Senior Support Worker

Creative Support Ltd; Royston; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated senior extra care support worker to join their vibrant team in Royston. This role is pivotal in delivering high-quality, personalized care to individuals, ensuring they lead fulfilling lives in a supportive environment. As a leader, you will inspire and mentor a team of support workers, fostering a culture of compassion and respect. With a focus on positive communication and engagement, you will help create meaningful connections with customers, empowering them to express their needs and desires. This role offers ongoing training and professional development opportunities, making it a fantastic chance to grow in a rewarding field.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Qualifications

• Experience in providing person-centred care and support.
• Skills in mentoring and leading support teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent, respectful support to all customers.
• Develop trusting relationships and encourage customer feedback.
• Support management and coordinate service delivery.

Skills

Compassionate care

Positive communication

Empathy

Risk management

Team leadership

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering high quality, engaging, respectful and dignified care and support to individuals? If so, you might be the person we are looking for.

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior extra care support worker to join our friendly extra care team in Royston, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

We are looking for a warm, flexible and motivated person to provide person centred care and support in our Extra Care Service in Royston, Barnsley which enables older people to enjoy an active and independent lifestyle.

Our mission is to provide a safe, homely environment in which individuals with additional needs can live as independently as possible whilst receiving bespoke packages of care and support that fulfil their needs. We are looking for someone who can lead a team of dedicated support workers to achieve positive outcomes for customers; this will include organising activities and events, helping to coordinate and deliver individual packages of care and support, and being able to motivate others to provide the best support.

Your role will include:

1. Providing excellent, respectful and individualised support to all customers.
2. Developing sincere and trusting relationships with customers and encouraging them to express their needs, views and concerns.
3. Supporting the management team and coordination of service delivery, effectively meeting the needs of the customers and service.
4. Providing mentorship, support and guidance for the staff team working within the service; including deploying staff and managing rotas.
5. Working flexibly according to the needs of the service, including daytimes, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

As a senior support worker, you will be compassionate, motivated, diligent and able to empathise with individuals. You will have skills in positive communication and engagement, and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support. You will also have skills in the assessment of needs along with positive and proactive risk management so that support planning for individuals demonstrates an active and fulfilling life with an emphasis on a ‘can do’ approach.

This unique and challenging opportunity will provide you with an environment that encourages personal and professional development. We will provide you with ongoing training to best meet the needs of the service users.

Vacancy Reference Number: 79648

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.

Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Leave and 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.

Application Instructions:

To apply, candidates must complete the online application form located on our company website via the listing for the above reference numbered role. We do not accept CVs as a method of application.

Completed Application Forms must be submitted to our Head Office address (below) or emailed to be considered for the vacancy. If you have not received a response to your application within 10 working days of the closing date please accept this as notification of an unsuccessful application. Unsuccessful applicants must wait 6 months before reapplying. We do not provide outcomes for unsuccessful applications.

Recruitment Department, Creative Support Ltd, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS