Job Introduction
Location: Telford
Salary: £13.44 per hour
Contract type: Permanent
Hours of Work: 30 hours per week, to include evenings and weekends and on-call rota
Interview date: 25th and 26th March
The role:
Are you a Senior Support Worker or experienced Support Worker looking for a fresh challenge where you can showcase your caring and understanding nature? Our supported living schemes support adults with learning disabilities who wish to live independently
As a Team Leader you will become a key part of a team to deliver care and support to residents living in our supported living schemes. This is an immensely rewarding role, enabling people to live independently and ensuring they get full enjoyment and fulfilment out of living in their supported housing apartment.
Reporting to and when necessary deputising for the Care Manager, you will be responsible for delivering, supervising and facilitating the delivery of packages of care and support to a number of our residents.
We are all about caring for the community and the people we support. At High Mount and Barn Farm, we support a total of 27 individuals, with all aspects of daily living including personal care, preparing meals, financial and domestic support and administering medication.
Benefits:
In return, we offer you a rewarding opportunity within a supportive team of experienced mentors and peers, ensuring you thrive throughout your career.
- Life Assurance
- Free onsite parking
- You will have access to our comprehensive training platform
- Access to a number of fantastic rewards including free and discounted tickets to popular destinations
- Access to our discounts and cashback app Rainly from day one
- Access to Blue Light Discount
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Access to our Cycle to Work Programme
Core Responsibilities
- You will lead the team in the delivery of a high-quality care service to our vulnerable residents
- Deputise for the Care Manager and promote safety, security, and reassurance to customers by delivering excellent care, and support services
- Support the management team with all aspects of team management including recruitment, induction, training, coaching and mentoring the Support Workers
- Ensuring service users care plans are maintained in order to meet and deliver identified care and support needs
About us:
Choices Housing Association, part of the Housing Plus Group is a leading provider of homes across a range of tenures, to meet identified housing needs. We also deliver regulated care services to help people live independently.
Our dedicated and diverse colleagues are critical to our success. We value our people and offer them challenging and worthwhile careers, providing a sense of achievement in a vital sector. It is important that we offer opportunities to inspire our people to help us to make a positive difference to our customers’ homes, lives and communities.
We support adults with learning disabilities to live their best life possible by promoting their personal development and independence
Our Inclusive Culture:
The Wrekin Housing Group is an inclusive employer committed to supporting all employees. We know that people perform better when they can be themselves, so creating a culture which is inclusive isn’t only the right thing to do, but is crucial to the success of any organisation. All of our employee networks make a positive contribution to how we are able to support all of our staff and includes networks such as our LGBTQ+ employee group, disability positive, heritage and culture and our allies’ network.
Next Steps:
To apply for this role, please submit your application.
Successful candidates will be required to undertake an Enhanced DBS Check.
This position does not offer sponsorship, and successful candidates will be required to have the Right to Work in the UK.
