Senior Support Worker

Wollborg Michelson Personnel Service Inc; Brierley Hill; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave package

Pension scheme

Regular supervisions

Job summary

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is recruiting for 4 x Senior Support Workers (Permanent) to join the Assessment and Independence service across the Dudley borough. The role is 37 hours per week, on a flexible rota including some weekends and evenings, with enhancements for unsocial hours.

You will support Community Care Supervisors, help people live independently at home and contribute to safe discharge and care provision.

Qualifications

• Senior Support Worker role within the Assessment and Independence service.
• 37 hours per week with a flexible rota including weekends and evenings.

Responsibilities

• Taking delegated responsibility to enable people to be supported at home with their daily living activities
• Supporting a community care service providing person-centred support and opportunities for people and their carers
• Looking after a team of designated staff to meet service initiatives and legislative standards (e.g. CQC, Care Act)
• Assisting in managing demand for care capacity and ensuring safe discharge and care provision
• Working to maximise a person’s independence to deliver person-centred outcomes

Job description

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council

Post: 4 x Senior Support Workers (Permanent)

Hours: 37 per week

Salary: Grade 6 (£29,542.00 to £32,046.00 per annum). Plus 10% alternating shift allowance.

Location: Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre or various locations across Dudley borough

Excellent opportunities have arisen to work within Assessment and Independence on Urgent Care Services and Dudley Short Term Assessment and Reablement team

The role

As a Senior Support Worker your primary role will be to support Community Care Supervisors. We are looking for someone with drive and enthusiasm who wants to make a difference. You will be working 37 hours per week on a flexible rota which includes some weekends, evenings and bank holidays, for which relevant enhancements will be paid

Your main duties

• Taking delegated responsibility to enable people to be supported at home with their daily living activities
• Supporting a community care service providing person centred support and opportunities for people and their carers
• Looking after a team of designated staff in order to meet the requirements of service initiatives and developments, including all legislative standards, e.g. CQC, Care Act
• Assisting in managing the demand for care capacity and ensuring safe discharge and care provision
• Working at maximising a person's independence to deliver their person-centred outcomes

As an employee of Dudley MBC, you will receive a comprehensive annual leave package, an option to join the pension scheme and regular supervisions. We invite you to be part of a forward thinking, dynamic council, which actively supports staff, and works to change people's lives for the better

You may need to work flexibly, travelling across the Dudley borough and will therefore need to have the use of a vehicle

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults; therefore, the post is subject to medical clearance and an enhanced DBS check

For an informal discussion about the role please telephone [phone] to speak to Angela Freeman or Paula Smith

All applicants must be able to provide documentation to prove their right to work in the UK

Please note: Dudley MBC does not currently offer sponsorship for candidates without the Right to Work in the UK

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N.B. We reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the advertised date should we receive a large number of applications