Senior Support/Rapid Response Worker
| Posting date: | 02 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £30,891 per year, pro rata |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 June 2025 |
| Location: | Gainsborough, Lincolnshire |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Linkage Community Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
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Summary
Position: Senior Support Worker
Salary: £30,891.00
Hours: 43.75 per week
Contract: Permanent (52 Wks)
Location: Gainsborough & Surrounding
Benefits of working for Linkage:
6 weeks Annual leave
Health and wellbeing support including employment, financial and mental health via an employee assistance programme.
Eligibility for a Blue Light Card (£4.99 for 2 years’ membership)
Linkage Lottery cash prizes
Long Service bonus every 5 years
Recommend a friend bonus
Workplace pension scheme
Linkage Employee Perks & Discounts (BHSF)
We do not hold a sponsorship license, therefore if you are looking for sponsorship we will not be able to accept or process your application.
About the role:
Linkage Community Trust is looking for an experienced Senior Support Worker to join our team of Carers and Support workers as we develop a new and exciting service in and around the Gainsborough/Lincoln area.
Everything we do is about valuing and supporting individuals, their carers and families to ensure that they can achieve their aspirations. We are committed to creating opportunities to improve the lives of the people we support now and in future generations.
This new role is an opportunity to join our care and support team as we continue to invest in the development of services within Lincolnshire and specifically this new location of Gainsborough.
We are looking forward to providing more services for individuals with a wider range of support needs across a wider area.
- You will have access to a Linkage vehicle to enable you to attend visits, meetings and carry out initial assessments as determined by the commissioners.
Who are You?
- You are an established professional working as a senior carer ideally in a Learning disability setting with good knowledge of undertaking assessments, creating care plans and identifying risks to ensure that individuals independence is promoted and managed in a positive way - as an existing Senior Carer or Deputy manager this is an exciting prospect to build upon existing knowledge whilst building new skills
- You are passionate about quality and committed to providing high quality care
- You are supportive of choice, enthusiastic and committed to championing the independence of the people we support
- You are able to remain calm in challenging situations with a considerate and understanding approach towards to needs of the individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism
Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer
About the role:
- You will work as part of the support worker team working across the Gainsborough area, providing short term care and support to people with a Learning disability and/or Autism
- You will facilitate discharges from hospital to residential settings or to the individuals own home, and/or prevent in patient admissions where possible
- You will contribute to and undertake initial assessments for individuals ensuring that person centred support plans are implemented and any identified risks are managed positively to promote independence
- You will support the service in providing a swift response to service requests and to act as the co-ordinator between the person needing the support and other organisations and agencies as needed.
- You will be flexible to requests for assessments and support, providing engagement at times that may be outside of core hours
- You will have experience of working with service commissioners, acting in a responsive manner upon receipt of referrals, and working flexibly to meet the needs of the individuals accessing the service
- You will be confident in maintaining accurate and detailed electronic records and have good IT skills
The Organisation
Linkage Community Trust is a registered charity that supports people with learning disabilities, autism or both. We deliver high quality specialist education, care (including residential), adult day services, employability and support services throughout Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire
Our values are central to providing high quality, personalised and effective care, support and education to the people we support and to our students.
Independence we will support and encourage individuals to make decisions about their own lives and the freedom to live the life they choose, based upon their talents and abilities
Teamwork we will work together collaboratively, as one Linkage, to achieve common goals and engage with partners to deliver more services to more people
Respect we will respect and value the views, ideas, feelings and opinions of everyone we deal with
Honesty we will be honest, open and transparent in our dealings
As an employer, we are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer,
You will be joining a 600 plus team of staff and volunteers who are working county wide in the Lincoln, Spilsby, Skegness, Louth, Mablethorpe, Beverley and Grimsby.
All applications for this vacancy are to be submitted online, and strictly no agency calls or agency CV submissions. You can initially apply by CV. Should you do this you will be asked to complete an application form for our safer recruitment process. Communication is undertaken via email, we advise you check your inbox and junk mail. Should you be offered a role you will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check. We welcome and value applications from all candidates who identify with our values and behaviours.
