Senior Support Worker

Voyage Care; City Of London; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK is seeking a Senior Support Worker to enhance the quality of life for individuals in a residential setting. The role involves supporting daily independence and assisting in management tasks. Candidates should have experience working with challenging behaviours and mental health needs. Opportunities for training and career development are provided. Join us to make a real difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7/365 doctor line

Access to cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Senior Support Worker.
• Experience working with individuals with mental health needs.
• Ability to allocate shifts and manage training.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management of a residential service.
• Assist the Manager in day-to-day supervision.
• Support individuals to gain more independence.

Skills

Experience with individuals with autism

Support supervision

Medication ordering

Developing independence

Job description

Overview

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 Neaden. This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people. As a Senior Support Worker, you will 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, ordering medication and ensuring the people we support are supported to manage their finances. You will keep sight of why you chose this work, as our Seniors are still at the heart of providing day-to-day support.

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 as well as experience working with individuals with autism, complex individuals with mental health needs, traumatic backgrounds and challenging behaviours.

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. Don’t hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we're supporting! All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.

Benefits

• 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
• Long service awards