Senior Support Worker

Hurst Green; Brierley Hill; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Dudley Council in the Dudley borough is recruiting 4 x Senior Support Workers (Permanent) to join Assessment and Independence on Urgent Care Services and the Short Term Assessment and Reablement team. The role requires 37 hours per week on a flexible rota, including weekends, evenings and bank holidays, with enhanced pay.

You will support people to live at home, supervise staff, and ensure safe discharge and person-centred outcomes.

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 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.

Job description

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Brierley Hill Health and Social Care Centre

Job Type:

Social Care – Adults

Sector:

Local Councils

Business Unit:

Adult Social Care

Job Introduction

Post: 4 x Senior Support Workers (Permanent)

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 will include

• 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:

• comprehensive annual leave package
• an option to join the pension scheme
• 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.

So that we can demonstrate Dudley’s commitment to diversity and inclusion and to improve bias in the recruitment process that could create barriers for candidates . Your personal data will be anonymised when you apply, to ensure that you comply with our anonymisation process, please ensure you have removed your name and date of birth from any attachments prior to uploading them to your application .

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.

Dudley Council will check the information that you have provided against any details already held for accuracy and completeness . The Council will check, share and cross match your information both internally within the council and with external organisations to protect public funds and prevent or detect crime, only where the law allows us to do so .

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