Senior Support Worker

Adult Social Care; Taunton; On-site; GBP 22,000 - GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization is seeking a Senior Support Worker in Taunton. This role involves helping individuals gain independence while managing daily service operations, including staff supervision and training. Candidates should have prior experience and a Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care. The position offers unique benefits including enhanced pay for evenings and weekends, access to a comprehensive training program, and various employee support services. Apply now to make a meaningful impact in people's lives!

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Access to family cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Senior Support Worker is preferred.
• Experience with mental health conditions and autism is beneficial.
• Must be able to support people managing their finances.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain independence in daily lives.
• Assist the Manager with service supervision and management.
• Allocate shifts and book training for staff.

Skills

Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support

Ability to assist with daily living activities

Management and supervision skills

Strong communication skills

Education

Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Typical Shifts are: Working 08:00 – 20:30, 3 shifts a week, including alternate weekends.

Benefits

• 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 – flexibility to draw up to 40% of your pay as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card – hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 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

About the role

Senior Support Workers with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support are at the heart of our management teams. We’re currently searching for a fantastic Senior Support Worker to join us in leading our residential service in Taunton. This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!

Responsibilities

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, ordering medication and ensuring the people we support are supported to manage their finances.

Qualifications

We’re interested in our Senior Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. Ideally, you 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 behaviours of distress, mental health conditions, acquired brain injury, autism and people who have experienced trauma.

Why Choose Us?

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.

Don’t hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we’re supporting!

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.