Senior Support Worker

Voyage Care; Friday Bridge; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wagestream – pay on demand

Blue Light Card discounts

Enhanced pay on evenings/weekends

Premium overtime rates

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Friday Bridge is hiring a Senior Support Worker to lead a supported living service and help people gain independence. You will support the Manager with day-to-day supervision, allocate shifts, train new staff, and oversee medication ordering and finances for those supported.

The role requires a Level 3 in Health & Social Care and prior Senior Support Worker experience, with mandated UK Manual Driving License and LD/Autism experience.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Senior Support Worker.
• Level 3 in Health & Social Care.
• Experience working in LD and Autism.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in their daily lives.
• Assist the Manager with day-to-day supervision and management of the service.
• Allocate shifts and book training; induct new colleagues.
• Support with supervision and ordering medication; ensure people supported manage finances.

Education

Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Senior Support Worker –

Town : Friday Bridge Wisbech

Pay Rate : £14.13 up to £15.63 with overtime and evening/weekend enhancements (Ts & Cs apply)

UK Manual DL required

Typical Shifts are: Mon -Sun 7.30am-2.30pm and 2.30pm-9.30pm Plus sleep in

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• 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

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 supported living service The Leam in Friday Bridge. This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!

As a Senior Support Worker with us you'll 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’s, ordering medication and ensuring the people we support are supported to manage their finances. You’ll never lose sight of why you choose to do this, as our Seniors are still at the heart of providing day-to-day support.

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to the lives of others, whether that’s helping our colleagues grow in confidence or the people we support gain independence so that they meet their goals.

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 and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care as well as experience working in LD and Autism.

Why choose us?

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.

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.