Senior Support Worker

Creative Support; Blackpool; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Support is seeking a Senior Support Worker for their supported living service in Blackpool. This role involves leading a team to provide personal care and support for adults with learning disabilities, ensuring compliance with care standards, while also offering opportunities for professional development and training.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with learning disabilities is essential.
• Flexible working required to meet service needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide respectful personal care and emotional support to service users.
• Supervise and support staff to meet service user needs.
• Collaborate with multi-disciplinary teams to maximize service user outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Personal Care

Education

QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

We are recruiting a Senior Support Worker for our supported living and outreach service in Blackpool which provides person centred support to adults with learning disabilities, some of whom have autism spectrum conditions and complex needs.

We are looking for an experienced carer to help lead a team of staff and provide care and support to individuals at our Blackpool service. This is a great opportunity to take on a leadership role, receiving ongoing training to help you further your personal and professional development.

Your role as Senior Support Worker will include:

• Providing respectful personal care, emotional and practical support to service users
• Collaborating with service users, families and the multi-disciplinary team to maximise service user outcomes
• Implementing Creative Support principles, policies, procedures and guidelines and ensuring that the service fulfils CQC requirements
• Supervising and supporting staff to best meet service user needs and preferences
• Supporting the service user to have the opportunity for a full and happy life and to be safe and well.

Experience of supporting individuals with learning disabilities is essential for this Senior Support Worker role. A clean valid driving licence and access to a car is desirable for this role but not essential.

You will be expected to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including evenings and weekends.

Vacancy Reference Number: 68942

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number – Gender is considered to be an occupational requirement – Equality Act 2010

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold award.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK. – This post will not be open to Sponsorship.

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Created on 22/06/2025 by TN United Kingdom