Senior Support Worker
| Posting date: | 12 August 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £17.99 to £19.22 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Inclusive of 10% unsocial hours for qualifying shifts |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 25 August 2025 |
| Location: | SN10 3AF |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Wiltshire Council |
| Job type: | Temporary |
| Job reference: | 5445 |
Summary
Salary: £17.99 - £19.22 per hour per hour (Inclusive of 10% unsocial hours for qualifying shifts)
Hours per week: 37 hours
Temporary/Fixed term: 12 month maternity cover & permanent positions available
Interview date: To be confirmed after shortlisting
Bradbury Manor - Short Break Service – Promoting Health, Ensuring Care
We support people with a learning disability who may live with additional complex physical or health needs, challenging behaviour, or autism.
At Bradbury Manor we provide short breaks away from the family home supporting customers, enabling them to take part in meaningful community focused activities or activities. We work with families, paid and unpaid carers to ensure that they are also involved and listened to, we will support the customer in the most appropriate way to enable them to maximise their independence.
As a Senior Support Worker, you will be responsible for overseeing daily operations collaborating with families, carers, and other agencies when needed, and ensuring staff are well-trained for effective customer care. You will play a role in supervising and managing within the service boosting staff morale and upholding professional standards. Additionally, you will assist with care plans, risk assessments, medication administration, and staff training information. The position requires some unsociable hours including every other weekend.
If you want to be part of a team making difference in a local community, get in touch.
Why us?
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That’s why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right.
Your substantive manager must agree to you transferring to the secondment role. This agreement must be sought in principle before applying for the seconded role. If the secondment will impact significantly on service delivery, your substantive manager may not agree to the secondment.
Under the Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, individuals involved in regulated activity must provide a full employment history and detail any gaps.
The council is committed to creating an environment of positive working relationships where everyone feels engaged, supported and able to thrive. Our Identity is a framework which sets out how we are all expected to lead, work and act to deliver our services. We will not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect which is underpinned by our vision and Our Identity framework.
Hours per week: 37 hours
Temporary/Fixed term: 12 month maternity cover & permanent positions available
Interview date: To be confirmed after shortlisting
Bradbury Manor - Short Break Service – Promoting Health, Ensuring Care
We support people with a learning disability who may live with additional complex physical or health needs, challenging behaviour, or autism.
At Bradbury Manor we provide short breaks away from the family home supporting customers, enabling them to take part in meaningful community focused activities or activities. We work with families, paid and unpaid carers to ensure that they are also involved and listened to, we will support the customer in the most appropriate way to enable them to maximise their independence.
As a Senior Support Worker, you will be responsible for overseeing daily operations collaborating with families, carers, and other agencies when needed, and ensuring staff are well-trained for effective customer care. You will play a role in supervising and managing within the service boosting staff morale and upholding professional standards. Additionally, you will assist with care plans, risk assessments, medication administration, and staff training information. The position requires some unsociable hours including every other weekend.
If you want to be part of a team making difference in a local community, get in touch.
Why us?
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. That’s why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right.
Your substantive manager must agree to you transferring to the secondment role. This agreement must be sought in principle before applying for the seconded role. If the secondment will impact significantly on service delivery, your substantive manager may not agree to the secondment.
Under the Health and Social Care Act (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2014, individuals involved in regulated activity must provide a full employment history and detail any gaps.
The council is committed to creating an environment of positive working relationships where everyone feels engaged, supported and able to thrive. Our Identity is a framework which sets out how we are all expected to lead, work and act to deliver our services. We will not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment of any kind. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect which is underpinned by our vision and Our Identity framework.
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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.