Support Worker

VOYAGE CARE; Swindon; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues’ families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a Senior Support Worker to help people gain independence while assisting the Manager with day-to-day supervision and service management. You may allocate shifts, book training, induct new colleagues, and support supervision, with a focus on ensuring residents are supported to manage their finances and wellbeing.

The role requires prior Senior Support Worker experience and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care, plus experience with individuals needing enhanced support,

Qualifications

• Experience as a Senior Support Worker and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care.
• Experience supporting individuals needing enhanced support, including distress behaviours and trauma.
• Ability to supervise, allocate shifts, train and induct staff.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Manager with day-to-day supervision and management of the service.
• Allocate shifts, book training, induct new colleagues, support supervision.
• Support people to manage finances and ensure high quality care.

Skills

Senior Experience

Health & Social Care Level 3

Behaviour support

Mental health support

Education

Level 3 Health & Social Care

Job description

As a Senior Support Worker with us you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst assisting the Manager with the day-to-day supervision and management of the service. You could be allocating shifts, booking in training, inducting new colleagues, supporting with supervision's, ordering medication and ensuring the people we support are supported to manage their finances. You'll never lose sight of why you choose to do this, as our Seniors are still at the heart of providing day-to-day support.

We're interested in our Senior Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Seniors should have previous experience as a Senior Support Worker and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care as well as experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, acquired brain injury, autism, forensic histories and people who have experienced trauma.

We embrace people's differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you've got the passion to make someone's life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career. We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation.

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Wagestream - giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card - hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/4/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards