Lead Support Worker - Devizes

TN United Kingdom; Devizes; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Lead Support Worker, where you will provide essential support to individuals with complex needs. This role is centered around empowering individuals to live fulfilling lives, helping them develop daily living skills, and ensuring their participation in the community. You’ll work within a supportive team, facing challenges with resilience and creativity while fostering an inclusive environment. With ongoing training and career development opportunities, this is an exciting chance to make a real difference in people's lives while advancing your own career in health and social care.

Benefits

Ongoing training and career development

Contributory pension

Cost of DBS checks covered

Rota planning in advance

Access to Wagestream

Shopping discounts

Refer a friend bonus

Access to wellbeing helplines

Health Cash Plan

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals with learning disabilities is desirable.
• Previous management experience is desirable but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in daily life, promoting community participation.
• Help people achieve personal goals and coordinate with professionals.

Skills

Problem Solving

Communication Skills

Resilience

Creative Thinking

Experience with Learning Disabilities

Education

Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2

Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 3

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, providing excellent day-to-day support to individuals with complex needs, helping them overcome barriers. Respecting people’s preferences and choices, you’ll enable their fullest participation in the community as valued citizens.

As part of a supportive team, you’ll need resilience to support individuals whose behavior may be challenging. Your support will be centered around each person’s values, preferences, and needs, including developing daily living skills, community access, personal care, and medication management.

You will need a full UK manual driving licence for this role.

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• Ongoing training and career development, including professional qualifications
• Contributory pension
• We cover the cost of DBS checks
• Rota planning in advance
• Access to Wagestream to track earnings and access a portion of wages early
• Shopping discounts including Blue Light card, EE perks, and Costco membership
• Refer a friend bonus
• Access to wellbeing helplines
• Health Cash Plan

You will:

• Be a confident problem solver and creative thinker with good communication skills
• Resilient to overcome challenges
• Innovative and willing to try new activities
• Experience working with people with learning disabilities and challenging behavior is desirable
• Experience working with multidisciplinary teams
• Previous management experience is desirable but not essential
• Diploma in health and social care Level 2 or equivalent; Level 3 is desirable
• Hold a full UK driving licence

Your responsibilities:

• Support individuals in all aspects of daily life, promoting community participation
• Help people achieve their personal goals
• Lead responsibility in areas such as autism, personality disorder, speech and language, positive behavior management, psychiatry, or health
• Coordinate with external professionals, support plans, and risk assessments in your lead area
• Share specialist knowledge with colleagues to provide cohesive support
• Potentially line manage support workers in the future

Brandon Trust works alongside people of different abilities to create opportunities and empower them to live the lives they choose.

All support workers work flexible shifts to provide a 24/7 service. Successful applicants will require an enhanced DBS check.

We are an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applicants from all sections of the community.