Senior Support Worker Nottingham
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Nottingham - UK
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Job Summary
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Senior Support Worker Supported Living
Male applicants only
Location: Nottingham
Pay: 14.20 per hour
Contract: Fulltime 37.5 hours per week
FitzRoy Supported Living in Nottingham provides care and support for adults aged between 35 and 60 with learning disabilities autism and mental health needs. Some of the people we support also have physical disabilities. Our established team of 22 staff currently supports four individuals and we are now looking for an experienced confident and solutionfocused Senior Support Worker to join our friendly team.
This role is suited to candidates with at least 2 years experience supporting people within mental health or complex services who are ready to step into a senior role.
The Role
As a Senior Support Worker your role will be varied and rewarding. You will continue to deliver highquality personcentred support while also leading shifts and supporting the management team with the daytoday running of the service.
You will lead by example promoting best practice supporting the team and helping to ensure high standards of care safety and compliance are consistently achieved.
The people we support enjoy a wide range of activities including playing Xbox model making darts colouring arts and crafts swimming walks cinema trips garden centres and pub meals no two days are the same.
Your responsibilities will include:
Supporting people we support:
- Providing personal care and daily living support
- Supporting people to access activities and the local community
- Working with individuals to identify and achieve personal goals
- Promoting a healthy balanced and fulfilling lifestyle
- Responding calmly and confidently to challenging situations
Leading and supporting the team:
- Leading shifts and allocating tasks to Support Workers
- Acting as a role model and promoting best practice across the team
- Supporting induction and development of new bank and agency staff
- Providing daytoday guidance and acting as a first point of contact for staff queries
- Supporting staff through supervision observation and development activities
Quality compliance and service delivery:
- Supporting audits and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures
- Promoting and maintaining health and safety standards within the service
- Overseeing medication processes records and reporting systems
- Supporting reviews reporting and continuous improvement
Supporting the management team:
- Assisting with rota management staffing cover and absence support
- Supporting service reviews support plans and outcome tracking
- Working with families professionals and external agencies
Shifts & Working Pattern
- Shifts between 08:00 and 22:00
- Day and evening shifts
- Alternate weekends required
- Some sleepins required
- Good local transport links to the service
Essential Requirements
- Minimum 2 years experience working within mental health or complex services
- Previous experience working as a Support Worker
- Confidence in leading shifts and supporting a team
What We Offer
- 14.20 per hour
- Enhanced weekend and overtime rates
- 30 days holiday (including Bank Holidays) increasing with service
- Free Health Cash Back Scheme for you and your family
- Employee Assistance Programme including virtual GP access and legal advice
- Blue Light Card (paid for by us)
- Paid DBS check
- Loyalty awards and life assurance
- Perkbox shopping discounts
About Us
FitzRoy is a national charity set up 60 years ago by brave parents as a pioneering alternative to institutional care. Their values remain the values of FitzRoy today we see the person we are brave and we are creative and they thread through everything we do.
We support hundreds of people with a range of needs. You could be supporting someone with learning disabilities autism acquired brain injuries or mental health support needs. Many of the people we support also have physical impairments or other health issues. Working for us will give you an opportunity to learn to grow and to transform lives. Join us today.
Benefits
30 days holiday rising with service
Staff recognition scheme
Investment in training and development
Paid
DBS
Enhanced pay for weekends and overtime
Team
bonus
Healthcare cash back plan
Employee assistance programme
Pension and life assurance
Employee assistance programme
Paid
DBS
Testimonials
Its hard to put into words what has motivated me to stay at FitzRoy for 50 years. I love working with the people we support it really is all down to them. The connection you make with them and the difference you are making is the real delight of the job.
You dont become a support worker unless you want to help people and make a difference to someones life. Thats what made me want to do this job I have always been a caring person and I wanted to help give people with learning disabilities a voice.
FitzRoy is such an incredible place to work everyone really cares about the people we support. I am genuinely passionate about improving their quality of life and when you see the people we support achieving a goal I feel immense job satisfaction.
Fitzroy reserve the right to close job adverts early should we receive a sufficient quality of applicants or if business need dictates.
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About Company
FitzRoy transforms lives by supporting people with learning disabilities to do the things that make a real difference to their everyday lives.
