Senior Support Worker

Mountain Financial Printing & Design Group; West Bromwich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a passionate and inclusive team as a Senior Support Worker, dedicated to providing high-quality care to adults with learning disabilities. In this rewarding role, you will lead a team in delivering personalized support, helping individuals maintain meaningful lives within their community. Your compassion and motivation will make a significant impact, as you organize activities and foster connections. This is an exciting opportunity to work in a supportive environment that values diversity and encourages personal growth. If you are warm-hearted and ready to make a difference, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme

Support to complete the Care Certificate

Competitive pay with company pension

28 days annual leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Qualifications

• At least 2 years' experience in care for adults with learning disabilities.
• Good verbal and written communication skills are essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide respectful personalized care and encourage engagement in activities.
• Assist in coordinating and delivering unique care packages.

Skills

Compassion

Motivation

Diligence

Empathy

Communication Skills

Job description

Are you passionate about delivering high quality, engaging, respectful and dignified care and support to adults with a learning disability in the Sandwell area? If so, we are looking to recruit a Senior Support Worker to join our friendly supported living team.

At our services in Sandwell, West Midlands we provide quality care and support to adults within a Supported Living setting. Our mission is to provide an environment in which people can live independently whilst receiving bespoke packages of care and support that meet their needs. We are looking for someone who can lead a team of dedicated workers in achieving positive outcomes for service users; this will include organising activities, helping to coordinate and deliver individual packages of care and support whilst maintaining community links. The role will entail supporting 2 gentlemen who live together in the Sandwell area to live meaningful lives by maintaining strong links to their communities.

The gentlemen we support would like to be supported by someone who....

• Has high energy who likes to go out
• Will support the gentlemen to go to church
• Day trips to the seaside/going on holiday
• Plays pool
• Likes to have the occasional take away
• Has a good sense of humour
• Has a gentle, caring nature
• Being involved in events

Your role will include:

• Provide excellent, respectful personalised care and encourage service users to engage in a wide range of exciting activities,
• Helping to coordinate and deliver unique packages of care and support to all service users,
• Assisting our Team Leaders and Registered manager in ensuring all service users receive the highest quality and care and support,
• Shared responsibility for coaching and deploying staff and managing rotas,
• Willingness to work flexibly according to the needs of the service to include daytimes, evenings, weekends, bank holidays and sleep ins.

At least two years' experience in providing care and support to adults with learning disabilities is essential for this role. As Senior Support Worker compassion, motivation, diligence and an ability to empathise with individuals is also essential.

You must be warm, well organised, and conscientious and demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills. You will be required to work on a rota, undertaking early, late and weekend duties as required.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

• Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme,
• Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate,
• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave,
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff,
• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out of hour's teams.

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures.

We can only accept fully completed applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK, we do not accept CV's as a form of application - This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme.

Application Instructions:

In order to apply, please read the job description and then complete the online application form using the links above.

You can also download a copy of our application form using the links above. 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.

If you require any advice on completing your application form, please call us on 0161 236 0829.

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