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Senior Support Worker
- 14.40 per hour
- Permanent, Full Time
- Closing in 17 days
- Viva Heights
Senior support worker:
The purpose of the role is to guide and support the support worker team to meet the needs of the individual service user while promoting and maintaining independence and ensuring all duties are carried out in a person-centred way. To support the team, modelling good practice and promoting positive attitudes. To support the management to meet excellent standards of care delivery.
Supporting people in various areas of identified need, including; Mental Health, wellbeing and emotions, Physical health, medication needs, hygiene routine, communication, daily living skills, quality of life and activities, relationships, education and employment, finances and budgets, dependency needs, community safety, legal matters and housing support. Staff must be motivated, sensible, flexible in their ways of working and have empathy for others.
The Senior Support worker should have/or be completing Level 3 RQF in health and social care (or equivalent) and 2 years’ experience working with people with complex needs. Applicants who have level 2 RQF and more than 3 years’ experience may also be considered.
The service works on a shift basis with occasional sleep-in shifts and weekend work. Sleep-in shifts are paid additionally at £50 per night.
Typical hours may include:
Early day = 08:00 - 16:00.
Late day = 12:00 – 20:00
Late sleep and early = 12:00 – 22:00 – sleep-in, then 08:00 – 13:00.
We can offer, contracted 37.5 hours per week, excellent rates of pay = £14.40 per hour. 25 days annual leave plus any bank holidays worked. 8 week rolling rota (issued 2 months in advance). Excellent training opportunities. A great work environment with a fantastic team.
If successful, the candidate will need to have a DBS check completed by Viva Heights and two satisfactory references prior to starting work. A full induction will be given and a period of shadowing will be offered and form part of a 6 month probation period.
Please email Helen Millar on managervivaheights@vivavest.uk with a copy of your CV and to request an application form.
