Senior Support Worker

Would you like to lead a small team of Support Workers ?

Provide person centred care to adults with learning disabilities?

Are you a leader, who is dedicated to supporting adults with learning disabilities to achieve their potential?

This Senior Support Worker role could be the next career move for you!

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Support Worker, at a small service for adults with learning disabilities in Keighley.

This is a fabulous opportunity, for an experienced Senior Support Worker, to provide an excellent level of care to adults with learning disabilities.

It could also suit a Support Worker who has acted up as a Senior Support Worker, and is ready for the next stage to commit to a Senior Support Worker role.

You will manage Support Workers who promote confidence and independence of the residents.

This service enjoys supporting service users with life fulfilling activities and therapeutic daily outings such as walks in the park.

The salary scale includes some sleep ins.

Senior Support Worker Role :

* As a Senior Support Worker you are responsible for managing support workers in a supported living setting for adults with learning disabilities.

* Provide supervision to support workers.

* As a Senior Support Worker you will create rotas, lead shifts and motivate support workers and delegate activities and life skills sessions.

* Encourage support workers to enable service users to achieve their potential and lead interesting lives.

* To ensure person centred care is provided, care plans are followed and updated and CQC standards are met.

* Encouraging service users with learning disabilities to partake in social and community events, including attending college, sporting activities such as swimming, hobbies, day trips to the beach, short holidays, support in going to the cinema, theatre, meals in restaurants, pubs and social evenings etc.

Senior Support Worker Skills / Qualities / Qualifications :

Ideally have NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Understanding of learning disabilities

Supervisory skills and experience - managing and training support workers

Willingness to work flexible hours.

Passion to provide excellent standard of care and enjoy providing opportunities to enable service users with learning disabilities to develop confidence and fulfil their potential

Company

My client is a registered charity, with an excellent reputation for providing adults with learning disabilities to be as independent as possible. This professional organisation provide full training and ongoing support for progression for Senior Support Workers. They pride themselves in maintaining excellent care standards and enabling the lives of adults with learning disabilities and autism to be happy and rewarding