Senior Support Worker - Northampton

Active Care Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days holiday

Birthday off

Employee Assistance Programme

Nest Pension

Medicash Health Plan

Active Rewards app

Refer a Friend £1500

Job summary

Active Care Group in Northampton is seeking a Senior Support Worker at Loyd House to provide high standards of care and support for service users with complex needs. You will contribute to therapy, quality of life, and independence, leading on shift, mentoring colleagues, and ensuring care plans and policy adherence.

This full-time role offers a 37.625 hour contract, weekend rota, and benefits including 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, pension, health plan, and employee wellbeing support.

Qualifications

• Strong organisational, time management, planning and communication skills.
• Flexible, professional, and positive approach to multi-site working.
• Driving Licence would be preferable (advantageous).
• Enhanced DBS required.

Responsibilities

• Provide high standards of care and support to all service users.
• Ensure service users are treated with respect and independence.
• Adhere to Active Care Group policies and CQC requirements.
• Lead ad-hoc shifts and mentor less experienced staff on the job.

Skills

Organisational skills

Time management

Planning

Communication

Leadership

Education

Level 3 NVQ in Health & Social Care

Job description

Come and join one of the UK’s largest providers in complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone. We'd like you to join us as a Senior Support Worker at our service Loyd House in Northampton. At Loyd House we have a strong focus on therapy, care and quality of life. We provide specialist post acute rehabilitation, as well as management of long term neurological conditions. We’re committed to helping every person we support feel safe, happy, empowered enabling them to live the best life possible.

What you'll be working

37.625 hours Full time £26,999.06 (FTE) Per annum (Pro rata) Working every other weekend Predominantly days with possible night cover We follow a rota basis.

What you'll be doing

• provide all service users with the highest standards of care and support.
• Ensuring service users are treated with respect, dignity and in a way that enables and promotes their independence as individuals.
• Ensuring Active Care Group policies and procedures are adhered to and requirements of the Care Quality Commission are met.
• Senior Support workers will also be responsible for ensuring service users’ needs are met through ad-hoc shift leading and mentoring less experienced employees through on-the-job training.

What you’ll have

Strong organisational, time management, planning and communication skills. Flexible, professional, and positive approach to multi-site working. Level 3 NVQ in Health & Social Care or be willing to work towards. Proven reliability in terms of full attendance and timekeeping. Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual. Self-confidence and ability to manage challenging situations Driving License would be preferable Ability to address and respond to employee issues in a fair and consistent manner. Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

What to look forward to

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials – like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1500 by recommending someone you know ……and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group

Take a look around the company https://activecaregroup.co.uk/