Senior Support Worker

Voyage-Care; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening/weekend pay enhancements

Overtime premium pay

Social Care Wales registration paid (1

Stream cash advance

Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a Senior Support Worker in Wrexham to lead our supported living service and supervise a dynamic team. You’ll allocate shifts, train staff, induct new colleagues and support with medication ordering while helping people gain greater independence.

This role requires a Level 3 Health & Social Care and a full UK manual driving license, with experience supporting individuals with distress, mental health needs, ABI, autism or trauma. Join a values-driven care family.

Qualifications

• Previous experience as Senior Support Worker.
• Level 3 in Health & Social Care required.
• Full UK manual driving license required.
• Experience with individuals requiring enhanced support (distress, mental health, ABI, autism, forensic histories, trauma).

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the day-to-day operations of the supported living service in Wrexham.
• Allocate shifts, arrange training, induct new colleagues and supervise staff.
• Order medication and support people with finances to promote independence.
• Ensure the people we support achieve their goals and maintain high quality of life.

Skills

Leadership

Driving license

Health & Social Care Level 3

People supervision

Education

Health & Social Care Level 3

Job description

Senior Support Worker – Wrexham - £14.45 ph

Typical Shifts are: Full time 37.5hrs per week

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• 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)
• Paid Social Care Wales registration for your first year
• Stream – 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

Gwnewch wahaniaeth bob dydd ac ymunwch â'n teulu Voyage Care.

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 supported living service in Wrexham. 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.

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to the lives of others, whether that’s helping our colleagues grow in confidence or the people we support gain independence so that they meet their goals.

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 as a Senior Support Worker and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care, hold a full UK manual driving license, as well as experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, acquired brain injury, autism, forensic histories and people who have experienced trauma.

Why choose us?

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.

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.