Senior Support Worker

3 weeks ago

Gateshead, United Kingdom Purpletribe for Forever Care Full time

**Senior Support Worker - Gateshead**

**Must have a Level 3 in Children & Young People's Workforce / NVQ L3 in Health and Social Care**

**Must have at least 6 months of experience working with children and young people**

**Fully flexible contracts, days or nights**

£11.70 per hour

We are currently looking for a hardworking, caring, compassionate Senior Support Worker to join our friendly supported accommodation service, based in Gateshead.

We create a homely environment where young people will feel safe, secure, and nurtured in their critical formative years, enabling them to build resilience and develop into adults who are not disadvantaged by their history. As a Senior Support Worker, you’ll assist individually and as part of a team to help young people with emotional, behavioural, and learning disabilities achieve their full potential.

We are looking for a Senior Support Worker who is compassionate, caring and prepared to go the extra mile for our young people, lead the shift and take responsibility.

**Our ideal Senior Support Worker will: -**
- Work as a team player.
- Ensure all staff work within young people’s care, behaviour, and medical plans.
- Promote every young person’s rights and safeguard their welfare.
- Establish and promote professional relationships with parents and outside agencies.
- Assist the home / deputy in development of the team.
- Possess empathetic, respectful, and positive personal characteristics.
- Demonstrate confidence and calmness in challenging situations.
- Be able to recognise and identify problems and take appropriate action.
- Demonstrate the ability to deal with Young People physical, medical, emotional, and behavioural needs as well as provide individual support as appropriate.
- Ability to take direction from others and to learn from own experience to develop and improve practice.

**Requirements of the Role**:
The key attributes and resilience, for working with children with a Learning disability (LD) as well as managing challenging behaviour they may present.
- Understand the importance of providing a stable environment for children
- Experience working with children with Social, Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
- At least 6 months experience within the last 3 years of working with children and young people

**Benefits ForeverCare offer**:

- Employee benefits package (same-day GP appointments, 6 face-to-face therapy sessions, discounted shops)
- Birthday Bonus
- Access to company gym and spa membership at the grand hotel Seaburn
- Random vouchers throughout the year
- Opportunities to complete level 5 qualifications

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

**Salary**: £11.70 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Store discount

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Weekend availability

Work Location: In person

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