Senior Support Worker

Voyage Care; Basingstoke; Sur place; GBP 16 000 - 23 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Evening/weekend pay boost

Overtime premium

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

Doctor line 24/7/365

Cash plans

Retirement leave

Résumé du poste

Voyage Care in Basingstoke is seeking a Senior Support Worker to lead our residential service, supporting a fantastic group of people and guiding a dynamic team. You will help people gain more independence, assist the Manager with day-to-day supervision, allocate shifts, arrange training, induct new colleagues and ensure medication and finances are handled safely.

We look for prior Senior Support Worker experience and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care, with experience supporting individuals

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Senior Support Worker.
• Level 3 in Health & Social Care.
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support (including behaviour disorders, mental health conditions, ABI, autism, forensic histories and trauma).

Responsabilités

• Lead day-to-day supervision and management of the service.
• Allocate shifts and book training.
• Induct new colleagues and support supervision.
• Order medications and ensure residents can manage finances.
• Support residents to gain independence.

Connaissances

Leadership

Shift supervision

Training coordination

People support

Formation

Health & Social Care Level 3

Description du poste

Senior Support Worker – Basingstoke - £14.25 per hour 37.5 hours a week

Typical Shifts are: Monday - Sunday working 07:30 - 21.30 including working weekends on a 3 week rota

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Wagestream – giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card – hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave

Senior Support Workers with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support are at the heart of our management teams. We’re currently searching for a fantastic Senior Support Worker to join us in leading our residential service in Basingstoke . This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!

As a Senior Support Worker with us you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst assisting the Manager with the day-to-day supervision and management of the service. You could be allocating shifts, booking in training, inducting new colleagues, supporting with supervision’s, ordering medication and ensuring the people we support are supported to manage their finances. You’ll never lose sight of why you choose to do this, as our Seniors are still at the heart of providing day-to-day support.

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to the lives of others, whether that’s helping our colleagues grow in confidence or the people we support gain independence so that they meet their goals.

We’re interested in our Senior Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Seniors should have previous experience as a Senior Support Worker and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care as well as experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, acquired brain injury, autism, forensic histories and people who have experienced trauma.

Why choose us?

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career.

We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation.

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.