Senior Support Worker

Your Education Supply Ltd; Hull and East Yorkshire; Presencial; GBP 28.000 - 37.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Permanent employment

Funded NVQ development

Ongoing training

Leadership progression

Descripción de la vacante

Your Education Supply Ltd is hiring a Senior Support Worker in Hull (HU12). This permanent role offers 36 or 48 contracted hours per week with a salary of £28,080–£37,440 per year, or £15 per hour.

You will support individuals with complex needs and behaviours that challenge, providing calm leadership on shifts. You'll mentor other care workers, follow care plans and safeguarding procedures, and have clear progression paths toward leadership, with funded NVQ development and ongoing training

Formación

• This is a senior position; previous care experience is essential.
• Experience supervising other care workers is highly desirable.
• Experience with complex care and challenging behaviours is beneficial.

Responsabilidades

• Support colleagues during shifts and recognise behavioural changes.
• Implement de-escalation strategies and maintain least restrictive practice.
• Provide leadership during incidents and ensure safeguarding is recorded.
• Support care plans, risk assessments and staff training.

Conocimientos

Care experience

Leadership responsibilities

Behaviour management

Descripción del empleo

Senior Support Worker - Hull (HU12)

£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 Hull 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.

Hours & Pay

• 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
• providing leadership during challenging incidents
• helping promote least restrictive practice
• ensuring incidents and safeguarding concerns are recorded appropriately
• maintaining high standards of care documentation
• supporting new team members through shadowing and competency development
• where required, escalating 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.

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

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.

What You'll Get

• £15.00 per hour
• 36 or 48 contracted hours per week
• Up to £37,440 annual equivalent
• Permanent employment
• Consistent contracted hours
• Funded NVQ development
• Ongoing training
• Leadership progression opportunities
• Pathway towards management
• Long-term career opportunities within complex care

Permanent role. Senior responsibility. Real progression