Senior Support Worker - Nottingham

The Vacancy

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Senior Support Worker - Supported Living

Male applicants only

Location: Nottingham
Pay: £14.20 per hour
Contract: Full-time - 37.5 hours per week

FitzRoy Supported Living in Nottingham provides care and support for adults aged between 35 and 60 with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs. Some of the people we support also have physical disabilities. Our established team of 22 staff currently supports four individuals, and we are now looking for an experienced, confident and solution-focused Senior Support Worker to join our friendly team.

This role is suited to candidates with at least 2 years' experience supporting people within mental health or complex services who are ready to step into a senior role.

The Role

As a Senior Support Worker, your role will be varied and rewarding. You will continue to deliver high-quality, person-centred support, while also leading shifts and supporting the management team with the day-to-day running of the service.

You will lead by example, promoting best practice, supporting the team, and helping to ensure high standards of care, safety and compliance are consistently achieved.

The people we support enjoy a wide range of activities, including playing Xbox, model making, darts, colouring, arts and crafts, swimming, walks, cinema trips, garden centres, and pub meals - no two days are the same.

Your responsibilities will include:

Supporting people we support:

• Providing personal care and daily living support
• Supporting people to access activities and the local community
• Working with individuals to identify and achieve personal goals
• Promoting a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling lifestyle
• Responding calmly and confidently to challenging situations

• Leading shifts and allocating tasks to Support Workers
• Acting as a role model and promoting best practice across the team
• Supporting induction and development of new, bank and agency staff
• Providing day-to-day guidance and acting as a first point of contact for staff queries
• Supporting staff through supervision, observation and development activities

• Supporting audits and ensuring compliance with policies and procedures
• Promoting and maintaining health and safety standards within the service
• Overseeing medication processes, records and reporting systems
• Supporting reviews, reporting and continuous improvement

• Assisting with rota management, staffing cover and absence support
• Supporting service reviews, support plans and outcome tracking
• Working with families, professionals and external agencies

• Shifts between 08:00 and 22:00
• Day and evening shifts
• Alternate weekends required
• Some sleep-ins required
• Good local transport links to the service

• Minimum 2 years' experience working within mental health or complex services
• Previous experience working as a Support Worker
• Confidence in leading shifts and supporting a team

• £14.20 per hour
• Enhanced weekend and overtime rates
• 30 days holiday (including Bank Holidays), increasing with service
• Free Health Cash Back Scheme for you and your family
• Employee Assistance Programme, including virtual GP access and legal advice
• Blue Light Card (paid for by us)
• Paid DBS check
• Loyalty awards and life assurance
• Perkbox shopping discounts