Senior Support Worker

nationalcaregroup.com; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Gloucester seeks a Senior Support Worker to join their team. This role involves ensuring high-quality, person-centred support for individuals with learning disabilities. Key responsibilities include staff management, promoting client well-being, and monitoring activities to meet individual goals. Ideal candidates will have a Level 3 NVQ in Health and Social Care and experience in a similar role. The company values diversity and inclusivity in their workforce, offering a fulfilling career path with great support.

Benefits

Paid training

Career development opportunities

Inclusive workplace culture

Wellbeing support

Refer a Friend scheme

Access to financial management app

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 months experience in a Senior Support Worker role.
• Treat others with respect and listen to their needs.
• Understand emotions and be kind, friendly, and honest.

Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for staff management and development.
• Lead staff in promoting client’s well-being and quality of life.
• Monitor delivery of activities that address client goals.

Skills

Supporting adults with learning disabilities

Able to motivate and manage a team

Interpersonal skills

Education

Level 3 NVQ/QCF in Health and Social Care

Job description

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Salary: £13.21 per hour (£25,759.50 per annum)

Service: Chosen Care Supported Living

We are currently recruiting for a Senior Support Worker to join our team at Chosen Care, Supported Living.

The shifts are 7am - 3pm and 3pm - 10pm including sleeps

Our supported living services deliver high-quality, person-centred support and enablement in a person's own home. Chosen Care's pathway focuses on ensuring continuity of support, collaborating with individuals to achieve their goals and to meet their choices. Our team is trained to specialise in the diverse needs of those we support, such as profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and the use of various aids and hoists.

For this service, you will be overseeing 2 supported living services with 6 individuals.

About National Care Group

National Care Group is one of the UK’s leading providers of adult social care, supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health support needs, acquired brain injuries, autistic people, and complex related needs. Its mission is to empower those it supports to lead their best life, enabling them the opportunity to unlock their full potential and live as independently as possible within their community.

What’s in it for you?

• The opportunity to develop a career in a secure and fulfilling role at an organisation that values growing its team from within.
• You can continuously learn on the job with the benefit of paid training and the opportunity to gain recognised qualifications.
• You will work at an organisation that celebrates age, gender and diversity within an inclusive culture.
• The organisation promotes an environment of wellbeing with support for you to stay healthy and happy.
• The opportunity to earn rewards through a Refer a Friend scheme.
• Access to an app called Stream, enabling greater control over your finances.

The Senior Support Worker Role

As a Senior Support Worker, you will promote and ensure that the company vision of person-centred support is implemented whilst maintaining an individual’s potential and independence.

A Senior Support Worker is required to respect and work cooperatively with others, enabling the people we support to live in their own home or within their local community with dignity and confidence. Responsibilities include:

• Overall responsibility for staff management and staff development.
• Leading the staff in promoting each client’s well-being, safety and quality of life.
• Monitor and assist the effective delivery of group and individual activities within homes that address agreed client goals and the progress of clients against agreed outcome and well-being measures.
• Ensure that liaison with external parties within their areas of responsibility is coordinated effectively to ensure that communication is effective and consistent within the home.
• Work in accordance with Company values, policies and procedures, legislation and national minimum standards.
• Meet agreed individual annual objectives.
• Promote each client’s well-being, safety and quality of life
• Responsibility for completing and reviewing internal quality compliance systems
• Participate in on call duties

The most important qualities needed are the ability to treat others with respect, listen to their needs and understand their emotions. Be Kind, friendly and honest.

The Ideal Candidate

• Supporting adults withlearning disabilities.
• Have a minimum of a Level 3 NVQ/QCF in Health and Social Care or working towards this.
• Able to motivate and manage a team.
• Minimum of 6 months experience in a Senior Support Worker role

Don’t meet every single requirement?We invite you to apply anyway!

At National Care Group, we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic organisation. So, if you’re ready to embark on a journey where your potential outweighs your current skill set, we encourage you to apply. You might have the right values and attitude we are looking for!