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Personal Care, Health and Social Care

Professional Certification of Night Watcher - Visitor in the Social and Medico-Social Sector

Level 3

Duration1 year

Level

Adult

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Personal Care, Health and Social Care

Professional Certification of Night Watcher - Visitor in the Social and Medico-Social Sector

Level 3

Duration1 year

Level

Adult

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The training

Level 3 State Diploma, issued by the National Council for Private Agricultural Education. Registered with the RNCP on 30-04-2025 under the number 40604
Objectives

The night duty security officer/visitor ensures the safety of individuals and premises at night, assists residents according to their needs, intervenes in the event of an emergency and passes on information for the day/night handover, while respecting professional secrecy.

Upon completion of the training course, the professional will be able to:

  • Ensure the safety of people and property
  • Supporting individuals and managing problematic night-time situations
  • To join a multidisciplinary team
  • Ensuring handovers to guarantee day/night continuity
  • Managing the impacts of the night on the people supported, the organisation and its health

UNIT 1 – ENSURING THE SAFETY OF PEOPLE AND PROPERTY IN THE SOCIAL AND MEDICO-SOCIAL SECTOR

Role and function of the night watchman / visitor regarding the safety of people and property, rounds, inspection of facilities, interventions, first aid, hygiene.

UNIT 2 – SUPPORTING VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS IN THE SOCIAL AND MEDICO-SOCIAL SECTOR

Role and function of the night care assistant / night visitor regarding the support of individuals, public issues, the foundations and methods of support. Techniques for meeting hygiene and comfort needs. Ensuring rest, providing individual or group support, and ensuring respect for living rules.

UNIT 3 – ENSURING DAY-NIGHT CONTINUITY WITHIN A GIVEN INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK IN THE SOCIAL AND MEDICO-SOCIAL SECTOR

Institutional framework of the role, multi-professional teamwork, passing on information, participating in personalised care plans, knowing the institutional and regulatory framework, communicating effectively.

MODULE 4 – WORKING AS A NIGHT-TIME PROFESSIONAL IN THE SOCIAL AND MEDICO-SOCIAL SECTOR

  • Specifics of professional night work, health of the night worker, practice analysis, preventing psychosocial risks.
  • The course also includes preparation for the SST and PPE certificates.

The course comprises 301 hours of training at the CFA and 371 hours of work placement.

  • Theoretical content brought to life through practical scenarios, discussions on best practice, role-plays, analysis of real-world business experiences, and mock exams
  • Methodological with coaching to prepare for assessments, professional writing, public speaking, the use of IT tools and Word, and the certification defence for blocks of competence
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What next?

career prospects

Possible careers

  • Night supervisor or qualified night supervisor
  • Night watchman – Former title for the night supervisor
  • Day / Night Care Assistant
  • Night-shift worker, night-shift social worker
  • Night hospital orderly
  • Routine night patrol
  • Night permanent staff
  • Night-time sick leave
  • Night care assistant

Business sectors

  • The night-shift supervisor-visitor works with a variety of client groups: the elderly, children, adolescents, adults and children with disabilities, and people experiencing poverty or homelessness
  • Examples of facilities: care homes (EHPAD), sheltered housing for the elderly (EHPA), residential care homes, specialised care homes (MAS), medicalised residential care homes (FAM), supported housing schemes (maisons relais), mental health facilities, day centres, children's villages...

Information

practices

The training course is aimed at:

  • To employees in the social, medico-social and healthcare sectors
  • For those undergoing a career change
  • To jobseekers registered with France Travail
  • For those outside the sector who wish to gain qualifications

It is accessible to people with disabilities, with premises that comply with health, safety and accessibility standards. The teaching team, including the training manager and the disability liaison officer, ensures that courses are adapted and that specific needs are taken into account.

Prerequisites for entry into training :

  • Mastering core subjects (reading, writing, arithmetic)
  • Have a career plan approved by the training organisation

Prerequisites for certification validation:

  • Hold valid occupational first aid (SST) and PPE certificates to present block 1 and block 4
  • Having completed a work placement as an SVN in a social or socio-medical establishment or service

Prerequisites for practising the profession

  • Criminal record check (bulletin no. 3 or no. 2 depending on the audience received)
  • A driving licence is required for field assignments

7 to 12 participants

Placement test, self-assessment test (written papers), individual motivation and project evaluation interview, tailored programme and individualisation of duration and support.

Workplace simulation, real-world assessment of practical know-how, professional written work and an interview with an external panel.

  • Premises: Fire safety regulations for public buildings (ERP) – Premises accessible to people with reduced mobility
  • Possible academic guidance and adaptation, mentored by a disability officer
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