving the best possible outcomes for every student.
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