Senior Support Worker

Creative Support Ltd; Liversedge; Presencial; GBP 23.000 - 31.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

a probationary bonus

pension contributions

28 days Leave

company paid enhanced DBS

Descripción de la vacante

Creative Support is seeking a Senior Support Worker in Wakefield, West Yorkshire to lead a team providing high-quality, compassionate care to older residents and to help them stay independent in a safe, homely environment.

You will coordinate and deliver tailored care packages, organise on-site activities, and support the Registered Manager while managing rotas and contributing to staff coaching. A caring, organised, and communicative approach is essential.

Formación

• A minimum of 2 years' experience in providing care and support to older people.
• Warm, well organised, conscientious with good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsabilidades

• Provide excellent, respectful personal care to residents and encourage engagement in activities.
• Coordinate and deliver unique packages of care and support to residents.
• Assist Team Leaders and Registered Manager to ensure high-quality care and support.
• Share responsibility for coaching and deploying staff and managing rotas.

Conocimientos

Compassion

Motivation

Diligence

Empathy

Verbal communication

Written communication

Descripción del empleo

We are looking for a Senior Support Worker who is passionate about delivering high quality, engaging, respectful, and dignified care and support to older people in Wakefield, West Yorkshire. Our mission is to provide a safe, homely environment in which older people can live independently, whilst receiving bespoke packages of care and support that meet their needs. You will lead a team of dedicated workers in achieving positive outcomes for tenants; this will include organising on site activities and events, helping to coordinate and deliver individual packages of care and support, whilst maintaining community links.

Your role will include:

• Provide excellent, respectful personal care to our residents and encouraging them to engage in a wide range of exciting activities,
• Helping to coordinate and deliver unique packages of care and support to all residents,
• Assisting our Team Leaders and Registered manager in ensuring all residents receive the highest quality and care and support,
• Shared responsibility for coaching and deploying staff and managing rotas

A minimum of 2 years' experience in providing care and support to older people is essential.

As a Senior Support Worker, you will also have compassion, motivation, diligence, and the ability to empathise with different individuals. You must be warm, well organised, and conscientious and demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills.

You will be required to work on a rota, undertaking early, late and weekend duties as required. Senior support workers are expected to participate in an on-call rota.

Benefits of working with Creative Support include:

• a probationary bonus
• pension contributions
• 28 days Leave
• company paid enhanced DBS

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold award.

We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK - This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme and we are unable to accept applicants with a Skilled Worker Visa.

At Creative Support, we are passionate about developing our people. Through our award-winning Creative Academy, we provide high-quality training and career development opportunities to help colleagues reach their full potential, regardless of their starting point or role. As an Investors in People Platinum organisation and an approved centre for nationally recognised qualifications, we are committed to supporting learning, growth and long-term career progression.