Overview
Night Assistant – Leigh
Number of Positions: 1
Salary: £24,479 per annum.
Working Hours: 35 hours per week
Location: Various locations across Wigan and Leigh
Job Category: Jigsaw Support
Region / Division: Ashton Under-Lyne
Business Unit: Jigsaw Support
Who we are:
Jigsaw Homes Group is one of the largest housing groups in England with more than 37,500 homes across the North West and East Midlands.
We provide quality, low-cost housing and play a wider role in making sure our residents thrive in their homes and benefit from living in healthy, sustainable communities.
About the department:
At Jigsaw Support our focus is on helping people to live happy, healthy lives in a safe home and supporting our most vulnerable individuals is our top priority.
Working within the Jigsaw Support Team you will be part of an innovative, forward-thinking team that encourages success. We are passionate about improving the quality of lives of our customers by supporting them to achieve their goals and independence.
In addition to delivering our existing support services, we are always seeking new innovative partnerships, solutions and funding opportunities, responding to need and working with communities in which we can make a difference.
With more than 200 staff from offices in Ashton under Lyne, Leigh and in our supported accommodation projects across the North West, we support over 7,000 people annually through the contracts we manage.
About the role:
As a Night Assistant you will be part of a busy team, responsible for ensuring security of the buildings, keeping our residents safe through regular health and safety checks, welfare checks reporting repairs and providing guidance and advice on building related issues to our residents.
You will help create a sense of community through our work delivering activities to develop their skills and dealing with enquiries during the night.
You will be confident in working closely with colleagues, residents and our partner agencies, working closely with our support team to complement their support work. There is an expectation of lone working within the role.
As a valued team member will be confident in using a range of IT and software packages to support you in completing regular reporting and ensure accurate records are kept and maintained regarding our clients and service.
For more information regarding the role, please refer to the job pack below.
Why join us?
Jigsaw Homes Group offers employees a competitive 24 days holiday per annum rising incrementally to 29 days, plus statutory bank holidays and 3 concessionary days in December. We also offer our employees the option to buy/sell up to 5 days extra leave per year.
As a Jigsaw employee you will also receive incremental salaried pay, company sick pay, on-site gyms, access to our cash back health plan membership, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, training/development opportunities plus much more. See the benefits page on our website for more details.
If this sounds like the perfect job for you then don’t hesitate to apply now!
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early should we receive a sufficient number of applications.
Use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Your Application
Your application should reflect your own skills, experience and motivation for the role. While we recognise that AI tools may be used in limited circumstances, such as reasonable adjustments or accessibility support, applications should not be created or substantially rewritten using generative AI. Where AI has been used to materially assist your application, please declare how and where it was used. Failure to do so may be considered during the recruitment process. Routine spelling, grammar and accessibility tools do not need to be declared.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
