Senior Support Worker

Senior Support Worker

Location: Sudbury
Salary: £13.50 per hour
Hours: Full Time or Part Time (Will include evenings, weekends, Bank holidays and nights).
  
Overview:
Senior support workers will work flexibly to enable young adults with severe learning disabilities, autism and or complex health needs to access short breaks, participate in a range of activities and provide opportunities allowing them to achieve as normal and fulfilling a lifestyle as possible.
Ensuring Care plans and behavior management strategies are implemented consistently by the staff team for the duration of the shift that they lead.
To be a part of Rota system which will include weekends, nights, bank holidays and sleep in shifts. To take part in the on-call Rota equivalent to one weekend a month.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Lead and support staff members, delegating in a positive and instructive manner.
• Ensure that all agreed care plans, assessments, management strategies, and behavioral interventions are implemented as agreed.
• Organize work time effectively and plan shifts effectively using resources and staff provided. Use shift planners effectively and correctly to record jobs, hand over telephone calls, activities etc.
• Enable and encourage the young people accessing the service to participate in a wide range of activities during their stay to promote and develop independence, which includes involvement with everyday life skills such as personal care, cleaning, tidying, laundry and preparing meals.
• Support the effective functioning of the team ensuring that good/professional relationships with colleagues are established and maintained by adopting a constructive, reflective approach.  

Benefits:  

• A Paid DBS
• Opportunities for progression within the company.
• Comprehensive induction and training package.
• Support and encouragement to access funded qualifications where available.
• Access to mental health first aiders in the workplace.
• Being part of family run business, who pride themselves in support approaches for both their staff teams and service users alike.
• Access to the Blue Light discount scheme.

  
If you want to join the team, please send your CV to (url removed) or call (phone number removed)

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