Senior Support Worker

Fitzroy Support; Waterlooville; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Senior Support Worker at a charitable organization in Waterlooville. You will engage in various activities while supporting the management team, ensuring high standards of personalized care for individuals with diverse needs. Join a caring team where you can make a real difference in people's lives.

Benefits

30 days holiday rising with service

Staff recognition scheme

Investment in training and development

Enhanced pay for weekends and overtime

Team bonus

Healthcare cash back plan

Pension and life assurance

Employee assistance programme

Paid DBS

Qualifications

• Experienced support worker or a senior support worker.
• Full UK driving licence is required.

Responsibilities

• Plan and conduct activities such as IT sessions and workshops.
• Support the management team and coordinate key tasks.
• Act as a role model for excellent practice and provide high standards of care.

Skills

Kind

Caring

Creative

Communication

Job description

A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for a senior support worker to join our established, friendly team in Waterlooville.

You will play an active role in planning and conducting activities in house, such as IT sessions, life sessions and science workshops to name a few. You will spend 4 days per week in the service and 1 day per week supporting the management team.

If you are an experienced support worker or a senior support worker looking for a new challenge and are kind, caring and creative with a great sense of humour we would love to hear from you.

Please note a full UK driving licence is required for this role as you may be required to drive the people we support.

If you enjoy supporting people to maintain a high quality of life and want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you!

Vacancy available:

• Monday - Friday, 8.30am-4pm.
• Full Time (37.5 hours per week).
• £13.35 per hour.

The role of a Senior Support Worker is to Support the Management team by co-ordinating key tasks assigned to provide high standards of personalised care and manage quality, compliance and financial requirements at your location.

• You will be expected to act as a role model for excellent practice; be the senior contact for the team in the absence of the Manager and be responsible for tasks which provide support to the management team.
• You will be required to work in partnership with the staff team, internal and external stakeholders, professionals and the local community to achieve objectives using best practice guidelines and FitzRoy values.
• Give clear direction and guidance to develop the team to support people to lead full and active lives as members of their community.
• Carry out support worker activities to a high standard and contribute to a culture of open information, communication and constructive feedback with colleagues and management team.

About Us

FitzRoy is a national charity, set up 60 years ago by brave parents as a pioneering alternative to institutional care. Their values remain the values of FitzRoy today – we see the person, we are brave and we are creative – and they thread through everything we do.

We support hundreds of people with a range of needs. You could be supporting someone with learning disabilities, autism, acquired brain injuries or mental health support needs. Many of the people we support also have physical impairments or other health issues. Working for us will give you an opportunity to learn, to grow and to transform lives. Join us today.

Benefits

• 30 days holiday rising with service
• Staff recognition scheme
• Investment in training and development
• Enhanced pay for weekends and overtime
• Team bonus
• Healthcare cash back plan
• Pension and life assurance
• Employee assistance programme
• Paid DBS