Senior Support Worker (Female Only)

The Priory; Gloucester; On-site; Full time

Job summary

A leading independent provider of mental health care is seeking a Senior Support Worker in Gloucester to join their compassionate team. This full-time position involves shifts, including days, nights, and weekends. The successful candidate will assist in individual care plans and support residents through their recovery, requiring experience in a similar role and an NVQ level 3 certification. Benefits include a contributory pension scheme, flexible benefits, and professional development pathways.

Benefits

Free on-site parking

Contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits including reduced rates for gym membership and IT technology

Access to development opportunities

Sponsorship of professional qualifications

Leadership & management development

Long service award

Refer a friend bonuses

Qualifications

• Must have experience as a senior support worker or leading a team.
• NVQ level 3 or willing to attain the certification.
• Drivers or candidates who are local to the area.

Responsibilities

• Assist qualified staff with individual patient care plans.
• Undertake routine tasks and activities for residents' wellbeing.
• Support residents' recovery and dignity.

Skills

Experience as a senior support worker or leading a team

Natural empathy

Resilience

Education

NVQ level 3 or willingness to attain certification

Job description

Hobbits Holt

In Ruspidge is looking to recruit a Senior Support Worker to join the team.

This is a full time role with days, nights, and weekend shifts

8am - 8pm and sleep in 8:30pm -10 am

Rate: £13.10 per hour

Hobbits Holt is located in Ruspidge, in Cinderford, close to the Forest of Dean. Our home provides residential support for six people who have a learning disability. Hobbits Holt is in a quiet residential area, with off road parking and no main roads. Our team are dedicated to supporting our residents to achieve their full potential in social and educational activities as well as in their day‑to‑day life.

What you’ll be doing

You will be part of a compassionate team who are committed to our residents’ wellbeing. We take a personalised approach, using proven therapies to help people move forward with confidence and build a healthier, more fulfilling future. As a Senior Support Worker, you will play a key part in their recovery, assisting qualified staff with the assessment and implementation of individual patient care plans, undertaking routine tasks and activities as directed or delegated to facilitate wellbeing, dignity and treatment of residents.

You can find additional information in the attached job description.

What you’ll bring to the role

Our work is rewarding but can be challenging, so resilience is key. No two days are the same! Your natural empathy will help you support others through both the highs and lows.

• Must have experience as a senior support worker or leading a team
• NVQ level 3 or willing to attain the certification
• Drivers or candidates who are local to the area

What we will give you in return

We want you to succeed at Priory and thrive in your role. You will be well supported with regular career conversations. We also offer full training and numerous pathways into leadership and qualified clinical positions to help you shape your career with us.

Adult care benefits

• Free on-site parking
• Contributory pension scheme
• Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and private healthcare
• Access to development opportunities
• Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel
• Leadership & management development
• Long service award
• Refer a friend bonuses

About Priory

Priory is the leading independent provider of mental health and adult social care in the UK. We support 26,000 people a year to move towards a healthier future so they can live their lives as fully and independently as possible. We treat more than 70 conditions, including depression, anxiety, and eating disorders, as well as children’s mental health, across our nationwide network of sites. We also support autistic adults and adults with a learning disability, Prader‑Willi Syndrome and brain injuries, as well as older people, within specialist residential care and supported living facilities.

With over 13,000 colleagues working at Priory, we have a long and prestigious history, and an unrivalled reputation for making a real and lasting difference to the lives of every individual in our care.

Priory is part of the MEDIAN Group, a leading pan-European provider of mental health, specialist care and rehabilitation services, focused on restoring quality of life through effective, evidenced and data‑driven care.

Priory is committed to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. For further information on the accessibility support we can offer, read more.

All roles will be subject to a successful disclosure at an appropriate level from the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), Access NI or Disclosure Scotland. We are an equal opportunities employer. Priory will cover the cost of a DBS check.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this vacancy. Should we require assistance, we will reach out directly to our ‘PSL’.