Senior Community Support Worker – Bedford

Bedfordshire Supported Housing; Bedford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Community Support Worker in Bedford to provide high-quality care to service users. This role involves supervising a dedicated team, ensuring compliance with policies, and delivering person-centered care. With a focus on mental and physical health, you'll play a vital role in enhancing the lives of individuals aged 18 and above. The position offers flexible working hours, a permanent contract, and extensive training opportunities. Join a supportive environment where your contributions truly make a difference in the community.

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 various conditions is essential.
• Management skills and strong communication abilities are required.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and support to community support workers.
• Conduct service user reviews and update care plans.
• Develop relationships with healthcare professionals.

Skills

Caring

Competent

Mindful of equality & diversity

Professionalism

Management skills

Written and verbal communication

Education

NVQ or diploma Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Senior Community Support Worker – Bedford

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
• 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 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.
• Conduct spot checks to ensure compliance.
• Develop relationships and liaise 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
• Conduct service user reviews and update care plans and risk assessments.
• Accompany service users to appointments
• Assist them with all aspects of care including personal care and medication management
• 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 an 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.