Senior Support Worker (Bristol)

New-Chapters-Support-and-Wellbeing; West of England; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Free wellbeing support

Online wellbeing hub & training

Blue Light Card eligibility

Birthday gift

NVQ funding support

Job summary

New Chapters invites applications for a full-time Senior Support Worker in the Lockleaze area of Bristol. The role is 40 hours per week, with shifts typically 12 or 14 hours and potential for sleep-ins.

The pay rate is £13.75 per hour, with a focus on supporting adults with autism, learning disabilities, and related needs in a supported living setting. The successful candidate will lead the team, mentor staff, maintain care plans, and ensure a high standard of care.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior Support Worker or in a similar role within a supported living setting.
• Experience managing, supervising or mentoring team members.
• Excellent communication and listening skills, including supporting people who use different methods of communication.
• Good standards of English, literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
• Commitment to ongoing personal development and training.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the effective running of the service when the management team are off-site.
• Educate, inform, training and mentoring new and existing team members as requested by the management team.
• Support auditing and quality assurance processes.
• Encourage the people we support to participate in activities and pursue their interests.
• Coordinate planned activities and appointments using personalised rotas and liaising with relevant individuals and organisations.
• Assist with personal care, including bathing, dressing, toileting and grooming, maintaining dignity and privacy, or supporting individuals to undertake these tasks independently where appropriate.
• Implement behaviour management strategies when required.
• Maintain a clean, safe and welcoming environment.
• Update and maintain accurate records and take the lead in developing care plans.

Skills

Team leadership

Communication skills

Empathy

English literacy

IT skills

Job description

At New Chapters, we are a family-run service that offers vulnerable adults the opportunity to live independently in a supported environment.

We are seeking a caring and dedicated full-time Senior Support Worker in the Lockleaze area of Bristol with a pay rate of £13.75 per hour.

The role involves supporting vulnerable adults with autism, learning disabilities, epilepsy and behaviours that may challenge, working as part of a team to promote independence and wellbeing. The people we support at this service loves participating in community and sport activities, and we are seeking someone who can share their enthusiasm.

Previous experience in a supported living setting is essential. In return, we offer you the opportunity to make a positive difference to the lives of others while working within a caring, close-knit team and benefiting from competitive pay and employee benefits.

About the Senior Support Worker role

As a Senior Support Worker, you will take a leading role within the service while providing support to the Area Manager and Deputy Area Manager. Your responsibilities will include:

• Supervising the effective running of the service when the management team are off-site.
• Educating, informing, training and mentoring new and existing team members as requested by the management team.
• Supporting auditing and quality assurance processes.
• Encouraging the people we support to participate in activities and pursue their interests.
• Co-ordinating planned activities and appointments using personalised rotas and liaising with relevant individuals and organisations.
• Assisting with personal care, including bathing, dressing, toileting and grooming, while maintaining dignity and privacy, or supporting and prompting individuals to undertake these tasks independently where appropriate.
• Implementing behaviour management strategies when required.
• Maintaining a clean, safe and welcoming environment.
• Updating and maintaining accurate records and taking the lead in developing care plans.

This role is offered on a 40-hour-per-week contract, with opportunities for overtime. Shifts are typically 12 or 14 hours long, with the option to undertake regular sleep-ins.

Role requirements

We are looking for someone who has:

• Experience as a Senior Support Worker, or in a similar role, within a supported living setting.
• Experience managing, supervising or mentoring team members.
• The ability to remain calm, empathetic and professional in all situations, particularly when responding to challenging behaviour.
• Excellent communication and listening skills, including the ability to support people who use different methods of communication.
• Good standards of English, literacy, numeracy and IT skills.
• A commitment to ongoing personal development and training.

Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor visas for this role. We can only progress applications from candidates who already have the right to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

Benefits

There are many great reasons to join our team, including:

• Competitive pay of £13.75 per hour, with opportunities to increase earnings through sleep-ins.
• Free and confidential wellbeing support services (across online platforms and telephone lines).
• Access to a wellbeing hub and online training through our learning platform.
• Eligibility to join the Blue Light Card scheme.
• A birthday gift and long-service reward.
• Support to gain NVQ qualifications while government funding remains available.