Senior Care Worker

East Riding of Yorkshire Council; Beverley; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Senior Care Officer to join their Supported Housing Team. This rewarding role focuses on providing person-centered care to individuals with learning disabilities and autism, ensuring they achieve fulfilling lives within their community. As a Senior Care Officer, you will supervise and support a dedicated team, uphold care standards, and collaborate with families and professionals to deliver exceptional outcomes. With continuous training and development opportunities, this position is perfect for those looking to make a positive impact while growing their skills in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Continuous Training and Development

Supportive Management

Flexible Shifts

Qualifications

• Demonstrated ability to supervise and support others in a care setting.
• Experience working with individuals with learning disabilities or autism.

Responsibilities

• Ensure the service provides good quality care and support to tenants.
• Liaise with families and care professionals for excellent outcomes.

Skills

Supervisory Skills

Communication Skills

Flexibility

Care Standards Awareness

Education

Experience in Care or Community Setting

Job description

The job itself

Do you pride yourself in offering care and support that puts people at the very centre of decision making, to achieve their hopes and aspirations? Do you respect individuality and diversity, ensuring that person centred care, supports individuals to achieve fulfilling lives as part of their community? If you have these values and aptitude, we have the perfect opportunity for you. In this role you will make a positive difference ensuring excellent outcomes for our tenants in their day to day lives.

We are the Supported Housing Team, a registered service in the East Riding of Yorkshire Council, working to support and enable people who have a learning disability/autism, to live as independent lives as possible, and are proud to hold an overall good CQC rating.

We are looking for someone to complete our team in the role of a Senior Care officer. Within this role you will work alongside a team of other Senior Care Workers / Care Officers to ensure the service is providing good quality care, by not only undertaking support with individuals, but also to ensure all information is up to date and accurate, as well as having supervisory responsibility of Care Workers. To do so, you will need to demonstrate the ability to supervise and support others, have the skills to liaise and work positively with families and other care professionals, to ensure excellent outcomes for the tenants. As well as previous experience working in a care or community setting, you must have good awareness of fundamental care standards, be flexible and willing to work shifts and alternate weekends.

This is an opportunity to develop skills in an extremely rewarding role and in return you will be supported by an excellent manager and team to expand your knowledge, skills and experience and be provided with continuous training and development.