Senior Support Worker

Are you passionate about delivering high quality, engaging, respectful and dignified care and support to individuals? If so, you might be the person we are looking for.

We have an exciting opportunity for a senior extra care support worker to join our friendly extra care team in Royston, Barnsley, South Yorkshire.

We are looking for a warm, flexible and motivated person to provide person centred care and support in our Extra Care Service in Royston, Barnsley which enables older people to enjoy an active and independent lifestyle.

Our mission is to provide a safe, homely environment in which individuals with additional needs can live as independently as possible whilst receiving bespoke packages of care and support that fulfil their needs.  We are looking for someone who can lead a team of dedicated support workers to achieve positive outcomes for customers; this will include organising activities and events, helping to coordinate and deliver individual packages of care and support, being able to motivate others to provide the best support.

Your role will include:

–           Providing excellent, respectful and individualised support to all customers.

–           To develop sincere and trusting relationships with customers and to encourage them to express their needs, views and concerns.

–           Support the management team and co-ordination of service delivery, effectively meeting the needs of the customers and service.

–           To provide mentorship; support and guidance for the staff team working within the service; including deploying staff and managing rotas.

–           You will need to be able to work flexibly according to the needs of the service to include daytimes, evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

As a senior support worker you will be compassionate, motivated, diligent and able to empathise with individuals. You will have skills in positive communication and engagement and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support. You will also have skills in the assessment of needs along with positive and proactive risk management so that support planning for individuals demonstrates an active and fulfilling life with an emphasis on a ‘can do’ approach. It is expected that you will work flexibly to meet the needs of the service, including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.

This unique and challenging opportunity will provide you with an environment that encourages personal and professional development. We will provide you with on-going training to best meet the needs of the service users.

Vacancy Reference Number: 79574

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.

Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold award.