Senior Support Worker

Package Description

Are you ready to make a real difference in someone’s life? Are you ready to take the lead and make a real difference in people’s lives? We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Support Worker to join our Wiltshire service based in Devizes, helping to oversee and deliver high-quality support . You will report into the Registered Manager, splitting your time between hands-on support and leadership/administrative tasks to ensure our service runs smoothly. This is a varied and rewarding role with plenty of opportunity to make an impact. About the people you’ll be supporting: We support up to 38 people living across 7 bungalows in the heart of Wiltshire, just outside the market town of Devizes. This is a unique service within Wiltshire offering supporting living, enabling people to live as independently as possible within their own homes and local community.

We are looking for support workers to join our amazing team, to continue delivering outstanding outcomes.

Where you’ll be working: DEVIZES This is a full-time role where your week will be split between providing direct support on shift and also completing leadership and administrative tasks .

As an Agincare employee you’ll enjoy: •

£ per hour

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Refer a friend scheme earn up to £500* •

Outstanding career development •

Fully funded training and career development •

Blue Light card discount package •

Company pension scheme What is required from you? A minimum of 12 months on your right to work Full UK Drivers licence level 2 in Health and Social Care and willing to work towards level 3

How we achieve our outcomes with the people we support .

As part of your day to day work you will be offering the following; Encouraging – people to play active roles in the communities in which they live, to encourage independence. Supporting – Activities of daily Living including social activities, personal care, routines, planning and preparation of meals and budgeting. Communicating - effectively communicate using people’s chosen methods Engaging - promoting and motivating people we support to enhance their quality of life Specialising - supporting people who may need positive behavioural support approaches Recording - keeping accurate records &reporting changes in health or circumstances of service users to management Team player – Working as part of a team, as well as being able to work using your own initiative.

About Agincare Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not-for-profit Children’s Services. Today, Agincare is one of the UK’s largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide .As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation . We are proud to support the Armed

Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community .All of our services are regulated by the CQC and Agincare is proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences. At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isn’t the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies, All of our care services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all. *Subject to terms and conditions