Senior Support Worker
This job is brought to you by Jobs/Redefined, the UK's leading over-50s age inclusive jobs board.
Job Description
Come and join the UK's largest provider of complex care. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.
We'd like you to join us as a Senior Support Worker at our service Bows in Trowbridge.
Bows is a residential service for adults of all genders with learning or physical disabilities. We aim to promote independence and maintain a high standard of both physical and mental wellbeing. We're committed to helping every person we support feel safe, happy, empowered enabling them to live the best life possible.
Are you looking for a new role?
What you'll be working:
If you are looking for a full time Senior Support Worker, your hours are based on a rota working every other weekend.
- Full Time 30/40 Hours
- Every other weekend
What you'll be doing:
- Supporting our clients with daily activities
- Effectively lead the shift by ensuring appropriate staffing levels are maintained at all times.
- Supporting their care plans to establish routine
- Ensure that all service users have up-to-date risk assessments and person centered plans in place and review and update as required with the service manager
- Ensure the client feels safe, and stable within their day to day care
- Personal Care*
- Cover all aspects of the support worker role as and when required to work on the floors in order to meet the needs of the service.
- To be part of the on call team
- Responsible for attending and completing all mandatory training.
- Administrating medication (if required)
- Support service users with physical disabilities using trained techniques and aids e.g. hoists, wheelchairs, modified bathing equipment
What you'll have:
- Strong organisational, time management, planning and communication skills.
- Flexible, professional, and positive approach to multi-site working.
- Level 3 NVQ or QCF Diploma in Health & Social Care or be willing to work towards.
- Sound working knowledge of the Mental Capacity Act (MCA) and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards (DoLS)
- Proven reliability in terms of full attendance and timekeeping.
- Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual.
- Self-confidence and ability to manage challenging situations
- Driving License would be preferable
- Ability to address and respond to employee issues in a fair and consistent manner.
We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.
What to look forward to:
- 25 days plus bank holidays
- Birthday off
- Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
- Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
- Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
- A Nest Personal Pension account
- Professional Indemnity Insurance Fees met (Medical recruitment only)
- Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials - like going to the dentist or opticians
- We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
- Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
- Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 by recommending someone you know
- ......and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group