Senior Support Worker

Pharmacyupdate; East Midlands; Remote; GBP 17.000 - 24.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Funded NVQ development

Leadership progression

Long-term career opportunities

Zusammenfassung

Pharmacyupdate in Leicester is seeking a Senior Support Worker to lead care teams in complex settings. The role combines hands-on support with leadership duties and escalation management to maintain high standards of care.

We expect experience with 3:1, 4:1 or 5:1 packages, safeguarding, and positive behaviour strategies. A permanent contract with progression opportunities and funded NVQ development is offered.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in complex care and behaviours that challenge.
• Experience supervising other care workers.
• Full UK driving licence preferred.
• No sponsorship available for this position.

Aufgaben

• Lead shifts and support teams during care delivery.
• Promote safe, consistent practice and de-escalation.
• Ensure care plans and risk assessments are followed.
• Record safeguarding concerns and incidents accurately.

Kenntnisse

Senior care

Leadership

Behaviour support

DoLS

Ausbildung

NVQ Levels 1-5

Tools

PMVA Training

DMI Training

Jobbeschreibung

£15.00 per hour £28,080 £37,440 per year Permanent

NO SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE

Ready to take the next step in your career in care?

We are recruiting experienced Senior Support Workers in Leicester who are confident supporting individuals with complex needs and behaviours that challenge.

This is a permanent position offering stability, consistent contracted hours and a genuine opportunity to progress into leadership and management.

This is not agency work and not temporary work.

You will join a permanent care team where your experience will make a real difference to both the people you support and the colleagues working alongside you.

Choose from:

36 hours per week approximately £28,080 per year

48 hours per week approximately £37,440 per year

Pay is £15.00 per hour and you will be employed on a permanent contract.

The Role

As a Senior Support Worker, you will combine hands-on care with additional responsibility during shifts.

You will support and guide other Support Workers, promote safe and consistent practice and provide calm leadership when individuals experience behavioural escalation.

The role may involve supporting complex care packages operating at 3:1, 4:1 and 5:1 staffing levels.

You will help ensure that care plans, behavioural strategies, risk assessments and agreed support approaches are followed consistently.

Your responsibilities will include supporting colleagues during shifts, recognising behavioural changes and early warning signs, implementing preventative and de-escalation strategies and providing leadership during challenging incidents.

You will also help promote least restrictive practice, ensure incidents and safeguarding concerns are recorded appropriately, maintain high standards of care documentation and support new team members through shadowing and competency development.

Where required, you will escalate changes in risk or presentation to senior management or clinical teams.

Who We're Looking For

This is a senior position, so previous experience within care is essential.

We are particularly interested in candidates with experience of complex care, behaviours that challenge, physical aggression, behavioural escalation, Positive Behaviour Support, safeguarding, DoLS, behavioural risk assessments, de-escalation and incident management.

Experience supporting or supervising other care workers is highly desirable.

Experience working within 3:1, 4:1 or 5:1 complex care packages would also be advantageous.

Previous experience of appropriate physical intervention or restraint within a care environment is required.

Training

DMI / Dynamis training is highly desirable.

Current or recent PMVA or equivalent recognised physical intervention training may also be considered, subject to competency review and completion of any required organisation-specific training.

A full UK driving licence is preferred.

Build Your Career With Us

We want this to be more than simply your next job. We want it to be the next stage of your career.

You will have access to funded qualifications and structured development opportunities, with progression available through NVQ Levels 1 5.

Your potential career pathway could be:

Senior Support Worker Team Leader Deputy Manager Service Manager Registered Manager

Level 5 Leadership & Management can also help put you on the pathway towards becoming a Registered Manager.

You bring the experience. We help build the pathway.

What You'll Get

£15.00 per hour

36 or 48 contracted hours per week

Up to £37,440 annual equivalent

Consistent contracted hours

Funded NVQ development

Ongoing training

Leadership progression opportunities

Long-term career opportunities within complex care.

Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK. No sponsorship is available for this position.

If you are an experienced Support Worker or Senior Support Worker who is confident working within complex care and ready for greater responsibility, we would love to hear from you.

Permanent role. Senior responsibility. Real progression.