Senior Support Worker

**Location**:Robertsbridge, East Sussex (TN32 5BA)
**Hours of Work**:40 hours per week
**Salary**:£11.52 per hour

**We are passionate about enabling our staff to empower those we support. Whatever your age or background, we know you have the ability to care. Let Aspens help you realise your potential to make someone's day, everyday**

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**What you can expect from us**:

- Fantastic paid training and career progression opportunities (including recognised qualifications in health and social care)
- Paid DBS (_we will recover the cost should your employment terminate for any reason, other than redundancy, before passing your probation)_
- Flexible work arrangements with opportunities to take on additional bank shifts too
- 30 Days Annual Leave (including Bank Holidays) / Pro rata dependent on hours. Annual leave entitlement increases with length of service
- Nest Pension and Death in Service Benefit
- Dedicated Employee Assistance Programme and Access to Mental Health First Aiders
- Access to the Blue Light Card (providing discounts on the high street and online) as well as 25% discounts in our own stores and Cafés.
- Refer a Friend scheme, so you can earn up to £250 for every person you refer to work for Aspens
- Recognition schemes, including ‘Employee of the Month’

You'll support the people who call Burton Cottages their home in their daily lives, helping to manage their behaviours and generally enriching their days while rewarding yours.

Our service in Robertsbridge is on a journey to make it an amazing place for the people we support. In order to do this, we need even more amazing carers like you to join our team.

**About the Role**
- The people we support in Robertsbridge love to be out and about in the day so you will be involved in activities while support their over various care needs throughout your shift.
- Shift times are split across Early (7.15am - 3pm) and Late (2.45pm - 9.45pm) shifts and cover Monday - Sunday (including 4 weekend days across a 4 week rota)

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**About the Role**:
Due to the variety within our services and the different support needs of the individuals we work with; the role of a Senior Support Worker is one with great diversity and challenges for employees at any stage of their career.

The role of a Senior Support Worker is one in which you will be required to work as part of a team as well as lead a team on a daily basis.

As a Senior Support Worker, the day-to-day tasks that you will be required to complete can include:

- Leading shifts and deputising for the service manager
- Supporting individuals with the administration of medication and recording the administration of medication
- Supporting with writing and updating of service user reviews, support plans and risk assessments
- Supporting with personal care needs and nutritional needs
- Supporting with laundry duties and cooking and cleaning
- Supporting with finances and other administrative tasks
- Supporting with moving and handling requirements and using hoists
- Supporting with making and attending medical appointments, ensuring accurate comprehensive records are kept.
- Supporting with social activities and accessing community-based services including those required to promote health and wellbeing.
- Supervision and Appraisal of staff
- Liaising with families, internal and external professionals to implement and deliver agreed support
- Completing daily observation sheets, ensuring a smooth flow of information to facilitate good communication within the staffing team, as well as professionals who require viewing of these.
- Supporting the team and individuals we support with Safeguarding requirements, completing incident reports as/when required and ensuring that relevant Safeguarding policies and procedures are understood and followed by yourself and your staff team.
- Fully implementing policies and procedures of the organisation and that all recording systems are completed accurately on a regular basis. To sign to say that all policies and procedures have been read.
- Supporting the service manager with the rota and ensuring adequate cover of shifts
- Completing staff Inductions with new staff and supporting in the completion of any necessary training
- Completing weekly/ monthly audits on Medication, Health and Safety, Infection Control and Fire Safety.
- Attending training, participating in supervision sessions with nominated manager and attending staff meetings as required by your line manager.

**Apart from the duties summarised above, we retain the right to include other reasonable duties which are part of, and incidental to this type of work.**

Everyone we support is an individual and our care plans reflect this.

We are able to offer a variety of hours and shifts, meaning you can find a job that suits your schedule, helps with your work / life balance and still enjoy the challenges and rewards of working in care.
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