Senior Support Worker - Care Leavers

Shaw Trust; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A charitable organization is seeking a Senior Support Worker in Gloucester. This role involves supervising a team and supporting young care leavers in their transition to independence. Candidates must have management experience and QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care. The position includes responsibilities for staff development, safeguarding practices, and working in collaboration with multi-agency teams to ensure quality service delivery.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year’s experience in a management capacity.
• All candidates will go through a vetting process including DBS checks.
• At least 3 years older than the oldest young person in the home.

Responsibilities

• Supervise, mentor, and monitor 2 direct reports.
• Work with Service Manager to enhance staff training and performance.
• Ensure safeguarding practices are adhered to.
• Support care leavers transition to independent living.

Skills

Staff performance management

Mentoring

Collaboration

Safeguarding

Equality and diversity practices

Education

QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent

Job description

Reporting to the Head of Operations, the Senior Support Worker will have accountability for the delivery of bespoke services to support young people residing and external to Trevone House. The Senior Support Worker will supervise, mentor and monitor 2 direct reports, and will work collaboratively with a multi‑agency team.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Work with Service Manager to help with staff performance, development, and training processes to ensure team competencies and capabilities to meet the business expectations.
• Ensure that all practices and procedures are aligned to Homes2Inspire commitment to equality and diversity.
• Set measurable objectives for the team aligned to the service delivery model.
• Ensure that staff appraisals and supervisions are conducted in a meaningful and effective manner to identify knowledge and learning needs, development, and opportunities.
• Ensure safeguarding and legislation practices and procedures are practiced by the team.
• Collaborate effectively with the Service Manager to help the care leavers to transition from semi‑independent to independent living.

Requirements

All successful candidates will be subject to a vetting process in line with safer recruitment requirements. This includes right to work checks, Enhanced DBS Check for Children and Adults workforce (H2I will cover the cost of this check) and satisfactory reference checks in line with safer recruitment requirements.

• Shaw Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
• Ofsted regulations outline that support workers working with children and young people must be 3 years older than the oldest young person within the home e.g., if a young person in the home was turning 18, you would need to be 21 at a minimum.
• We are not able to support visa sponsorship applications.

Our Strategy

• Minimum of 1 year’s experience in a management capacity
• QCF Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification

Homes2inspire Ltd, are part of Shaw Trust Group, a charity which helps to transform the lives of young people and adults across the UK and internationally.

Trevone House is Gloucestershire County Council’s flagship, semi‑independent accommodation for young people aged 16 to 25, providing care leavers the very best stepping stone to a brighter future in addition to providing specialist support to those needing help at a time of crisis.

In addition to 19 flats for young people leaving care, Trevone House has a well‑being suite offering young people a place of safety and calm, and two specialist flats for young people who need additional support with their mental health needs.