Senior Support Worker

2 weeks ago

Worthing, West Sussex, United Kingdom West Sussex County Council Full time

About The Job

Salary:
£28,371 to £31,099 per annum (£14.71 to £16.12 per hour)

Working Pattern:
Full time (37 hours per week)

Contract Length:
Permanent

Location:
Stanhope Lodge, Worthing

Are you a leader who can direct, guide, and inspire?

We're looking for a Senior Support Worker join our vibrant and dynamic team

As a Senior Support Worker, you will:

  • Be a part of a supportive team where the key aims to support people to achieve their individual goals and promote independence.
  • Work within a Residential service to provide outcomebased care and enabling service users to maintain or improve skills of daily living.
  • Listen to people and treat all with respect, kindness and dignity.
  • Lead by example and give daily support, advice and guidance to support workers and volunteers to ensure a focus on inclusion, person centred practices and building on people's strengths
  • Support the Registered Manager in the daytoday management of the service.


You'll need to be able to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends if necessary, to meet the needs of the service.

You'll also be required to sleep-in-on-call on a rota basis. You may also be required to escort people on holiday.

Experience and Skills

Key Skills:

  • Excellent literacy and numeracy skills in order to order monitor budgets and document activities in care plans.
  • Ability to organise / prioritise work, coordinate a variety of tasks in a clear
and logical way and meet agreed deadlines which minimise the disruption to the business.

  • Sound communication and interpersonal skills in order to interact effectively
with a range of people and create effective working relationships.

Ability to build relationships with people and ensure the views of service users are heard and that their needs are met.


  • Effective people and performance management skills and the ability to provide direction and motivate and inspire the team.
  • Excellent customer service skills and the ability to seek and introduce continuous improvement and innovation, for self and team. Ability to maintain a sympathetic and understanding attitude whilst dealing with challenging behaviour from service users and/ortheir families.
  • Strong problemsolving skills with the ability to anticipate problems and resolve issues independently, planning solutions and make sound pragmatic decisions.

Qualifications and/or experience:

  • Minimum of 4 GCSEs, including English Language and Maths, or equivalent qualification or demonstrable equivalent comparable experience.
  • NVQ 3 in Care or equivalent qualification or demonstrable equivalent comparable experience.
  • NVQ 4 in Management or equivalent qualification
  • Desirable
  • Relevant organisational knowledge of systems, procedures and policies in specialist area e.g. protection of vulnerable adults, health and safety etc.
  • Knowledge of a wide range of disability issues and the needs of older people.
  • Significant experience of working with adults who have a wide range of disabilities.
  • Experience of involving service users and carers in planning, developing and evaluating services.
  • Experience of working with people from a wide variety of cultural, religious and ethnic backgrounds.

Rewards and Benefits
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

  • 24 days annual leave + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
  • Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme
  • Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme
  • A range of flexible working options
  • Training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
  • Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans
  • Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres
  • A range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers with the opportunity to save over £1,000 (Including: Argos, Samsung, ASOS, B&Q and many more)
  • Car benefit scheme
  • A range of commuting and business travel discounts and initiatives

Further Information

How to apply:


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