Senior Support Worker

Adult Social Care; Reading; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care provider in Reading is seeking a dedicated Senior Support Worker. In this role, you will lead a dynamic team, supporting individuals to gain independence and manage their daily lives. Your responsibilities include assisting with supervision, allocating shifts, and ensuring effective support. Ideal candidates will have previous experience and a Level 3 qualification in Health & Social Care. Join us to make a meaningful impact in the lives of those we support.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for flexible pay

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Access to cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Senior Support Worker is required.
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support.
• Ability to support people with mental health conditions and autism.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Manager with day-to-day supervision and management.
• Allocate shifts and book training for new colleagues.
• Support individuals to gain independence in their daily lives.

Skills

Experience as a Senior Support Worker

Empathy and compassion

Team leadership

Education

Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

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 – 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.
• 24/7/365 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

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 Caversham. This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people! 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. This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to the lives of others, whether that’s helping our colleagues grow in confidence or the people we support gain independence so that they meet their goals.

Qualifications

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.

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.