Senior Support Worker

7 months ago


Durham, United Kingdom Voyage Care Full time

**Role**:Senior Support Worker
**Location: Greenfield Lodge,**Hartlepool
**Pay Rate**:£11.62ph
**Hours**:37.5hrs

**Voyage Care are currently recruiting for our respite service in Hartlepool, Greenfield Lodge where we support adults with a range of learning and physical disabilities.**

At Greenfield Lodge we provide support to enable 7 individuals with learning and physical disabilities including Autism, epilepsy, mental health and possible challenging behaviours to develop and maintain their independence.

As a senior support worker here, you will lead support staff to meet the specific needs of the people we support to ensure they experience the most fulfilling life possible. It is a rewarding, varied and exciting role meaning every day is different. Your duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

- Planning and structuring the day - organise activities for yourself and the team including daily outings, holidays and appointments.
- Monitoring performance - carrying our supervisions and appraisals
- Direct and guide the team to support the manager and deputy with the overall management of the service - lead, motivate, encourage and support
- Participate in the development of support plans, reviews, support guidelines and risk assessments.
- Deliver hands on care and support modelling best practice and positive behaviour support - this will include supporting on a variety of different shifts including days, nights, evenings, weekends and bank holidays
- Recording and completing appropriate documentation
- Medication management and auditing
- Financial management and auditing
- Ensuring all company policies, external regulation and legislation are always adhered to.
- You must be willing to undertake any relevant training, and work towards your level 3 qualification.
We a currently seeking an individual who has experience in a supervisory role, preferably in a senior/team leader capacity. You must be a concise and confident communicator with the ability to lead and mentor a team. Your approach to care and support must be person-centred and you will be required to work flexibly to ensure the needs of people we support are at the centre of all we do.

**Your benefits**

At Voyage Care we value the hard work and commitment of our colleagues by offering:

- Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour*
- Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour*
- Refer a friend - receive £500 or refer three friends and receive £2,000*.
- Free external counselling support and advice service available 24/7
- Funded Blue Light Card - hundreds of discounts at high street retailers, restaurants etc.
- Nationally funded recognised qualifications
- We will pay for your DBS checks
- Wagestream - giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay as it is earned
- Life assurance policy - offering security for your loved ones
- Long Service Award
- Access to an employee discount app
- Enhanced Family Leave
- *Terms and conditions apply.

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