Senior Support Worker

Come and join one of the UK's largest independent providers in neuro and mental healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.

We are NOT able to support international candidates who are not able to work in the UK without needing sp0ns0rship.

We'd like you to join us as a Senior Support Worker at our service, Moorpark in Kilbirnie.

Moorpark Place is a specialist supported living service for adults who are on the Autistic Spectrum. Located in a peaceful and stunning setting in Kilbirnie, North Ayrshire, we specialise in providing supportive, therapeutic care.

The layout at Moorpark Place is unique and different to many other specialist adult autism services in the UK. Our community consists of 25 individual houses set in their own grounds with some shared facilities. With this arrangement, our residents can enjoy all aspects of individual living whilst being part of a smaller community. We support people who would struggle to live independently because they need help with everyday tasks and managing their own home. We aim to support our residents to have an enjoyable and engaging life, both on and off-site.

Moorpark Place is calm and tranquil and has a huge grassed area outside, where residents often walk and many have reported they feel calmer afterwards. The walled garden is kept as a quiet, sensory area.

What you'll be working:

• Full-time hours 37.5 hours per week
• Days & nights
• £27,903.02 (FTE) Per annum (Pro rata)
  

Moorpark is a 24/7 service 365 days a year.The majority of our shifts are from 8 am to 8 pm or 8 pm to 8 am.

We have some support packages where sleepovers are used too.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting our clients with daily activities
• Effectively lead the shift by ensuring appropriate staffing levels are maintained at all times.
• Supporting their care plans to establish routine
• Ensure that all service users have up-to-date risk assessments and person-centred plans in place and review and update as required with the service manager
• Ensure the client feels safe and stable within their day-to-day care
• Personal Care
• Cover all aspects of the support worker role as and when required to work on the floors to meet the needs of the service.
• Responsible for attending and completing all mandatory training.
• Administering medication (if required)
• Support service users with physical disabilities using trained techniques and aids, e.g. hoists, wheelchairs, modified bathing equipment

What you'll have:

• A passion for care
• Level 2 SVQ in Health & Social Care or equivalent, and be willing to work towards an SVQ Level 3
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Great Communication Skills
• Ability to work as part of a team and as an individual.
• Great leadership skills.
• Ability to manage challenging situations
• Ability to address and respond to employee issues fairly and consistently.
• Successful candidates will be required to undergo an Enhanced PVG

We also want to ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable facilities to participate in job applications or interviews to perform essential job functions. To support this, we are a Disability Confident committed employer.

What to look forward to:

• 25 days plus bank holidays
• Birthday off
• Join the Active Learning Hub and benefit from a wide range of e learning and face to face training and development opportunities
• Active Reward App giving discounts and savings on your weekly shop
• Free 24 hour confidential Employee Assistance Programme Helpline & App to support with legal, health, wellbeing, relationship and consumer advice
• A Nest Personal Pension account
• Access to join a Medicash Health Plan for you and your family to save money on everyday health essentials like going to the dentist or opticians
• We recognise outstanding Active Behaviours via the Active Awards programme
• Enhanced Sick & Maternity Pay benefits
• Refer a Friend Scheme and earn yourself up to £1000 by recommending someone you know
• and, of course, the support and guidance of our qualified clinical and business leadership teams so that you can really develop your career with Active Care Group