Senior Support Worker

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

Job summary

A supportive care organization in Wakefield is looking for a Senior Support Worker to join their team. The role involves providing individualized support to adults with learning disabilities while leading a team of support workers. Candidates must have at least a year’s experience in care, possess strong communication skills, and be able to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends. This position offers benefits including a probationary bonus and pension contributions.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Training towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care

Qualifications

• At least one year’s experience in providing care and support for adults with learning disabilities.
• Motivated and able to empathise with individuals.
• Well-organised with good verbal and written communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide individualized support to all service users.
• Develop trusting relationships with service users.
• Support management and coordination of service delivery.
• Provide mentorship and management for the staff team.
• Work flexibly according to service needs including weekends.

Skills

Compassionate care

Strong communication skills

Team leadership

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Support Worker to join our friendly team in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.

We are looking for a motivated and experienced individual to work at our supported living services providing support for adults with a learning disability, physical needs and support needs.

Our mission is to provide a safe, homely environment in which adults 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 service users; this will include organising activities and events, helping to coordinate and deliver individual packages of care and support, being able to motivate others to provide the best support.

Responsibilities

• Provide excellent, respectful and individualized support to all service users.
• Develop sincere and trusting relationships with service users and to encourage them to express their needs, views and concerns.
• Support the management and co-ordination of service delivery, effectively meeting the needs of the service users.
• To provide mentorship; support and guidance for the staff team working within the service; including deploying staff and managing rotas.
• You will need to be able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service to include daytimes, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Qualifications and skills

• At least one year’s experience in providing care and support for adults with a learning disability, physical needs and support needs; older people is essential for this role.
• As a senior support worker you will be compassionate, motivated, diligent and able to empathise with individuals.
• You will be warm, well organised, and conscientious; you will be able to 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.

Other details

Vacancy Reference Number: 86620

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

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual 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 awarded.

Applications are reviewed as they are received; we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.