Senior Support Worker-Gloucester

Iris Care Group; Bristol; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider is seeking a Senior Support Worker for their team at Mantley Chase. This rewarding role involves supervising staff, providing direct support to individuals with various needs, and ensuring optimal well-being and care delivery. Applicants should possess a Level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care and ideally have experience working with individuals facing mental health challenges. Benefit from a supportive career advancement environment while making a significant impact in the lives of others.

Benefits

Additional leave

Company pension

On-site parking

Referral programme

Qualifications

• Minimum of 1 year experience supporting individuals with Mental Health or Learning Disabilities.
• Good basic comprehension of English with basic literacy and numerical skills.
• Ongoing commitment to personal development and training.

Responsibilities

• Supervise team members while providing direct support to clients.
• Coordinate scheduled activities and ensure client health and safety.
• Conduct regular supervision sessions and appraisals with staff.

Skills

Calmness

Supervisory Skills

Empathy

Communication

Organizational Skills

Education

Level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care

Job description

We have an exciting opportunity forSenior Support Worker to join a well-established team at Mantley Chase, Newent.

Are you looking for a rewarding career? AtIris Care Group, you’ll go home knowing that you’vemade a difference. Employing over 1,600 people, Iris Care Group is the largest independent health and social care provider across the Southwest of England and South Wales. We provide innovative, effective, and forward-thinking care for adults with specialist mental healthcare needs.

Iris Care Group offer supported living services to adults with Autism & Learning Disabilities, Behaviours of concern, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health, Epilepsy and Complex Needs. We are different from other care providers; we believe we offer genuine career progression opportunities and provide a great working environment which results in our teams delivering fantastic outcomes for the people we support.

The people we support within our services are more likely to display challenging behaviour towards you, so the ability to remain calm and level-headed in all situations is a requirement.

Job Role:

• Working as a Senior Support Worker, your job is to supervise other team members as well as providing direct support to our clients.
• We would look for someone to safely promote and encourage independence, choice, and community inclusion for the people we support.
• We would need you to carry out regular supervision sessions and appraisals with the staff team.
• You would be responsible for co-ordinating scheduled activities and appointments for the people we support, including planning their transport method and budgets.
• You would need to support, prompt and assist people with their personal care, maintaining their privacy and dignity at all times.
• We would need you to encourage the person being supported to utilise or develop any proactive strategies to maintain their emotional wellbeing and mental health.
• You would be involved in creating and updating written information and reports, including support plans, guidelines, risk assessments and on occasion, attend care reviews along with the Manager/Deputy Care Manager.
• We would need you to monitor absence and sickness of the staff team and follow Absence Policy of recording and reporting to the Manager/Deputy Care Manager.
• You would have some involvement with the recruitment and induction of new team members.
• We are looking for someone who has a Level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care or who is willing to work towards it.
• We need innovative and forward-thinking individuals.
• You need a minimum of 1 year experience of supporting individuals with Mental Health, Learning Disabilities or Challenging Behaviour.
• We need good basic comprehension of English language including basic literacy and numerical skills.
• Ongoing commitment to own personal development and training is required.
• You would also be responsible for making sure the frontline staff have completed the required paperwork during their shift, including daily notes and incident reports.
• You would also be accountable for medication audits and supervising Support Workers to dispense medication to the people we support.
• Additional leave
• Company pension
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Licence/Certification:

• Full UK driving licence (required)
• visa with a minimum of 12 months left on it (required)

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