Senior Support worker
| Posting date: | 12 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £14.80 to £15.05 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2025 |
| Location: | Jedburgh, Scottish Borders |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Streets Ahead |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Could you support people to lead great lives?
Come and join our amazing team.
We are a charitable organisation based in the Scottish Borders. We provide care and support to adults to lead great lives. Most of the people we currently support have learning disabilities or mental health problems. Our team help people to live an independent and fulfilling life in the local community.
We are looking to recruit a full time (30 to 39 hours per week) Senior Support Worker to join our team in our Central Service (Galashiels, Jedburgh, Kelso).
The post will be based in our Jedburgh service, but the successful candidate will be required to work within our other services.
The ideal person will be dynamic with a strong value base, a commitment to promoting positive outcomes for people we support and the skills to support colleagues in the workplace. Ideally, you will have a level III qualification in Social Care or equivalent plus a minimum of two years’ experience working in Social Care along with experience of supervising staff and co-ordinating support provision.
We are an accredited Disability Confident organisation and we encourage applications from all members of the community.
About you:
Are you:
Committed to an outcomes based approach to supporting people in what matters to them.
Honest, reliable with a strong value base.
Self-motivated, proactive and solution-focused
Able to meet deadlines
Adaptable and flexible in the workplace
Committed to team working
Keen to join an established, successful, team
About the role:
You will:
be responsible for contributing to the assessment of support and care needs and the development, implementation and review of support plans to the people who receive a service.
Co-operate with and assist the Deputy Service Manager and the Manager in developing, leading and managing the staff team.
Be required to supervise junior staff and contribute to the induction of new staff.
Be required to manage resources efficiently and ensure compliance with the law, national care standards and service policies and procedures.
This is a full time position, 30 to 39 hours p/w. Applicants should be flexible in their approach to hours of work, as staff will be required to work a range of shifts including regular weekends, sleepovers and waken nightshifts. A valid driving licence would be desirable although not essential although you will be expected to travel/work between services.
Any offer of employment will be conditional on a satisfactory Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check and two satisfactory references.
If you feel you have the skills and enthusiasm to join our dedicated team, application packs can be downloaded or completed online from our website www.streets-ahead.org.uk/work-for-us/. You can also email us at recruitment@streets-ahead.org.uk or phone our head office on 01450 377924 for more information or to request an application pack.
Closing date for applications: 4pm 28 May 2025
6% employer pension contributions
Flexible working
Free PVG registration
Life insurance
Health & Wellbeing app
Blue Light Card staff discounts
Bike-to-work scheme
Company sick pay scheme
Come and join our amazing team.
We are a charitable organisation based in the Scottish Borders. We provide care and support to adults to lead great lives. Most of the people we currently support have learning disabilities or mental health problems. Our team help people to live an independent and fulfilling life in the local community.
We are looking to recruit a full time (30 to 39 hours per week) Senior Support Worker to join our team in our Central Service (Galashiels, Jedburgh, Kelso).
The post will be based in our Jedburgh service, but the successful candidate will be required to work within our other services.
The ideal person will be dynamic with a strong value base, a commitment to promoting positive outcomes for people we support and the skills to support colleagues in the workplace. Ideally, you will have a level III qualification in Social Care or equivalent plus a minimum of two years’ experience working in Social Care along with experience of supervising staff and co-ordinating support provision.
We are an accredited Disability Confident organisation and we encourage applications from all members of the community.
About you:
Are you:
Committed to an outcomes based approach to supporting people in what matters to them.
Honest, reliable with a strong value base.
Self-motivated, proactive and solution-focused
Able to meet deadlines
Adaptable and flexible in the workplace
Committed to team working
Keen to join an established, successful, team
About the role:
You will:
be responsible for contributing to the assessment of support and care needs and the development, implementation and review of support plans to the people who receive a service.
Co-operate with and assist the Deputy Service Manager and the Manager in developing, leading and managing the staff team.
Be required to supervise junior staff and contribute to the induction of new staff.
Be required to manage resources efficiently and ensure compliance with the law, national care standards and service policies and procedures.
This is a full time position, 30 to 39 hours p/w. Applicants should be flexible in their approach to hours of work, as staff will be required to work a range of shifts including regular weekends, sleepovers and waken nightshifts. A valid driving licence would be desirable although not essential although you will be expected to travel/work between services.
Any offer of employment will be conditional on a satisfactory Protecting Vulnerable Groups (PVG) check and two satisfactory references.
If you feel you have the skills and enthusiasm to join our dedicated team, application packs can be downloaded or completed online from our website www.streets-ahead.org.uk/work-for-us/. You can also email us at recruitment@streets-ahead.org.uk or phone our head office on 01450 377924 for more information or to request an application pack.
Closing date for applications: 4pm 28 May 2025
6% employer pension contributions
Flexible working
Free PVG registration
Life insurance
Health & Wellbeing app
Blue Light Card staff discounts
Bike-to-work scheme
Company sick pay scheme
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme
Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.