Senior Support Worker

Adult Social Care; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK is seeking a dedicated Senior Support Worker to join our team in Hartlepool. In this role, you will empower individuals to gain independence in their daily lives while supporting the Manager in day-to-day operations. Ideal candidates should have experience with enhanced support needs, including autism and learning disabilities. We focus on personal development through excellent training programs, offering opportunities for career advancement and job security in a supportive environment.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Senior Support Worker is essential.
• Experience working with autism, learning disabilities, and physical disabilities.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals in gaining independence in daily lives.
• Support the Manager in supervising the service.
• Allocate shifts and book training sessions.
• Induct new colleagues and manage medication.
• Ensure financial management support for individuals.

Skills

Experience with enhanced support

Leadership skills

Ability to support individuals with disabilities

Job description

Senior Support Worker – Hartlepool

Pay: £13.22 per hour

Typical shifts: days 8-8 and nights 8-8

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

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 Hartlepool. This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!

As a Senior Support Worker you’ll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst assisting the Manager with the day‑to‑day supervision. You could be allocating shifts, booking training, inducting new colleagues, supporting supervision, 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.

Responsibilities

• Assist people to gain more independence in their daily lives
• Support the Manager with day‑to‑day supervision and management of the service
• Allocate shifts and book training sessions
• Induct new colleagues
• Support supervision
• Order medication and ensure people are supported to manage finances

Qualifications

• Previous experience as a Senior Support Worker
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including autism, learning disabilities and physical disabilities

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.

How to apply

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.