Senior Support Worker (Supported Living)

Network Healthcare; Weston-super-Mare; On-site; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading supported living provider in North Somerset is seeking a Senior Support Worker to lead a team in delivering care for adults with learning disabilities. The role involves team management, on-call responsibilities, and various support tasks. Ideal candidates will have a background in health and social care and hold a valid UK driving licence. This full-time position offers opportunities for personal development and training.

Benefits

Free NVQ in Health and Social Care

Qualifications

• Background in health and social care as a care or support worker.
• Looking for personal development and training to step up into a senior role.
• Must have a valid UK driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the management and coordination of a team of Support Workers.
• On-call responsibilities and help with preparing and adjusting care plans.
• Conduct staff spot checks.
• Provide personal care, medication support, and assistance with food and fluids.

Skills

Experience as a care or support worker

Team leadership

Medication support

Job description

Senior Support Worker (Supported Living)

• £29,120 annually (£14ph) + overtime
• Full time 40 hours
• Free NVQ in Health and Social Care
• Full UK Driving Licence essential

North Somerset, Weston Super Mare & Clevedon (Commutable from Clevedon, Worle, Locking, Banwell, Burnham-on-sea, Sandford, Windscome, Bleadon, Hutton, Lympsham, Brean, Portishead, Pill)

Are you a Senior Support Worker or Team Leader and looking for unrivalled personal development in a learning disability supported living environment?

Working across several supported living homes in Weston and Clevedon you will be instrumental in leading a team of Support Workers to deliver care for adults with learning disabilities.

This is an excellent opportunity to join a rapidly expanding care provider that is becoming the first choice for supported living in North Somerset.

In this role, you will contribute to the management and coordination of a team of support workers through supervisions, spot checks, staff rostering and medication observations.

Network Healthcare is a nationwide home care provider with specialist departments for domiciliary care, live-in care, complex care, and learning disabilities support.

This role would suit anyone with a background in health and social care looking for progression and training to step up into a senior position.

The Role:

• Assist in the management and coordination of a team of Support Workers
• On-call responsibilities and help with preparing and adjusting care plans
• Staff Spot Checks
• Hands‑on support work to provide a full range of personal care, Medication Support and assistance with food and fluids.

The Person:

• Background in health and social care as a care or support worker
• Looking personal development and training step up into a senior role
• Must have a valid UK driving licence