Senior Support Worker - Lead Shifts & Person-Centred Care

nationalcaregroup.com; New Milton; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple House in New Milton, Dorset is seeking a Senior Support Worker to lead shifts with kindness, dignity and person-centred care.

You will work with four residents, supervise staff, promote safety and rights, and ensure daily routines reflect each person’s choices.

This role emphasizes leadership, safeguarding, and collaborative work with families and professionals to achieve positive outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience providing high-quality support within adult social care.
• Ability to lead or coordinate a shift and support colleagues effectively.
• Sound understanding of safeguarding, medication safety, risk management and person-centred practice.

Responsibilities

• Lead shifts confidently and ensure support is safe, respectful, organised and person-centred.
• Build trusting relationships and communicate in ways each person understands.
• Promote choice, independence, dignity, privacy and involvement in everyday decisions.
• Guide colleagues to follow support plans, risk guidance, health protocols and agreed routines consistently.
• Delegate tasks fairly while remaining visible and actively involved in support.
• Support with personal care, medication, meals, activities, appointments and community access where required and trained.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Safeguarding

Medication safety

Person-centred care

Team coordination

Job description

Apple House in New Milton, Dorset is seeking a Senior Support Worker to lead shifts with kindness, dignity and person-centred care.

You will work with four residents, supervise staff, promote safety and rights, and ensure daily routines reflect each person’s choices.

This role emphasizes leadership, safeguarding, and collaborative work with families and professionals to achieve positive outcomes.