Female Senior Support Worker

Creative Support; Chorley; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Support is seeking a Senior Support Worker for its supported living service in Chorley, aimed at assisting adults with learning disabilities. The successful candidate will provide high-quality, person-centered support and mentorship to the staff team, fostering independence and personal growth for service users. Benefits include training opportunities, a probationary bonus, and enhanced DBS checks.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Qualifications

• Experience in providing support for individuals with learning disabilities.
• Motivated and capable of working flexibly.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to build trusting relationships.

Responsibilities

• Ensure high quality, individualised support for service users.
• Provide mentorship and guidance for the staff team.
• Support management in service delivery and meeting user needs.

Skills

Mentorship

Communication

Empathy

Education

QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

Creative Support is a national, fast growing not-for-profit organisation providing support to individuals with a wide range of care needs. We have a new exciting role for a Senior Support Worker to join our team in Coppull, Chorley.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced individual to work at our supported living service for adults with a learning disability, physical needs and support needs. The role will be to provide consistent, positive support. Each person holds their own tenancy and is supported to achieve independence and outcome-focused goals within their own person centred plan.

Senior Support Worker Duties:

• To ensure that all of our service users receive high quality, individualised, person-centered support
• To provide mentorship; support; guidance for the staff team working within the service
• To develop warm and trusting relationships with service users and to encourage them to express their needs, views and concerns
• Support the management of service delivery, effectively meeting the needs of the service users
• You will be required to work in a flexible manner which may include working evenings and weekends

Vacancy Reference Number: 73738

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number – Gender is considered to be an occupational requirement – Equality Act 2010

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

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

We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK. – This post will not be open to Sponsorship