Lead Support Worker - Devizes

jobs24.co.uk; Devizes; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Lead Support Worker in Devizes, where you will play a vital role in empowering individuals with complex needs. This position offers the chance to make a significant impact by providing tailored support that respects personal values and preferences. You'll be part of a dedicated team, helping individuals develop daily living skills and navigate their community. With ongoing training and a supportive environment, this role is perfect for those passionate about making a difference in people's lives while enjoying competitive benefits and career development opportunities.

Benefits

Sleep-ins paid at £60 extra

Ongoing training and career development

Contributory pension

Cost of DBS checks covered

Planned rotas

Access to Wagestream

Shopping discounts

Thank-you payment for referrals

Access to wellbeing helplines

Health Cash Plan

Qualifications

• Experience with individuals having learning disabilities is desirable.
• Management experience is beneficial but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in daily life, promoting community participation.
• Liaise with professionals to create support plans and risk assessments.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Resilience

Positive Attitude

Innovative Thinking

Education

Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2

Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 3

Tools

DBS Checks

Job description

We're hiring for Lead Support Workers in Devizes. Could you help someone to live a full life? Join Brandon as a Lead Support Worker, where you'll provide excellent day-to-day support to individuals with exceptionally complex needs, helping them to overcome barriers.

Key to this role is respecting people's preferences and choices and enabling their fullest participation in the life of their community as valued citizens. As part of a supportive team, you'll need resilience to support individuals whose behaviour may be considered challenging.

The support you'll provide will be centred around each person's values, preferences, and needs, which could include developing daily living skills, accessing a wider community, personal care, and medication needs.

Benefits:

1. Sleep-ins paid at £60 extra (basic salary £13.39 p/h)
2. Ongoing training and career development including professional qualifications
3. Contributory pension
4. We cover the cost of DBS checks
5. Rota's are planned in advance
6. Access to Wagestream where you can track your basic salary and additional hours earnings throughout the month and access a portion of those earnings before your monthly pay date
7. Shopping discounts including Blue Light card, EE perks, and Costco membership
8. Successfully 'recommend a friend' to join us and you'll receive a thank-you payment
9. Access to wellbeing helplines
10. Health Cash Plan

You will:

1. Be a confident problem solver and creative thinker with good communication skills
2. Have resilience to overcome challenges
3. Possess a positive can-do attitude
4. Be an innovative problem solver willing to try new activities
5. Have experience working with people with a learning disability, including supporting people whose behaviour may be considered challenging (desirable)
6. Experience of working with multi-disciplinary teams
7. Previous management experience is desirable but not essential
8. Hold a Diploma in health and social care level 2 or equivalent (level 3 is desirable)
9. Hold a full UK driving licence

Your responsibilities:

1. Support the individuals in all aspects of their daily life, enabling their fullest participation in the life of their community
2. Support people to achieve their personal outcomes
3. Be assigned area(s) of lead responsibility; for example, autism, personality disorder, speech and language, positive behaviour management, psychiatry, or health
4. Liaise with external professionals and devise support plans and risk assessments relating to your lead area
5. Communicate this specialist knowledge to colleagues to produce a coherent and integrated package of support
6. In the future, you may line manage support workers

Brandon Trust works alongside people of different abilities so they can create opportunity and feel empowered to live the life they want. All support workers work flexible shifts to provide a 24/7 service. Successful applicants for this role will require an enhanced DBS check. We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community.