Details:
- Salary: £15 - 16 - Hour
- Job Type: Permanent
- Job Status: Full-Time
- Salary Per: Hour
- Location: Nationwide
- Date: 21 hours ago
Description:
About WESolutions
WESolutions is a global healthcare recruitment consultancy, connecting healthcare professionals with international/domestic career opportunities.
About the Role
We are seeking an experienced Senior Support Worker to provide direct, person-centred support to individuals with complex needs and behaviours that challenge. The role includes working within high-acuity care packages with enhanced staffing ratios, including 3:1, 4:1 and 5:1 support.
Alongside delivering high-quality care, you will guide and support colleagues during shifts, help coordinate staff responsibilities during high-risk situations, and ensure care plans, risk assessments and Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) strategies are followed consistently.
Key Responsibilities
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Provide direct support to individuals with complex needs and behaviours that challenge.
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Guide and support Support Workers during shifts and help ensure effective staff deployment within 3:1, 4:1 and 5:1 care arrangements.
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Ensure staff understand their roles and responsibilities when behavioural risks increase.
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Recognise early warning signs and implement preventative and de-escalation strategies.
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Provide calm, clear direction during incidents involving aggression, violence, absconding or property destruction.
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Promote de-escalation and least restrictive approaches before physical intervention is considered, wherever practicable.
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Ensure any restrictive intervention is carried out only by appropriately trained staff and in accordance with the individual's authorised care plan and risk assessment.
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Support colleagues after incidents and contribute to structured debriefing.
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Ensure incidents, injuries, restrictive interventions and safeguarding concerns are documented accurately and escalated appropriately.
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Monitor care records and behavioural observations.
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Support new team members through shadow shifts and competency development.
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Promote dignity, independence, choice and least restrictive practice.
Essential Requirements
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Significant hands-on experience supporting individuals with complex needs and behaviours that challenge.
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Previous experience in 3:1, 4:1 or 5:1 high-acuity care packages.
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Strong experience managing physical aggression and behavioural escalation.
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Demonstrable experience using effective de-escalation strategies.
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Experience of physical intervention or restraint within an appropriate care setting.
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Experience following PBS plans, behavioural risk assessments and complex care plans.
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Experience supporting, guiding or informally supervising other care workers.
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A sound understanding of safeguarding, DoLS, incident management and least restrictive practice