Senior Support Worker

Prime Life; Leicester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully funded DBS

Comprehensive Holiday Pay

Refer a Friend scheme up to £250

Set shift patterns

Excellent benefits

Job summary

Prime Life in Leicester is seeking a Senior Support Worker to lead and support the care team, ensuring high quality of care for residents with mental health conditions and disabilities.

This role offers regular set shifts across a 7-day week, a DBS that is fully funded, comprehensive holiday pay, and a chance to help residents achieve the best possible quality of life.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a support worker or care assistant is desirable, but full training is provided.
• Candidate must be patient, understanding and respectful of residents’ abilities.
• Ability to lead and manage a care team and deliver high-quality care.

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and support the care team to ensure high-quality care for residents.
• Regularly review, plan, implement and evaluate each resident’s care and care plans.
• Engage with residents respectfully, considering their individual needs and communication styles.
• Administer and record medications as prescribed with accurate monitoring.
• Preserve and promote each resident’s dignity and independence.
• Encourage residents to achieve the best possible quality of life.
• Support residents in discussing daily living arrangements.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Patient care

Job description

Make a difference every day and give back to your community!

This role will be based at Island Place in the Braunstone area of Leicester. The home has been specially designed to cater to the every need of 39 residents, living with a range of mental health conditions that require dignified support from our caring team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.

Benefits of becoming our Senior Support Worker:

This role offers great work life balance, with regular set shift patterns across a 7-day working week. In return for your commitment to our residents, we can offer range of excellent benefits including;

• Hourly rates of pay ranging from £13.85 to £14.92 per hour dependent upon qualification level
• Opportunities to learn and progress with the support of our dedicated Quality Matters team
• Fully funded DBS
• Comprehensive Holiday Pay scheme that rewards you for your commitment to care
• Fantastic Refer a Friend scheme, offering up to £250 per successful candidate!

Responsibilities of our Senior Support Worker include:

• Leading, managing and supporting your care team ensuring high quality of care and service is always provided to all residents
• Ensuring care plans are regularly reviewed continuous assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of resident’s care
• Engaging with residents in conversation at a level and pace that values the individual and respects their dignity and communication differences
• Administering and recording medication as prescribed, with accurate monitoring of drug dose to the residents in the home
• To ensure that each resident’s dignity and independence is always preserved and promoted
• To encourage each resident to achieve the highest possible quality of life that is right for them
• To encourage and assist residents to participate in any discussion relating to their daily living arrangements
• To assist where necessary with each resident’s personal care

What we’re looking for in our Senior Support Worker:

To be successful within this role, you will have a genuine caring nature and a desire to make a real difference for our residents. Though prior experience as a Support worker or Care Assistant is desirable, this is not essential as full training is provided. Typically, our residents live with mental health conditions, learning disabilities and physical disabilities that require dignified support from our care team. It is essential that candidates for this role are therefore patient, understanding and respectful of our resident’s individual abilities.