Senior Support Worker

Voyage Care; Middlesmoor; On-site; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare service provider in Middlesbrough is seeking a dedicated Senior Support Worker to enhance the quality of life for individuals. You will assist in daily management tasks and support colleagues in a welcoming environment. Experience with autism and mental health is essential. This role offers a competitive salary of £13.22 per hour and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for pay flexibility

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Senior Support Worker is essential.
• Must have experience working with individuals with autism and complex mental health needs.
• Ability to lead and supervise a residential service.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily lives.
• Assist Manager with day-to-day supervision and management of services.
• Allocate shifts and support the induction of new colleagues.

Skills

Experience with individuals with autism

Experience with mental health needs

Experience with challenging behaviours

Job description

Senior Support Worker – Middlesbrough – £13.22 per hour

Full time – 37.5 hours per week

Typical shifts: Mixed shifts – 8am-3pm / 3pm-10pm / 3pm-9pm / 8am-10pm / 10pm-8am

Benefits

• 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

About the role

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 residential service in Middlesbrough. This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!

Responsibilities

As a Senior Support Worker with us you’ll help people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst assisting the Manager with day-to-day supervision and management of the service. This includes allocating shifts, booking training, inducting new colleagues, supporting supervision, ordering medication, and ensuring the people we support can manage their finances.

Why you’ll make a difference

This is an amazing role for someone who wants 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.

Qualifications

We’re interested in Senior Support Workers having previous experience as a Senior Support Worker as well as experience working with individuals with autism, complex individuals with mental health needs, and challenging behaviours.

Growth and Development

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You. With passion to make someone's life better, we will give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career. We offer an excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunities for promotion and progression as well as job security.

How to apply

Don't hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we're supporting! All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.