Up to £13.45 per hour
Reading, Berkshire
Full‑time
We are looking to recruit a passionate and motivated Senior Support Worker to join our dedicated team in Reading. You will provide person‑centred care and support to individuals with learning disabilities in all aspects of everyday life and to assist them in enjoying a wide range of activities.
Senior Support Worker Duties
* Supervising, managing and mentoring a team of staff
* Developing and sustaining warm and trusting relationships with service users
* Encouraging service users to engage in a range of exciting social activities, both within and outside of their homes
* Providing personal care, administering medication and lone working
* Supporting with overseeing staff deployment and rotas and working flexibly including evenings and weekends
* Working closely with local multi‑disciplinary teams and community‑based agencies to provide holistic, wrap‑around support
* Facilitating service user engagement, involvement and peer support
* Ensuring robust methods of quality monitoring
This role offers unique and challenging opportunities bringing great job satisfaction to those looking to make a positive difference to the lives of others. We provide relevant training including accredited health and social care diplomas through our own training academy. A minimum of two years’ experience is an essential requirement for this role.
You must have skills in positive communication and engagement and be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the variety of people we support. You will be required to work in a flexible manner on a rota which includes evenings, weekends and sleep‑ins. In addition to opportunities for personal and career development we offer good conditions of service and a supportive, hands‑on management culture.
Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards a QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. Benefits 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 and we have recently received an Investors in People Gold award.
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