Female Senior Support Worker

Job Description

Are you passionate about delivering high quality, engaging, respectful and dignified care and support to adults with a learning disability in the Sandwell area If so, we are looking to recruit a Senior Support Worker to join our friendly supported livingteam.At our services in Sandwell, West Midlands we provide quality care and support to adults within an Supported Living setting. Our mission is to provide an environment in which people can live independently whilst receiving bespoke packages of care andsupport that meet their needs. We are looking for someone who can lead a team of dedicated workers in achieving positive outcomes for service users; this will include organising activities, helping to coordinate and deliver individual packages of care andsupport whilst maintaining community links. The role will entail supporting 2 female service users to live fulfilling lives by maintaining their independence in their own homes.Your role will include: Provide excellent, respectful personalised care and encourageservice users to engage in a wide range of exciting activities, Helping to coordinate and deliver unique packages of care and support to all service users, Assisting our Team Leaders and Registered manager in ensuring all service users receive the highestquality and care and support, Shared responsibility for coaching and deploying staff and managing rotas, Willingness to work flexibly according to the needs of the service to include daytimes, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.At least two years experiencein providing care and support to adults with learning disabilities is essential for this role. As Senior Support Worker compassion, motivation, diligence and an ability to empathise with individuals is also essential.You must be warm, well organised, and conscientiousand demonstrate good verbal and written communication skills. You will be required to work on a rota, undertaking early, late and weekend duties as required.Staff profileThe ladies that we support would like staff to support who enjoy.... Arts and crafts,Socialising Discos Day trips to the seaside Celebrating Halloween and Christmas Going on holidayBenefits of working with Creative Support: Free 24/7 counselling and employee support programme, Support to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate,Competitive pay and a pension with company contribution and 28 days annual leave, Company paid enhanced DBS for all staff, All our staff are supported 24/7 by our out of hours teams.Gender is considered to be an occupational requirement - Equality Act 2010CreativeSupport is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Silver award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from allbackgrounds and cultures.We expect all applicants to Creative Support to have had at least their first Covid 19 vaccination prior to starting employment with us and to be committed to having the second vaccination within a 3 month period.