Senior Support Worker (Internal Only) – Teddington

FitzRoy provide care and support for residents with learning disabilities and autism in their services in Teddington, some of whom are non-verbal communicators.

We are seeking an exceptional new Senior Support Worker to join our friendly team – could this be you? You will be an experienced Support Worker who has recent social care experience of working with people who are on the autistic spectrum & will have demonstrable experience of working with adults with learning disabilities. If you love helping people and want to make a difference to someone’s life we want to hear from you.

Vacancy available:

• Weekday rates from £12.77ph rising to £14.52ph with overtime, weekend rates £13.77ph rising to £15.52ph with overtime
• Full time (37.5 hours per week)
• Day Shifts between 7.30am and 10pm, with shift patterns including earlies, mids, and lates
• Alternate weekend work required
• For this role it is preferred, though not essential, that applicants hold a full driving licence & are willing to drive our accessible vehicles

As a Senior Support worker duties will involve:

• Support the management team by co-ordinating key tasks assigned to provide high standards of personalised care and manage quality, compliance and financial requirements at your location.
• You will be required to act as a role model for excellent practice.
• You will be the senior contact for the team in the absence of the Manager and be responsible for tasks which provide support to the management team.
• You will need to work in partnership with the staff team, internal and external stakeholders, professionals and the local community to achieve objectives using best practice guidelines and FitzRoy values.
• A Senior Support Worker must give clear direction and guidance to develop the team to support people to lead full and active lives as members of their community.
• You will carry out support worker activities to a high standard and contribute to a culture of open information, communication and constructive feedback with colleagues and management team.

We welcome application form all current Fitzroy employees and agency staff.

Please email your CV to sian.laing@fitzroy.org by 20th February 2023.

Early application is encouraged as we reserve the right to close the vacancy at any time.

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