Senior Community Support Worker

Bedfordshire Supported Housing Ltd; Bedford; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A supportive housing service in Bedford is seeking a Senior Community Support Worker. This role involves supervising a dedicated team, providing person-centered care to diverse service users, and ensuring compliance with care standards. The position offers flexible working hours, a permanent contract, and opportunities for professional growth within the organization. Candidates should have relevant experience, management skills, and ideally an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care. A full driving license is preferred.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Permanent contract up to 40 hours per week

Free extensive training

Staff recognition & awards

Paid mileage and travel time expenses

28 days annual leave

Support with a lease car

£300 ‘refer-a-friend’ scheme

Dedicated employee support service

Potential for enhanced rates for unsocial hours

Opportunity for professional development

Thorough induction programme

Qualifications

• Experience caring for people with a variety of conditions.
• Ability to drive with a full driving license desirable.
• Strong management skills and good communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide regular supervision to the community support worker team.
• Support service users with personal care and medication management.
• Conduct service user reviews and update care plans.

Skills

Caring

Compassionate

Competent

Mindful of equality & diversity

Innovative

Professional

Honest, open & transparent

Management skills

Good written / verbal communication

Education

NVQ or diploma Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Looking for a job that is flexible around your requirements? Do you have experience of working in care and working well within a team, to provide high-quality care to our service users? Are you able to easily get around Bedford & surrounding areas?

Then you will be perfect for this role! Especially if you are :

• Caring
• Compassionate
• Competent
• Mindful of equality & diversity
• Innovative
• Professional
• Honest, open & transparent

Sounds like you? Then you would be a highly valuable member of the Francis House Home Care family.

Your role will involve working in all areas of Bedford & surrounding areas, Therefore the ability to drive and a FULL DRIVING LICENSE is very desirable.

As a senior Community Support Worker, you will provide guidance, motivation, support, and supervision to our dedicated and exceptional community support worker team. You will monitor adherence to policy and procedure and ensure that our values are always upheld. You will provide direct person centred care to our valued and diverse group of service users.

Some of your care duties include :

• Provide regular supervision to our community support worker team
• Provide professional guidance and support whilst on duty.
• Spot checks to ensure compliance.
• Developing relationships and liaising with external health care professionals such as GP, social workers or community nurses.
• Act as a key worker to a small group of service users
• Conducting service user reviews and updating care plans and risk assessments.
• Accompanying service users to appointments
• Assisting them with all aspects of care including personal care and medication management
• You will be expected to work as part of the on-call team on a rota basis.

You will contribute to the delivery of care in accordance with the Health & Social Care Act 2008. You will take the lead in providing personal care, practical & emotional support to our service users in their own homes, giving them the ability to live safely in their own homes and live the life they choose.

Our service users are aged 18+ with a wide range of conditions under the following headings :

• Mental health problems
• Physical health issues
• Learning disabilities
• Dementia

In return, you can benefit from :

• Flexible working hours to suit you
• Permanent contract up to 40 hours per week.
• Free-extensive training
• Staff recognition & awards
• Paid mileage and travel time expenses
• 28 days annual leave
• Support with a lease car
• £300 ‘refer-a-friend’ scheme
• Dedicated employee support service
• Satisfaction from helping others
• Potential to earn enhanced rates for unsocial hours at weekends
• Enhanced rates for some bank holidays.
• Opportunity to develop and progress professionally within the organisation
• Thorough induction programme which includes training and shadowing.

All that we require from you is that you have experience & knowledge caring for people with a variety of conditions, ideally having a NVQ or diploma Level 3 in Health & Social Care. You will need to possess great management skills, with good written / verbal communication. We prefer for you to have a FULL DRIVING LICENSE or be able to get around Bedford easily.

For more information or an informal chat, please contact a member of our friendly office team on 01234 841808.