Senior Support Worker

**Extraordinary lives start at home.**

**Job Description - **Senior Support Worker

**Location - **Martins Heron, Bracknell

**Type - **Full Time

**Starting Salary - **£25,000 per annum

Are you passionate about helping young people achieve their goals? Are you a caring and outcome focussed person who will go the extra mile for the young people you support?

If so, then we need you to join a brand-new service that supports some of the most vulnerable young people across Berkshire.

**About Project Home - **We provide supported accommodation to care experienced young people who are aged 16-24.

The young people we support may have suffered childhood trauma and we aim to support each individual by adopting trauma-informed practices.

We are a passionate, committed team with over 50 years’ experience of working with vulnerable young people. We are an inclusive and supportive company. We aim to demonstrate these values to both our young people and staff in all that we do.

**Your Role -** Your role as a Senior Support Worker is to provide support to young people in a supportive and caring home environment working with young people with a focus on each person being able to:

- Be Healthy
- Stay Safe
- Enjoy and Achieve
- Make a Positive Contribution
- Achieve Economic Wellbeing

**Responsibilities**
- To provide management support to the Operations Manager
- To manage the rota ensuring the service always provides safe staffing levels
- To review support plans and risk assessments ensuring they are fit for purpose and up to date
- To provide exceptional and innovative support when and where it is needed
- To build supportive, trusting, and positive relationships with young people
- To encourage ‘positive risk taking’ within a safe risk assessed framework
- To provide support with daily living skills and activities to ensure the young people enjoy a high quality of accommodation that is both safe and enjoyable
- To involve the young people with the design, delivery, and development of the service
- To fully understand the aims, objectives, and ethos of ‘outcomes focused support services’ and reflect these in your daily work.
- To ensure that all Project Home and local authority safeguarding policies and procedures are adhered to
- To ensure that regular opportunities are given for young people to feedback on the service and for consultation and to ensure that this information is used to improve the service
- To keep accurate, confidential, and up to date support records for effective and efficient working
- To maintain the cleanliness of the premises
- To attend regular meetings, training, and supervisions to help your own professional development
- Any other reasonable work-related tasks as requested by your line manager

**Support Workers - **are responsible for the smooth running of our homes, and you will be required to work flexible shifts as part of a rota. The role will require working some unsocial hours as required to ensure the smooth running of the home which will include working some bank holidays. We are a family friendly company and will endeavour to consider any personal commitments you may have.

Your main day to day responsibilities will be:

- Delivering person centred support by engaging with and delivering key work to young people
- Working closely with external professional teams that support the young people
- Ensuring the young person and the service is safe and to raise any safeguarding concerns as soon as you become aware

**Experience, Skills, and Qualities**
- The ability to lead a small team and model the values of the organisation
- Experience working with children and young people
- Ability to engage with young people with challenging behaviour and/or complex emotional and behavioural needs
- Strong commitment to working as part of a team
- Ability to work flexibly and be available if needed in an emergency
- Good written and verbal communication skills
- Good organisational & time management skills

**What we give you**
- Starting salary of £25,000 per annum
- 20 days paid annual leave
- 8 days paid bank holidays
- An additional day off to celebrate your birthday
- Free training e.g., level 4 Diploma in Health & Social Care
- Wellbeing support and regular monthly supervision
- Casual dress
- Flexible work schedule
- Free on-site parking
- Benefits programmes
- Company events and socials
- Free enhanced DBS check

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

**Salary**: From £25,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift

Application question(s):

- Are you a resident in the UK?

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Reference ID: PH003