Senior Support Worker

4 months ago


Burnley, United Kingdom Swanton Care Full time

Are you an experienced support worker looking for the next step in your health & social care career?

This is an exciting opportunity to develop and assist our Team Leaders in the effective management of the services to deliver safe, high-quality support that enables people to be happy and fulfilled.

**Job title**: Senior Support Worker

**Locations**: Burnley/Padiham

**Hours**: 37.5 hours per week

**Rate of pay**:£12.00 per hour

**About us**

We specialise in supported living and community support, assisting 20 individuals who have physical and learning disabilities over Lancashire and Blackburn. The services comprise of people living together in spacious bespoke homes, living by themselves in their own homes or with family members.

**The role**

You will be joining our ever-growing team to support individuals living in their own homes throughout Lancashire and Blackburn. Key responsibilities include:

- Working alongside the Team Leader to develop person centred support plans in order to ensure we meet the individual needs of each person we support.
- Under the guidance of the Team Leader develop and sustain effective and appropriate relationships with service users, family, carers, colleagues and external parties.
- Support the Team Leader in the effective implementation of health and safety policies, effective risk management and accurate record keeping.
- Under the guidance of the Team Leader directly supervise and support a small number of staff.

**About you**

We are driven by our person-centred values, and we want you to be too. Previous experience working effectively with people with learning disabilities and/or Mental Health challenges is a must as you will need to be able to work with a range of individual’s differing needs.

You must be responsive and flexible, to meet the needs of the services. Holding at least a level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care is essential.

Due to the wide areas covered, it is essential to drive and have access to your own car so you can be responsive to the needs of the services.

**What we can offer**:

- **Refer-a-friend scheme **we know that amazing people often know fantastic people and you will receive £400 each time a successful referral is made
- **Golden Hello **receive a £100 bonus if you complete your e-learning prior to your start date
- **Funded qualifications **earn whilst you learn we aim to develop our own talent, giving you the opportunity to develop your career with us
- **Trained Mental Health First Aiders & EAP **your health is important to us and we have MHRAs trained to listen, guide and support
- **Employee benefits app **stay connected to our community, receive discounts across everyday and luxury shops, access information about learning & development opportunities
- **Long service awards **we recognise your contribution to the team and award long service rewards
- **Pension and life cover **auto enrol into our pension scheme and entitled to the death in service benefit
- You will be required to undergo relevant pre-employment checks including an enhanced DBS._

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**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: £12.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- Referral programme
- Store discount

Schedule:

- Day shift

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Burnley: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Providing care / support: 2 years (preferred)
- Senior support work: 1 year (preferred)

Licence/Certification:

- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)
- Driving licence (required)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person


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