Care Practitioner Night Shifts

Care Practitioner Night Shifts. Parklands Care Home

• Salary: £14.14 per hour
• Hours: 33 hours per week (3 shifts) or 44 hours per week (4 shifts) including alternate weekend working
• Shifts: 8pm-8am

Join a caring supportive team at Parklands Care Home part of Sandstone Care Group. We provide highquality residential and dementia care in a warm modern purposebuilt setting just moments from Hesketh Park.

About the Role

As a Night Care Practitioner you’ll ensure the comfort safety and wellbeing of our residents throughout the night supporting a calm restful environment while maintaining high standards of care.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Providing personcentred care in line with individual care plans
• Supporting residents with nighttime personal care including continence care repositioning and ensuring comfort
• Carrying out regular welfare checks monitoring residents’ safety mobility and overall wellbeing
• Assisting with mobility using safe moving & handling techniques and appropriate equipment
• Responding promptly to call bells ensuring reassurance and sensitive support
• Promoting dignity and comfort particularly during nighttime routines
• Maintaining accurate night-time care records including observations and changes in condition
• Ensuring a calm peaceful environment especially for residents living with dementia
• Supporting with evening and morning routines such as settling residents to bed and assisting with early morning care
• Monitoring the home environment including infection control cleanliness and safety checks
• Working collaboratively with the night team and escalating concerns to senior staff or nurses when needed

What We Are Looking For

If you’re a natural night owl who thrives in calm quieter hours and enjoys providing focused onetoone support you’ll fit right in.

We’re especially keen to hear from candidates with previous care experience particularly in night care dementia support or personal care.

However we will also consider applicants without experience if you have:

• A genuine passion for helping others
• A caring patient and empathetic nature
• The motivation to learn and grow in the care sector

We’re looking for reliable team players who are committed to delivering excellent personcentred care — whether you’ve worked nights before or are just starting your journey.

Sandstone employees enjoy a range of benefits:

• Free uniform. Free Meals*. Free DBS.
• Discounts on the high street* - with retailers like Asda Costa and Argos
• Refer-a-Friend - and get a £250 bonus
• Flexible pay* - choose when you are paid and get money management tips too
• Free wellbeing programme - helping you look after your physical and mental health
• Employee recognition scheme - we recognise and reward great work
• Pension scheme - helping you plan for your retirement
• In-house training - on-going face-to-face training tailored to you
• Career opportunities - The chance to ‘make your mark’ and play a key role

*Free meals are given if working over an 8 hour shift and are subject to terms and conditions. Discounts are accessed using our ‘Reward Me’ app. Flexible pay is available via ‘STREAM’. *Advertised pay rate effective from 1st April 2026 please note that breaks are unpaid.

Sandstone Care Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We welcome and encourage applications from all backgrounds. We embrace diversity within each service as we think it is important that the Social Care Workforce represents the people it serves. We welcome applications from people from backgrounds including disabled candidates Black Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates LGBTQ as well as non-binary candidates and those with experience of mental health.