About The Role
📍Location: Windermere House
🕒Hours: 37.5 hours
💰Salary: £12.98 to £14.28 p/h + Benefits
What We Offer
* 🌴 Annual Leave: 28 days including bank holidays
* 🛍️ Blue Light Card: High street discounts at many major brands
* 🤝 Refer a Friend Scheme: Earn up to £1,000
* 📚 In-house Training and Development
* 🚀 Career Progression Opportunities
* 💷 Employer Pension Contribution
* 🔍 Fully Funded DBS
About the Role
We are seeking a dedicated and experienced Senior Support Worker to join our team in Luton. In this role, you will be a key part of our care team, responsible for providing top-quality care and support to our residents. You will also supervise and mentor support staff, ensuring the highest standards of care are maintained.
Key Responsibilities
* Provide practical and emotional support to residents, ensuring their safety and wellbeing.
* Promote independence by assisting residents with daily living skills such as personal hygiene, laundry, meal preparation, and money management.
* Act as a key worker for individual residents, supporting them in maintaining relationships and accessing the community.
* Implement, review, and update care plans and risk assessments, ensuring clear and accurate records are maintained.
* Supervise and support the induction of new staff members, ensuring they are up to date with mandatory training.
* Deputize for the Home Manager as required and participate in team and resident meetings.
* Assist in administrative tasks, including rota management and audits, to ensure the smooth running of the home.
About You
Experience: Minimum of two years’ experience working in a residential setting, particularly with individuals with learning disabilities, autism, or mental health illnesses.
Skills: Strong IT skills (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook), effective communication, and excellent organizational and time management abilities.
Qualifications: NVQ in care or equivalent experience is required.
Personal Attributes: Flexible, adaptable, and calm under pressure. A good understanding of both mental and physical health needs, with the ability to take direction and follow detailed protocols.
Knowledge: Understanding of CQC and other regulatory authorities, with a commitment to upholding high standards of care.
Why Join Nouvita Healthcare?
* Opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of our residents.
* Be part of a supportive and professional team committed to ongoing training and development.
* Competitive salary and benefits package
* A role that offers variety, responsibility, and the chance to develop your leadership skills.
Opportunities
Many senior members of the team (including managers) have started their journey as support workers with us, honing their skillset before advancing their careers and expertise. If you’re looking to begin a career in care, or further your current one, Nouvita will help you evolve and give you the tools to thrive.
About Us
You will join a friendly, highly skilled and enthusiastic care team at our care home in Luton, Windermere House. Located in a residential area of Luton in Bedfordshire, Windermere House is part of Nouvita Healthcare and a 10 bed all-male residential home. Here we will support men aged 18 and older with their mental health recovery, aiding them to live as independently as possible within the community and providing a “stepping-stone” to supported living.
Equal Opportunity Statement
Nouvita Healthcare is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are a Disability Confident employer, providing support to applicants with mental and/or physical disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with Nouvita Healthcare and are in need of support to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an email with your request to careers@nouvita.co.uk
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