Senior Support Worker

Cloud Recruit is looking for a caring, dynamic and highly motivated person to join the team as a Senior Support Worker in our Doncaster Supported Living Services. We have senior support worker positions based in:

• Skellow
• Askern

The services in Doncaster, South Yorkshire provide excellent care and support to individuals with a range of support needs, including learning disabilities, autism, and complex needs. As a Senior Support Worker, you will work alongside the Team Leader to assist with the coordination and delivery of high quality outcome-focussed, person centred support to tenants. You will be positive about supporting people to increase their independence and ensure that they are at the centre of all decisions made about their lives.

Your role will include:

• Developing and leading the team to enable the tenants to have a high quality of life, and to be important and valued members of the local community.
• Be responsible for ensuring personal, practical, emotional and social support is delivered at all times.
• Assisting our Team Leaders and Registered Manager in ensuring all residents receive the highest quality and care and support.
• Your full time hours will be worked flexibly according to the needs of the service including daytimes, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

Requirements:

• At least two years’ experience in providing care and support to people with a range of complex support needs is essential for this role. As Senior Support Worker, compassion, motivation, diligence and an ability to empathise with individuals is also essential.
• You must be warm, well organised, and conscientious and demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills. You will be required to work on a rota, undertaking early, late and weekend duties as required.

Benefits:

A competitive pay and a pension contribution in addition to 28 days annual leave. As an employer that is committed to the professional development of our staff we also support our care staff to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and pay for your enhanced DBS. Additional benefits include enhanced maternity leave, employee support programmes and an additional day of leave each year on or around your Birthday.

Plus:

• Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme.
• Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave.
• Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff.
• All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out of hours teams.

Salary: £12/hr

Hours: 37.5 hours per week to be worked flexibly according to the needs of the service.

We are also not accepting applicants who are currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, seeking secondary employment, as we are unable to actively track the hours worked with the primary sponsor.

This is a temporary to permanent role.