Senior Support Worker - Adult Residential (ID:685)

Swanton Care and Community; Macduff; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care provider in Macduff is seeking a Senior Support Worker to provide compassionate support to individuals, promoting their dignity and well-being. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills and a passion for helping others. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, facilitating activities, and maintaining records. This full-time, permanent role offers numerous benefits including a pension, funded qualifications, and an Employee Assistance Programme.

Benefits

Refer a friend scheme

Long service awards

Employee benefits

Cycle to work scheme

Pension scheme

Life cover

Funded qualifications

Career pathways

Training qualifications center

Mental health first aiders

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Voice events

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic and committed to supporting people with dignity.
• Excellent communication skills and able to work as part of a team.
• Experience with challenging behaviour and/or learning disabilities preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower individuals.
• Promote health, well-being, and individual beliefs respectfully.
• Facilitate social, educational, or recreational activities.

Skills

Enthusiastic

Compassionate

Excellent communication skills

Experience with challenging behaviour

Job description

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Support Worker who cares about making every moment matter for the people we support, regardless of qualifications or experience.

Position details

Position: Senior Support Worker/Carer
Location: Doune - FK16
Hours: Full-time, 41.13 hours
Job type: Permanent
WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP

About you

Are you enthusiastic, compassionate and committed to supporting people in a way which respects their dignity? At Swanton we look for people who share our core values and can apply these to the work they do. Our ethos is underpinned by five key words: Potential, Responsibility, Integrity, Diversity, Empathy.
You will need to be adaptable, flexible, have excellent communication skills and be able to work as part of our team. Experience of challenging behaviour and/or learning disabilities is preferred but all training will be provided. The role is for one of our homes in a rural area; a driving licence is desirable but not essential.

Key responsibilities

• Provide practical assistance and emotional support to empower the people we support to achieve their goals and aspirations, respecting everyone’s individuality and enabling them to make appropriate choices to live the life they wish, in line with their individual support plans.
• Promote the health, well‑being, physical, emotional, cultural and spiritual beliefs of the people we support and ensure they are met in an inclusive way.
• Facilitate social, educational or work activities such as visiting family and friends, walks, shopping and other recreational activities of their choice.
• General housekeeping duties that can include shopping, domestic duties as well as, possibly, elements of personal care.
• Complete a range of records and documents as part of your role.

Qualifications

• Enthusiastic, compassionate and committed to supporting people with dignity.
• Excellent communication skills and able to work as part of a team.
• Experience of challenging behaviour and/or learning disabilities is preferred but all training will be provided.
• A driving licence is desirable but not essential.

What we can offer

• Refer a friend scheme: receive £400 each time a successful referral is made.
• Long service awards and celebration of your contribution to the team.
• Employee benefits: stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities.
• Cycle to work: save money and get fit with our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Pension: we will auto enrol you into our salary sacrifice pension scheme.
• Life cover: you will be entitled to the death in service benefit.
• Funded qualifications: earn whilst you learn! We aim to develop our own talent and give you the opportunity to develop your career with Swanton.
• Career pathways: we invest in our people and offer apprenticeships in Health and Social Care (Level 3). Earn whilst you learn has never been easier!
• Swanton Educates: we have our own training qualification centre which can further support your development.
• Trained mental health first aiders available to support you when you need someone to talk to.
• Employee Assistance Programme (EAP): free confidential access to 24‑hr assistance programme for counselling, advice and support.
• Employee Voice: we hold regular events throughout the year to listen to your feedback about working with us.