Hull City Council is recruiting Casual Night Care Assistants to support children and young people during overnight care across its services in Hull. This role offers flexible working hours and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference within a local authority care setting.
The position requires individuals who are empathetic, open-minded, and emotionally aware, with the ability to engage in a supportive and reassuring manner. A calm and professional approach is essential when working in a night-time care environment.
Applicants should have some previous care experience, ideally supporting children or young people. The role also requires the ability to maintain accurate records, communicate effectively with colleagues and senior staff, and work in line with established policies and procedures.
Successful candidates must be willing to undertake mandatory training and ongoing development to ensure safe, consistent, and high-quality care is delivered at all times.
If you are looking for a casual night care assistant role in Hull, offering flexible hours and valuable experience within local authority services, apply today to join Hull City Council.
Position: Casual Night Care Assistant
Job Type: Casual
Salary: £24796 – £24796
Location: Hull
About the Role
Casual Night Care Assistants – SCP 3 – £12.85 per hour (plus 12.06% statutory holiday pay entitlement & 1/3 Night Rate Allowance)
Are you playful and accepting, can you show curiosity and empathy?
If you can then you have something really special to offer our Children living in Children’s Homes.
If trauma brings resilience, then our Children are superheroes – they deserve the best; the best homes, the best help, the best opportunities, and children tell us over and over again, it’s the staff that matter.
We believe that we need the right people, with the right commitment, skills, tenacity, imagination, and energy in order to offer the best to our children. To do this you will be offered high quality support, training, guidance, and development and be part of a motivated and ambitious team.
Hull City Council has been on a journey of improvement and has become a leading provider of Children’s Homes. We are committed to developing nurturing, high quality homes where children can thrive and achieve their next steps.
If you want to be part of Hull’s journey and make a real difference to children, now is great time to join. We are recruiting to positions within our Disability Children Homes. This post involves being part of a team, working with children and young people with complex health needs and disabilities. You will be expected to work with the children during the night supporting with personal care needs, monitoring health needs and assisting to ensure children are safe and comfortable through the night. The post also involves some basic domestic and office duties
You will need to have some care experience, preferably with children and have the ability to write up records and communicate well with colleagues and senior staff. You will need to follow policies and procedures and undertake necessary training and development opportunities.
Please ensure that your application demonstrates how you meet the essential criteria against the person specification as listed in the job description.
Casual roles are to cover holidays, absence and training, and do not have a set working pattern or regular hours, the ability to be flexible as to when, and how many hours you are able to work is essential. Where possible, work is pre-arranged however, there may be times when you will be asked to work at short notice. Various training courses are also mandatory, which will require you to attend over several days, during weekdays. Please contact Rebecca Spaven for an informal discussion around how our scheduling works and the training you will need to attend, should you be successful.
We understand that you may have questions or want to speak to someone who already works in our homes to find out more about current opportunities, please feel free to contact Rebecca Spaven on 01482 276 330 for an informal chat.
Please note, these posts are not available for Visa Sponsorship, therefore all applicants must have the right to work in the UK.
Please ensure that you complete and submit your application by midnight on the closing date.
We are committed to increasing the diversity, equity, and inclusion within our workforce to represent the people we serve and build an environment in which everyone can feel like they belong. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply.
We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
We reserve the right to amend the dates associated with this advert, which may include closing the advert early where required.
The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
Any offer of employment to the above post will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory Enhanced &Childrens Barring List Disclosure from the Disclosure & Barring Service
Application Process
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Application Deadline
February 22nd, 2026