Senior Support Worker

We are recruiting a Senior Support Worker for the supported living and outreach service in Blackpool which provides person centred support to adults with learning disabilities, some of whom have autism spectrum conditions and complex needs.

We are looking for an experienced carer to help lead a team of staff and provide care and support to individuals at our Blackpool service.

This is a great opportunity to take on a leadership role, receiving ongoing training to help you further your personal and professional development.

Your role as Senior Support Worker will include:

• Developing the independent living skills and community inclusion of service users
• Identifying and accessing activities with service users to promote valued and meaningful lifestyles
• Providing respectful personal care, emotional and practical support to service users
• Collaborating with service users, families and the multi-disciplinary team to maximise service user outcomes
• Implementing Creative Support principles, policies, procedures and guidelines and ensuring that the service fulfils CQC requirements
• Supervising and supporting staff to best meet service user needs and preferences
• Supporting the service user to have the opportunity for a full and happy life and to be safe and well.

Experience of supporting individuals with learning disabilities is essential for this Senior Support Worker role.

A clean valid driving licence and access to a car is desirable for this role but not essential.

You will be expected to work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including evenings and weekends.

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: £12.50/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.