Senior Support Worker - Social Care...

Adult Social Care; Southend-on-Sea; Sur place; GBP 21 000 - 28 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Eco Wings is seeking a Senior Support Worker to lead a team and provide essential support for young adults with disabilities. You will assist with personal care, medication management, and activity planning, while covering supervision duties in the absence of Team Leaders.

The role requires NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care (or willingness to complete) and prior supervisory experience within social care.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care (or willing to complete) and supervisory experience.
• Experience in social care and working with young adults with disabilities.

Responsabilités

• Assist and provide personal care to the young people.
• Assist the young people with meals and drinks.
• Be aware of and manage medications for young people; administer routine and emergency medications after training.
• Tube feeding following training.
• Ensure the centre is clean and tidy each day; maintain hygiene standards.

Connaissances

Personal care

Medication management

Tube feeding

Supervisory experience

Communication

Team leadership

Formation

NVQ level 3 Health & Social Care

Description du poste

Would you like to lead a team to enhance the lives of young adults with additional needs?

We have an opportunity to join our team at our day centre, providing and support for young adults with disabilities/ learning difficulties/ challenging behaviour, and to support the Management.

Duties of a Senior Support Worker will include assisting the manager in supervisory responsibilities within the team, creating timetables of activities/ outings for the young adults in our care, personal care and maintaining the welfare of the young people alongside having understanding and commitment that this care is provided in line with the legislation, policy and ethos as required by Eco Wings.

Ideally you will have NVQ level 3 in Health & Social Care (or be wiling to complete this) or above and experience in a supervisory role within social care.

Personal and Social Care

1. Assist and provide personal care to any of the young people.
2. Assist the young people when eating their lunch/ food/ drinks
3. Be aware of all young adults who require medication.
4. Administer routine and emergency medication as and when required. (Once training has been completed)
5. Tube Feeding (Once training has been completed)
6. Ensure the centre is cleaned and kept to a good standard, completing all cleaning that is required each day. Ensure rooms are clean and tidy at the end of each day.
7. Setting the rooms up for activities.
8. To cover Team Leaders annual leave or sickness.
9. To help support/ cover clubs alongside the Team Leaders.
10. To ensure young people’s bags are checked for medication and it is signed in/ out according to policy.
11. Assist the young people in activities.
12. Assist the young people in the preparation on meals and drinks.
13. Communicate with the young people in an effective manner according to their needs.

Administrative duties

1. Prepare and present displays of young people’s work
2. Support in photocopying and other tasks in order to support sessions.
3. Undertake other duties from time to time as the manager required.
4. Assist Team Leader in planning sessions for each term and holiday.
5. Ensure communication books are completed correctly at the end of the day and go home with the young person.
6. Ensure all logs/ Reports are on the Cloud before you leave at the end of the day.