Senior Support Worker

Voyage Care; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening/weekend pay +50p/hr

Premium overtime +£1/hr

DBS checks & references

Paid registration with Social Care WA

Stream pay option

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for you and family

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a Senior Support Worker for our supported living service in Wrexham. The role focuses on enabling independence for people supported, while assisting with supervision and management tasks to maintain a high standard of care.

The ideal candidate has Senior Support Worker experience, a Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification, and a full UK manual driving license. The service emphasises a compassionate, person‑centred approach and team collaboration.

Qualifications

• Senior Support Worker experience in a similar setting.
• Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification or equivalent.
• Full UK manual driving license is required.
• Experience supporting individuals with enhanced needs (distress, mental health, ABI, autism, trauma).

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily living.
• Assist Manager with day‑to‑day supervision and management of the service.
• Allocate shifts, induct new staff, and supervise teams.
• Order medications and support with people’s finances.

Skills

Experience as Senior Support Worker

People skills

Communication

Empathy

Education

Level 3 Health & Social Care

Full UK manual driving license

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.