Acting Senior Support Worker

Creative Support; Accrington; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive organization in Accrington seeks an Acting Senior Support Worker to provide person-centred support to residents with learning disabilities. Responsibilities include developing relationships, enabling independence, assisting with medication, and supervising junior staff. Candidates must have at least one year of relevant experience. This role offers a dynamic working environment where no two days are alike, with various activities to engage service users.

Qualifications

• At least one year's experience in supporting individuals with learning disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Develop warm relationships with service users.
• Enable independence in social skills and daily living.
• Assist in medication monitoring.
• Support junior staff and volunteers.

Skills

Proactive attitude

Motivated

Professionalism

Interpersonal skills

Job description

Overview

Creative Support is a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. We are currently looking to add an Acting Senior Support Worker to our team in Accrington, Lancashire.

We are recruiting a proactive, motivated, and professional Acting Senior Support Worker to provide person centred support to our residents with a range of support needs, primarily learning disabilities. No two days will be the same at this service as we support our service users to follow their passions and engage in a range of activities including: movie nights, gardening, board games, arts and crafts and many more!

Responsibilities

• Develop and sustain warm and trusting relationships with service users.
• Enable service users to gain independence, confidence and competence in areas such as: social skills/relationships, personal care and hygiene, daily living and many more.
• Assist service users in the administration and monitoring of prescribed medication following the Scheme’s Medication Policy.
• Offer support and supervision to junior staff, relief staff, students and volunteers as appropriate, under direction of the Supported Living Manager.

Qualifications

You must have at least one years’ experience in supporting people with learning disabilities.

Vacancy Reference Number: 84200

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.

Additional Information

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.