Senior Support Worker

Home From Home Care Ltd; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A family-run company in Lincoln seeks dedicated individuals to provide exceptional care and support within residential homes. The role involves helping residents gain life skills, ensure medication safety, and encourage independence. Attractive benefits include bonuses, health plans, and a competitive pay structure that increases over time.

Benefits

Bonus of £100 on completion of probation

Health Cash Plan

£400 Refer a Friend Scheme

Fully paid training at contracted hourly rate

Cycle to Work Scheme

Free Blue Light card

Qualifications

• Experience in leadership within a residential home setting is preferred.
• Completed Care Certificate or NVQ or equivalent experience is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for safe and accurate administration of medication.
• Lead shifts and manage time effectively while delegating tasks.
• Support individuals with daily living tasks and activities.

Skills

Leadership

Medication Administration

Personal Care

Community Engagement

Education

Care Certificate

NVQ in Care

Job description

*Please be advised we do not offer Sponsorship*

• Bonus of £100 on completion of your probationary period
• Health Cash Plan
• £400 Refer a friend scheme
• Up to 6% bonus in pay through our Loyalty Attendance Bonus scheme
• RAPID Payments – Overtime paid within 24hrs for qualifying shifts
• EASE Payments – Claim up to £100 per month in advance – twice per year
• Fully paid training at your contracted hourly rate and free DBS
• Stand by Sleep in paid at £81.81 + 6% loyalty bonus where applicable
• Free Blue Light card – Discounts on the highstreet and online
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Monthly one2ones to give your feedback
• Access to our dedicated wellbeing team

Your hourly rate will increase to £13.96 – £16.30 with the Loyalty Attendance Bonus.

Each month your pay will increase by 1%. For example, if your starting hourly rate was £13.17, after 6 months this will rise to £13.96.

*The Loyalty Attendance Bonus assumes that you have no unplanned absences*

About Us

Home from Home Care is a family run company who has been making a real difference in the world of care for over 20 years! Operating 11 specialist integration homes throughout the countryside of Greater Lincolnshire for adults with learning disabilities and complex special needs. What sets us apart is our commitment to integrating innovative technology into our everyday operations. Our state-of-the-art in-house system allows us to efficiently and effectively tailor our care to the individual’s needs.

Our family perspective and our ONE TEAM working approach creates dynamic services for the individuals we support. Did you know, we are rated Outstanding by CQC and Platinum by Investors in People!!

The Role

As part of our ONE TEAM, you will deliver exceptional care and support to the individuals living within our residential homes. A large part of your role is to help individuals gain new life skills, connect with their communities, and help them to achieve a fulfilled and meaningful life!

Responsibilities will include:

• Being responsible for the safe and accurate administration of medication
• Ability to confidently lead a shift ensuring good time management skills and delegating tasks where required
• Helping our individuals to reach their goals!
• Support our individuals to do daily living tasks, such as personal care, cooking, cleaning, whilst encouraging independence
• Support our individuals to plan activities such as going to the beach, theme parks, festivals, and holidays!
• Provide practical, emotional support and advocacy for the individuals
• Accurately report and record using our state-of-the-art in-house digital platform

About You

• Completed Care Certificate or NVQ or equivalent experience
• Experience of leadership within a residential home setting

Working Hours

• 2 week rolling rota
• Early shift: 07:00 AM – 15:00 PM
• Late shifts either: 14:00 PM – 21:00 PM or 15:00 PM – 22:00 PM
• You will work every other weekend and some bank holidays
• Infrequent standby sleep ins
• One 14 hour shift

**The advertised salary is based on a full-time contract in which you are expected to work every other weekend. Home From Home Care has implemented a £1 per hour pay increase when working between 22:00pm Friday to 7:00am Monday**