Senior Support Worker

Agincare

Devizes

On-site

GBP 27,000 - 28,000

Full time

2 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Refer a friend scheme

Outstanding career development

Fully funded training

Blue Light card discount package

Company pension scheme

Job summary

Agincare seeks a Senior Support Worker for its Wiltshire service in Devizes. You will supervise hands-on support and lead administrative tasks to ensure smooth operations, reporting to the Registered Manager. This is a full-time, impactful role with opportunities to influence outcomes.

We support up to 38 people across 7 bungalows in Wiltshire. The successful candidate will have a minimum of 12 months’ right to work, a full UK driving licence, and Health & Social Care Level 2 with progression to

Qualifications

A minimum of 12 months on your right to work.
Full UK Driver's licence is required.
Level 2 in Health and Social Care and willingness to progress to Level 3.

Responsibilities

Encouraging people to participate in community activities and promote independence.
Support with activities of daily living including personal care, meals, routines and budgeting.
Communicate effectively using individuals' preferred methods.
Engage people to improve quality of life.
Provide positive behavioural support where needed.
Record accurate health changes and service user updates for management.
Work as part of a team and use initiative when needed.

Skills

Driving licence

Education

Health and Social Care Level 2

Job description

Package Description

Are you ready to make a real difference in someone’s life?

Are you ready to take the lead and make a real difference in people’s lives? We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Support Worker to join our Wiltshire service based in Devizes, helping to oversee and deliver high-quality support. You will report into the Registered Manager, splitting your time between hands‑on support and leadership/administrative tasks to ensure our service runs smoothly. This is a varied and rewarding role with plenty of opportunity to make an impact.

Package Description

Are you ready to make a real difference in someone’s life?

About the people you’ll be supporting:

We support up to 38 people living across 7 bungalows in the heart of Wiltshire, just outside the market town of Devizes. This is a unique service within Wiltshire offering supporting living, enabling people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and local community. We are looking for support workers to join our amazing team, to continue delivering outstanding outcomes.

Where you’ll be working: DEVIZES

This is a full‑time role where your week will be split between providing direct support on shift and also completing leadership and administrative tasks.

As An Agincare Employee You’ll Enjoy

£13.60-13.75 per hour
Refer a friend scheme earn up to £500*
Outstanding career development
Fully funded training and career development
Blue Light card discount package
Company pension scheme

What is required from you?

A minimum of 12 months on your right to work

Full UK Drivers licence

level 2 in Health and Social Care and willing to work towards level 3

How we achieve our outcomes with the people we support.

As part of your day to day work you will be offering the following;

Encouraging – people to play active roles in the communities in which they live, to encourage independence.
Supporting – Activities of daily Living including social activities, personal care, routines, planning and preparation of meals and budgeting.
Communicating - effectively communicate using people’s chosen methods
Engaging - promoting and motivating people we support to enhance their quality of life
Specialising - supporting people who may need positive behavioural support approaches
Recording - keeping accurate records &reporting changes in health or circumstances of service users to management
Team player – Working as part of a team, as well as being able to work using your own initiative.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family‑owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not‑for‑profit Children’s Services. Today, Agincare is one of the UK’s largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live‑in care across more than 170 locations nationwide. As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community. All of our services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship. As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isn’t the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies, www.agincare.com/careers

All of our care services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all.