Senior Support Worker
Posted 3 days ago
- Chertsey, Surrey
- Any
- External
- Expires In 3 months
Senior Support Worker
Chertsey, Surrey
About Us
White Lodge enables those with disabilities, their families, and their carers to lead fulfilling lives.
Supporting over 2,500 individuals across the country, we offer a diverse range of services for all ages and abilities.
Our wonderful site in Chertsey houses three specialist buildings, each with great facilities and services. These include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, a specialist nursery, hydrotherapy, holiday clubs, personal support in the home, short breaks, fitness and rehabilitation. We also offer many activities such as trips out, art, baking, swimming, and much more!
We are now looking for a Senior Support Worker to join us in our Treetops service on a full-time, permanent basis, working 36 hours per week between 6:30am and 10pm.
The Benefits
- Salary of £27,031.68 per annum
- A culture of progression and development
- 38 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) to support a healthy work/life balance
- A wide range of professional development opportunities
This is an incredible opportunity for a qualified Carer with supervisory experience to make a huge difference to the lives of young people.
Joining our dedicated team, youll enable us to achieve our vision of a world which is inclusive to all, regardless of ability, making a difference to countless lives across the country.
We boast a comprehensive array of values that ENABLE our teams, stakeholders and services through Encouraging, Nurturing, Alliances, Believing, Listening and Excellence.
Whats more, we pride ourselves on our employee experience, many of our staff have exceptional lengths of service. We are committed to inclusivity and over the years we have had many employees working for us who were previously attending our nursery and therapy services.
So, if youre ready to advance your career and join the team, wed love to hear from you!
The Role
As a Senior Support Worker, you will support and ensure the safety of the young people using our Treetops service. Treetops offers a home away from home environment with additional support to enhance the skills and understandings of young people.
Planning and delivering leisure activities, you will help our young people work towards their individual goals, alongside preparing their meals and refreshments and administering medication.
You will also provide exceptional leadership to your team, carrying our risk assessments and ensuring they are actively working towards the goals of those they support and meeting their health needs.
Please note, due to our open and collaborative working environment and the nature of our work with children and adults with disabilities, all our office-based roles can experience periods of elevated noise levels and some elements of disruption.
About You
To be considered as a Senior Support Worker, you will need:
- Experience of working with children and/or young people in a work setting or voluntary basis in a supervisor role
- Knowledge of safeguarding and data protection
- Good IT skills
- To hold, or be willing to work towards, the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or an equivalent level 3 qualification e.g., NVQ Child Care, Health and Social Care
Please note, successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check.
Please note, we cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
Other organisations may call this role Senior Care Assistant, Lead Care Assistant, Senior Care Worker, or Senior Healthcare Assistant.
Webrecruit and White Lodge Centre are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if youd like to step into a rewarding and engaging role as a Senior Support Worker, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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Chertsey, Surrey
About Us
White Lodge enables those with disabilities, their families, and their carers to lead fulfilling lives.
Supporting over 2,500 individuals across the country, we offer a diverse range of services for all ages and abilities.
Our wonderful site in Chertsey houses three specialist buildings, each with great facilities and services. These include physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, a specialist nursery, hydrotherapy, holiday clubs, personal support in the home, short breaks, fitness and rehabilitation. We also offer many activities such as trips out, art, baking, swimming, and much more!
We are now looking for a Senior Support Worker to join us in our Treetops service on a full-time, permanent basis, working 36 hours per week between 6:30am and 10pm.
The Benefits
- Salary of £27,031.68 per annum
- A culture of progression and development
- 38 days annual leave (including Bank Holidays) to support a healthy work/life balance
- A wide range of professional development opportunities
This is an incredible opportunity for a qualified Carer with supervisory experience to make a huge difference to the lives of young people.
Joining our dedicated team, youll enable us to achieve our vision of a world which is inclusive to all, regardless of ability, making a difference to countless lives across the country.
We boast a comprehensive array of values that ENABLE our teams, stakeholders and services through Encouraging, Nurturing, Alliances, Believing, Listening and Excellence.
Whats more, we pride ourselves on our employee experience, many of our staff have exceptional lengths of service. We are committed to inclusivity and over the years we have had many employees working for us who were previously attending our nursery and therapy services.
So, if youre ready to advance your career and join the team, wed love to hear from you!
The Role
As a Senior Support Worker, you will support and ensure the safety of the young people using our Treetops service. Treetops offers a home away from home environment with additional support to enhance the skills and understandings of young people.
Planning and delivering leisure activities, you will help our young people work towards their individual goals, alongside preparing their meals and refreshments and administering medication.
You will also provide exceptional leadership to your team, carrying our risk assessments and ensuring they are actively working towards the goals of those they support and meeting their health needs.
Please note, due to our open and collaborative working environment and the nature of our work with children and adults with disabilities, all our office-based roles can experience periods of elevated noise levels and some elements of disruption.
About You
To be considered as a Senior Support Worker, you will need:
- Experience of working with children and/or young people in a work setting or voluntary basis in a supervisor role
- Knowledge of safeguarding and data protection
- Good IT skills
- To hold, or be willing to work towards, the Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare or an equivalent level 3 qualification e.g., NVQ Child Care, Health and Social Care
Please note, successful applicants will be required to undergo an Enhanced DBS check.
Please note, we cannot provide sponsorship for this role.
Other organisations may call this role Senior Care Assistant, Lead Care Assistant, Senior Care Worker, or Senior Healthcare Assistant.
Webrecruit and White Lodge Centre are equal opportunities employers, value diversity and are strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and all applicants for employment. Equal opportunities are the only acceptable way to conduct business and we believe that the more inclusive our environments are, the better our work will be.
So, if youd like to step into a rewarding and engaging role as a Senior Support Worker, please apply via the button shown. This vacancy is being advertised by Webrecruit. The services advertised by Webrecruit are those of an Employment Agency.
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