Senior Support Worker
Salary: £23,127 per year + Benefits
Location: Wellington, Somerset, TA21
Hours: 37.5 hours per week
- Develop professionally to achieve professional qualifications - Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, at no cost to you!
- 28 days holiday (incl. bank holidays), increasing to 36 days with long service (1 extra day for each year of service)
- Discounts and cashback at hundreds of shops, restaurants, and activities, plus eligibility for Blue Light Card discounts
Please see below SeeAbility's extensive benefits and reward package
Who will you be supporting?
We provide supported living services for adults with a range of disabilities. We specialise in supporting and assisting people with different learning disabilities. We aim to excel as a specialist provider of quality care and support, ensuring the people we support are at the heart of everything we do at Fiennes House.
About Us
Registered as The Royal School for the Blind, SeeAbility is one of the oldest disability charities in the UK and has pioneered specialist support for over 220 years.
Our homes each have their own welcoming and experienced team of Support Workers, Deputy’s and Managers who will assist you in your journey and help your professional development.
Your continued development is important to us, therefore, SeeAbility offer the means to progress your career, your way! You will learn and be supported in your role, and have the opportunity achieve professional qualifications - Care Certificate, QCF levels 2-5, which are funded by SeeAbility!
About you
- A natural leader with experience of providing extraordinary support, ideally to people with disabilities, you'll be professional, patient and calm under pressure
- You'll be a strong team player with the ability to lead by example and nurture and develop talent, both in your team members and the people we support
- You'll have A QCF in Health & Social Care level 2 Diploma (or equivalent) with willingness to under level 3 and be Knowledge of regulatory standards for supported/residential living but above all you'll take personal responsibility for the quality of care and support delivered to the people we support, striving always to surpass expectations and do what is right by them.
- Supporting the manager and deputy manager you'll lead a team of support workers to provide extraordinary, person centred support, which is safe and maximises choice, dignity and independence.
- Acting as a role model and mentor to the support workers you’ll facilitate the use of sound judgment and creative solutions to enable people to achieve goals and explore new opportunities.
- You'll supervisor daily outputs and assist the deputy manager in managing staff performance, development and appraisals.
Watch Reece's story and see the difference you could make!