Senior Support Worker

Are you an experienced Support Worker, patient, fun and have a great sense of humour?

Our client is a charity that support people with learning disabilities in the community. They want to demonstrate that people with a learning disability can be leaders in society but they can’t do this without you! They need a Senior Support Worker in the Little Clacton area to make their vision a reality.

Position: Senior Support Worker
Location: Little Clacton
Job type: Permanent (guaranteed hours), up to 39 hours per week - this role is shift work
Hours: Full time, part time and relief hours available
Salary: £17,228.13 - £20,268.39 (£9.97 per hour), overtime and sleep-ins available

Benefits: A minimum of 28 days holiday per year, Flexible working arrangements, Contributory pension plan, Occupational maternity pay, childcare vouchers, cycle to work scheme, health cash plan, access to thousands of retail discounts.

Full induction process, outstanding training opportunities, development and career progression, opportunities to gain recognised qualifications, free DBS screening, flexible working.

About the role:

Being a Senior Support with our client is all about being an excellent role model and mentor, ensuring Support Workers in your team do a really good job.

As a Senior Carer you will support residents to live with respect and dignity, providing for their physical, social and emotional needs. This may include day to day needs such as personal care, arranging social activities, assisting with the provision of medication as needed, and provide any other support as required.

Experience of positive behavioural support/supporting individuals with complex behaviours is desirable.

About You:

You must have significant experience of directly supporting people with a learning disability, and ideally have experience of supervising and/or supporting other staff to develop within the role of support worker.

You must have a genuine interest in supporting people with a learning disability, mental health issues, autism or acquired brain injuries, as well as the ability to deal with challenging behaviour.

Our clients’ focus is on enabling people to work, learn, live and manage their own lives in the way they want.

Being a driver would be great, although not essential, as would knowing some Makaton, although training will be available. As long as you are patient, fun and have a great sense of humour then apply today.

Our client encourages your ongoing learning and development and you will have the opportunity to complete recognised social care qualifications.

All posts are subject to an enhanced DBS check which will be paid for.

We very much welcome previous experience working as Home Carer, Care Worker, Health Care Assistant, Support Worker, Nurses, Social Care Worker, Care Assistant, Mental Health Care Worker, Voluntary Worker.