Creative Support
Senior Support Worker
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Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Full-Time
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Support Worker to join our friendly team in Wakefield, West Yorkshire.
We are looking for a motivated and experienced individual to work at our supported living services providing support for adults with a learning disability, physical needs, and support needs.
Our mission is to provide a safe, homely environment in which adults with additional needs can live as independently as possible whilst receiving bespoke packages of care and support that fulfil their needs. We are looking for someone who can lead a team of dedicated support workers to achieve positive outcomes for service users; this will include organizing activities and events, helping to coordinate and deliver individual packages of care and support, being able to motivate others to provide the best support.
Your Role Will Include
- Provide excellent, respectful, and individualized support to all service users.
- To develop sincere and trusting relationships with service users and to encourage them to express their needs, views, and concerns.
- Support the management and coordination of service delivery, effectively meeting the needs of the service users.
- To provide mentorship; support and guidance for the staff team working within the service; including deploying staff and managing rotas.
- You will need to be able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service to include daytimes, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays.
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Requirements
At least one year's experience in providing care and support for adults with a learning disability, physical needs, and support needs, older people, is essential for this role. As a senior support worker, you will be compassionate, motivated, diligent, and able to empathize with individuals.
You will be warm, well-organized, and conscientious; you will be able to demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills. You will be required to work on a rota, undertaking early, late, and weekend duties as required. Senior support workers are expected to participate in an on-call rota.
Benefits
- Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.
- Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave, and company-paid enhanced DBS.
We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer, who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.
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Application Process
Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.
Applications are reviewed as they are received; we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK.
Application Instructions
In order to apply, please read the job description and then complete the online application form using the links above.
You can also download a copy of our application form using the links above. Completed Application Forms must be submitted to our Head Office address (below) or emailed to recruitment@creativesupport.co.uk to be considered for the vacancy. If you have not received a response to your application within 10 working days of the closing date, please accept this as notification of an unsuccessful application. Unsuccessful applicants must wait 6 months before reapplying.
If you require any advice on completing your application form, please call us on 0161 236 0829.
Recruitment Department, Creative Support Ltd, Wellington House, 131 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3TS
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