Senior Support Worker for Imogen - Plymouth

Proud to Care Devon; Plymouth; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider seeks compassionate support workers to join their dedicated team, offering necessary personal care for individuals seeking greater independence. This role requires strong interpersonal skills, previous experience in care, and flexibility to adapt to various working patterns, including day and night shifts. Benefit from competitive salaries, development opportunities, and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Award Winning Pension Scheme

Company sick pay scheme

Excellent annual leave allowance

Critical Illness cover

Life Insurance

Mandatory induction

Ongoing training

Career development opportunities

Opportunity to make a difference

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK Driving Licence and have access to a car.
• Flexibility to do waking nights when necessary.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and support for Imogen.
• Work in partnership with the Team Leader to promote independence.
• Stay calm and handle crisis situations.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Crisis management

Teamwork

Self-motivation

Education

Previous experience in care

Job description

Imogen is an exceptionally bright, caring woman who lives in her own home. She is very sociable and likes to spend time with her family who live locally to her. Imogen has many hobbies including shopping, finding treasures in local charity shops, pebble art, and anything involving DIY.

She enjoys car boot sales, watching crime documentaries, listening to music and singing along to musicals. Imogen has a great sense of humour and loves to have a laugh with her team. She is a great teacher who loves to show her team how to fix things around her home and cook her favourite meals. Imogen requires her support team to be patient, understanding, resilient and committed to her journey to independence and a fulfilling life. At times, Imogen can engage with behaviours that are risky and she needs to be confident that her staff are calm and can handle these situations with her.

Ideally you will:

• Be a confident person
• Be dedicated to making a positive difference
• Be a good listener
• Be someone who can demonstrate empathy
• Be someone who can think on your feet
• Have the ability to keep calm in a crisis
• Be self-motivated
• Work well in a small dedicated team
• Must have previous experience
• Work in partnership with the Team Leader
• Good verbal and written communication

Benefits:

• We reward our staff with competitive salaries
• We offer an Award Winning Pension Scheme
• We have a company sick pay scheme
• Excellent annual leave allowance, including top up pay
• Critical Illness cover, reassurance when you need it the most
• Life Insurance, reassurance for your family when they need it the most
• A really good mandatory induction
• Ongoing high quality training
• Career development opportunities
• A real chance to make a difference to someone’s life

Does the job role include personal care?: Yes

Working Patterns:

Day and night shifts

Essential details:

• Must hold a full UK Driving Licence and have access to a car.
• Flexibility to do waking nights when necessary

"Sponsorship is currently on hold for this role"

We are committed to recruiting candidates who share our commitment tosafeguarding, and thereforewe apply robust recruitment and selection proceduresto ensure that the people selected are right for the job, and that all candidates are appropriately screened prior to appointment, including obtaining references and DBS (Disclosure & Barring Service) clearance. A DBS check will be requested in the event of the individual being offered a position with Beyond Limits, the cost of which will be to the employee, however, this will be returned after successful completion of probation period (6 months).