Senior Community Support Worker

TN United Kingdom; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Community Support Worker in Milton Keynes. This role offers the chance to provide high-quality care and support to individuals with diverse needs, including mental health and physical health issues. You'll lead a dedicated team, ensuring adherence to policies while delivering personalized care. With flexible working hours and a permanent contract, this position is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in their community. Join a supportive environment that values your contributions and offers opportunities for professional growth.

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

Dedicated employee support service

Potential to earn enhanced rates for unsocial hours

Opportunity to develop and progress professionally

Qualifications

• Experience caring for people with a variety of conditions.
• Good management skills with communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support to community support workers.
• Deliver person-centered care to service users in their homes.

Skills

Caring

Competent

Mindful of equality & diversity

Professional

Management skills

Written/verbal communication

Education

NVQ or diploma Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

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Senior Community Support Worker, Milton Keynes

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

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Posted:

28.04.2025

Expiry Date:

12.06.2025

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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 Milton Keynes & surrounding areas?

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

• Caring
• Competent
• Mindful of equality & diversity
• Professional

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 Milton Keynes & 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 centered care to our valued and diverse group of service users.

Some of your care duties include:

• Supporting individuals to access their community
• Developing relationships and liaising with external health care professionals such as GP, social workers or community nurse.
• Act as key worker to a small group of service users
• Conducting service user reviews.
• Accompanying service users to appointments
• Helping them with shopping
• Assisting them with all aspects of care including personal care and medication management
• Light household tasks e.g. preparing meals

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
• 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
• 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 Milton Keynes easily.

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