Senior Support Practitioner
Location: The Grove Lodge and Courtyard
Hourly Rate: £13.71 per hour
Contract: Nights
Enjoy a range of fantastic benefits when you join the Mariposa Care family!
Looking for the next step in your career? Lead the way with us!
At Grove Lodge and Courtyard, we’re on the lookout for an experienced Senior Support Practitioner to join our team and help make a real difference to the lives of our residents. If you’ve worked in care and have previously supported or supervised a team, this could be the perfect role for you.
About Grove Lodge and Courtyard
Our home provides specialist residential care for adults with a primary mental health diagnosis. With capacity for up to 57 residents across two floors, our service offers:
* Comfortable lounges and modern bedrooms.
* Main and skills kitchens to promote independence.
* A focus on empowering residents to develop daily living skills, supporting people towards more independent futures.
What does the role involve?
As a Senior Support Practitioner, you’ll balance providing hands‑on care with supporting and supervising your team. Your primary focus will be ensuring that every resident receives exceptional, person‑centred support while helping your colleagues thrive in their roles.
Key responsibilities
* Supporting your team with training and guidance to ensure they excel in their roles.
* Assisting residents with personal care needs, always upholding dignity, respect, and privacy.
* Ensuring residents’ care plans are comprehensive, up‑to‑date, and consistently followed.
* Dispensing medication accurately and maintaining detailed records.
What makes you the ideal candidate?
* Has experience working in a care home or similar environment.
* Has experience supervising and mentoring a team (preferred).
* Holds a Level 3 Health and Social Care qualification (or is committed to achieving one).
* Is compassionate, organised and ready to take the next step in their career.
Why join us?
We value our Senior Support Practitioners and offer a fantastic range of benefits, including:
* Recognition rewards worth £500 during your first year.
* Refer a Friend bonus: Earn £1,000 for every successful referral.
* Fully funded training with opportunities to develop your leadership skills and gain further qualifications.
* Help with costs for treatments like dental or optical care.
Our recruitment process
If you’re ready to step into a senior role and make a real difference at The Grove we’d love to hear from you! If you’re offered a role with us, it will be conditional on standard checks, such as references and a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. We also need you to have good English and numeracy skills, plus a passion for caring and helping our residents to thrive.
We want every candidate to feel supported and able to perform at their best during the recruitment process. If you need any assistance or would like to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage, just drop us an email at recruitment@mariposacare.com – we’ll be happy to help.
Diversity & Inclusion
At Mariposa Care, we’re committed to building a fair and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from everyone, no matter your age, gender, gender identity or expression, religion, belief, disability, ethnicity, or sexual orientation.
Job titles can vary – this role is also known as senior carer, senior healthcare assistant, senior support worker, social care.
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