John Whitgift Foundation is seeking compassionate Night Care Assistants to join its dedicated team in South Croydon. This role offers both full-time and part-time opportunities, providing flexible working hours while contributing to high-quality, person-centred care for residents during overnight shifts.
All staff participate in a structured, personalised training programme designed to support professional development and build confidence in delivering exceptional care. The successful candidate will be reliable, caring, and committed to promoting the wellbeing and safety of residents throughout the night.
This position provides a rewarding career pathway in social care, offering hands-on experience, ongoing training, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those in your care within a supportive and professional environment.
Position: Night Care Assistant
Job Type: Part Time, Full Time
Salary: £35,967 per annum (pro rata for part time hours)
Location: South Croydon
The Vacancy
We are looking for a kind, reliable and compassionate Night Care Assistant to join our team at Whitgift House.
About the role
As a Night Care Assistant, you will assist in the delivery of person-centred care and support for residents with their daily living needs, promoting dignity, comfort, and independence.
Key Areas of Responsibility
- To provide service users with support and assistance as they accomplish activities of daily living.
- To ensure that service users are at the heart of care delivery and their wishes and preferences are taken into consideration to enhance their wellbeing.
- To contribute to the efficient running of the service.
- To support service users to maintain their relationships and connections with the local community.
- To ensure care plans and other information about how to support service users are followed.
- To be responsible for informing the Night Team Leader (Nursing) of any changes in the needs of service users.
- To be responsible for promoting and safeguarding the welfare of the service users they support.
- To support service users with Chronic or Acute conditions.
Working with Others:
- To develop effective working relationships with other employees within the service.
- To work in cooperation with members of the multidisciplinary teams to maximise opportunities for service users.
- To maintain and develop relationships with the service user’s family, friends and other people important in their life, if desired by the service user.
- To operate under the guidance of the Registered Nurse at all times.
Personal and Professional Development:
- To understand the regulatory framework that governs the service, including the role of the CQC and its requirements.
- To commit to achieving the relevant qualifications commensurate with the role.
- To attend statutory training and any other training as directed by management.
- To understand and follow all policies and procedures relevant to the role.
- To adhere to the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England
The Company
Our three Homes: The Whitgift Almshouses, Whitgift House and Wilhelmina House, are happy, thriving and secure communities where staff are on hand 24 hours a day to provide the highest standards of care. Within Whitgift Care, we like to call ourselves a family where our core values of respect, dignity and privacy are our priority.
We are proud to be part of the John Whitgift Foundation, a local charity in Croydon, whose mission is to provide education for the young and care for the elderly since its establishment by our Founder, Archbishop John Whitgift, in 1596.
John Whitgift Foundation is committed to safeguarding and protecting the welfare of young and elderly people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. All applicants will be required to comply with all safeguarding procedures including an Enhanced DBS check.
Staff Training
All our staff take part in a structured training programme which is tailored to each individual and is geared to help them to offer the high standards of care that are expected in a Whitgift Care home.
Our internal training is run by our dedicated Training Coordinator who ensures that our staff are trained in mandatory subjects. These include:
- Safeguarding
- Infection control
- Person centred approaches
- Food hygiene
- Medicine administration
Application Process
Application Deadline
January 13th, 2026