Senior Support Worker

TN United Kingdom; Retford; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a compassionate Senior Support Worker to enhance the lives of individuals in a supportive residential environment. This rewarding role involves supervising daily operations, assisting in training, and promoting independence among residents. With a focus on personal growth and development, you will join a dynamic team dedicated to making a real difference. The organization values diversity and provides extensive training and career progression opportunities. If you are passionate about improving lives and have the right experience, this is the perfect opportunity for you to grow your career in a meaningful way.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for pay flexibility

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Access to cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Senior Support Worker is essential.
• Experience working with individuals with autism and complex needs is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Manager with day-to-day supervision and management of the service.
• Help individuals gain independence in their daily lives.

Skills

Experience with autism

Experience with learning difficulties

Experience with mental health needs

Supervisory skills

Communication skills

Education

Relevant experience as a Senior Support Worker

Job description

Senior Support Worker Titchfield - £13.43 per hour

Driver with full UK Driving Licence and access to a car required.

Typical Shifts: 8:00am - 8:00pm worked on a rota which includes every other weekend and a 4 hour off rota shift a week.

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued. We reward your dedication with:

1. Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
2. Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
3. Wagestream giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
4. Funded Blue Light Card for hundreds of discounts at high street retailers.
5. 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families.
6. Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families.
7. Enhanced retirement leave.
8. Long service awards.

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

As a Senior Support Worker with us, you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst assisting the Manager with the day-to-day supervision and management of the service. You could be allocating shifts, booking in training, inducting new colleagues, supporting with supervision’s, ordering medication and ensuring the people we support are supported to manage their finances. You’ll never lose sight of why you choose to do this, as our Seniors are still at the heart of providing day-to-day support.

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking 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.

We’re interested in our Senior Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Seniors should have previous experience as a Senior Support Worker, preferably working with individuals with autism, learning difficulties, and complex individuals with mental health needs and challenging behaviours.

Why choose us?

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career.

We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation.

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.