As an equal opportunities employer, Linkage Community Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
Salary: £30,891.00
Hours: 43.75 per week
Contract: Permanent (52 Wks)
Location: Gainsborough & Surrounding
Benefits of working for Linkage:
6 weeks Annual leave
Health and wellbeing support including employment, financial and mental health via an employee assistance programme.
Eligibility for a Blue Light Card (£4.99 for 2 years’ membership)
Linkage Lottery cash prizes
Long Service bonus every 5 years
Recommend a friend bonus
Workplace pension scheme
Linkage Employee Perks & Discounts (BHSF)
We do not hold a sponsorship license, therefore if you are looking for sponsorship we will not be able to accept or process your application.
About the role:
Linkage Community Trust is looking for an experienced Senior Support Worker to join our team of Carers and Support workers as we develop a new and exciting service in and around the Gainsborough/Lincoln area.
Everything we do is about valuing and supporting individuals, their carers and families to ensure that they can achieve their aspirations. We are committed to creating opportunities to improve the lives of the people we support now and in future generations.
This new role is an opportunity to join our care and support team as we continue to invest in the development of services within Lincolnshire and specifically this new location of Gainsborough.
We are looking forward to providing more services for individuals with a wider range of support needs across a wider area.
- You will have access to a Linkage vehicle to enable you to attend visits, meetings and carry out initial assessments as determined by the commissioners.
Who are You?
- You are an established professional working as a senior carer ideally in a Learning disability setting with good knowledge of undertaking assessments, creating care plans and identifying risks to ensure that individuals independence is promoted and managed in a positive way - as an existing Senior Carer or Deputy manager this is an exciting prospect to build upon existing knowledge whilst building new skills
- You are passionate about quality and committed to providing high quality care
- You are supportive of choice, enthusiastic and committed to championing the independence of the people we support
- You are able to remain calm in challenging situations with a considerate and understanding approach towards to needs of the individuals with learning disabilities and/or autism
Please note that successful candidate(s) will be asked to evidence their Right to Work in the UK post-job offer
About the role:
- You will work as part of the support worker team working across the Gainsborough area, providing short term care and support to people with a Learning disability and/or Autism
- You will facilitate discharges from hospital to residential settings or to the individuals own home, and/or prevent in patient admissions where possible
- You will contribute to and undertake initial assessments for individuals ensuring that person centred support plans are implemented and any identified risks are managed positively to promote independence
- You will support the service in providing a swift response to service requests and to act as the co-ordinator between the person needing the support and other organisations and agencies as needed.
- You will be flexible to requests for assessments and support, providing engagement at times that may be outside of core hours
- You will have experience of working with service commissioners, acting in a responsive manner upon receipt of referrals, and working flexibly to meet the needs of the individuals accessing the service
- You will be confident in maintaining accurate and detailed electronic records and have good IT skills
The Organisation
Linkage Community Trust is a registered charity that supports people with learning disabilities, autism or both. We deliver high quality specialist education, care (including residential), adult day services, employability and support services throughout Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire
Our values are central to providing high quality, personalised and effective care, support and education to the people we support and to our students.
Independence we will support and encourage individuals to make decisions about their own lives and the freedom to live the life they choose, based upon their talents and abilities
Teamwork we will work together collaboratively, as one Linkage, to achieve common goals and engage with partners to deliver more services to more people
Respect we will respect and value the views, ideas, feelings and opinions of everyone we deal with
Honesty we will be honest, open and transparent in our dealings
As an employer, we are proud to be accredited as a Disability Confident Employer,
You will be joining a 600 plus team of staff and volunteers who are working county wide in the Lincoln, Spilsby, Skegness, Louth, Mablethorpe, Beverley and Grimsby.
All applications for this vacancy are to be submitted online, and strictly no agency calls or agency CV submissions. You can initially apply by CV. Should you do this you will be asked to complete an application form for our safer recruitment process. Communication is undertaken via email, we advise you check your inbox and junk mail. Should you be offered a role you will be required to complete an Enhanced DBS check. We welcome and value applications from all candidates who identify with our values and behaviours.
As an equal opportunities employer, Linkage Community Trust is committed to the equal treatment of all current and prospective employees and does not condone discrimination on the basis of age, disability, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, gender identity, or marriage and civil partnership.
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.