Female Senior Support Worker

Creative Support; Leeds; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

probationary bonus

pension contributions

28 days Leave

company paid enhanced DBS

Job summary

Creative Support in Leeds is seeking a Senior Support Worker for our Leeds Extra Care Service in Richmond Hill. You will support the management team in local oversight of older people in community and accommodation-based settings, promoting independence and rights of service users.

The role involves personal care and medication administration, and fostering activity engagement. We require experience in social care and an understanding of needs of people with extra care support.

Qualifications

• Prior experience in social care.
• Understanding of needs of people with extra care support needs.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and medication support.
• Encourage engagement in activities inside and outside homes.
• Assist senior team in ensuring service standards and compliance.
• Coordinate and coach a dedicated staff team.
• Offer respectful practical and emotional support to service users.

Skills

Personal care

Medication administration

Team coordination

Job description

Up to £13.45 per hour

Leeds, West Yorkshire

Full-Time

We are looking for a senior support worker within our Leeds Extra Care Service in Richmond Hill, Leeds. Your role will be to support the management team in the local oversight of older people supported across a community as well as in accommodation-based settings. We are seeking a motivated, enthusiastic, inclusive, organised and caring individual with forward-thinking qualities to support our service users to achieve greater independence, with the aim of working in partnership with agencies involved in their support and care planning. The successful applicant will be able to think on their feet and respond to a fast-paced environment, with a positive and proactive attitude. The role will involve promoting the rights of service users with mental health needs to move on positively to greater independence.

Your Role Will Include

• Providing personal care, administering medication and help with domestic tasks,
• Encouraging service users to engage in a range of activities both within and outside their homes,
• You will assist the senior team in ensuring that the service fulfils all requirements and standards of the service specification, the Commissioners, Creative Support, and involved professionals,
• Coordinate, manage and coach a dedicated staff team.
• Provide respectful personal care, practical and emotional support

As a Senior Support Worker, you will have a great opportunity to develop your career in social care management. You will need to have prior relevant experience in social care and have an understanding of the needs of people with extra care support needs.

Vacancy Reference Number: 96017

Benefits of working with Creative Support include

• probationary bonus
• pension contributions
• 28 days Leave
• 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.

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 –

Gender is considered to be an occupational requirement.

This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.