Senior Support Worker

Voyage Care; Uttoxeter; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Uttoxeter is seeking a Senior Support Worker to enhance the quality of life of those supported. Responsibilities include supervising staff, managing shifts, and assisting with medication and finances. Ideal candidates should have experience with autism and complex mental health needs. Join our friendly team and make a meaningful impact in a dynamic environment.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour

Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour

Wagestream

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line for colleagues and their families

Access to cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience working with individuals with autism, complex mental health needs, and challenging behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Allocate shifts, book in training, induct new colleagues, and provide supervision as needed.
• Support the Manager with day-to-day supervision and management of the service.
• Order medication and support people to manage their finances.

Skills

Experience working with individuals with autism

Experience working with individuals with complex mental health needs

Experience working with individuals who exhibit challenging behaviours

Job description

Overview

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 Denstone. 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.

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 working with individuals with autism, complex individuals with mental health needs, and challenging behaviours.

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.

Typical Shifts are: Required to work on a rota basis; Monday to Sunday, covering the following shifts - Early shifts: 7:30am-3:00pm and Late shifts: 2:30pm-10:00pm

Responsibilities

• Allocate shifts, book in training, induct new colleagues, and provide supervision as needed
• Support the Manager with day-to-day supervision and management of the service
• Order medication and support people to manage their finances

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals with autism
• Experience working with individuals with complex mental health needs
• Experience working with individuals who exhibit challenging behaviours

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