Senior Support Worker

Description:

Female Team Leader – Complex Care & Rehabilitation
???? Up to £20.86 per hour | ???? Cambridge
16.5 protected Team Leader/admin hours each week + days, nights and weekends.
Are you an experienced Senior Support Worker or Team Leader looking for your next step?
We are recruiting an experienced and motivated Female Team Leader to lead a small, dedicated support team working with a young woman with a physical disability in Cambridge.
This is a bespoke community-based role supporting one individual, with a strong focus on independence, autonomy, rehabilitation and enabling her to live a full and active life.
One of the biggest differences with this role is that you will have 16.5 protected Team Leader/admin hours every week.
You'll have dedicated time to lead your team properly, oversee standards, communicate with professionals and ensure the package runs effectively.
Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you'll remain actively involved in the client's life, typically completing one day shift and one waking night shift each week.
????‍???? Your leadership role
You will take responsibility for the day-to-day leadership and coordination of the team, including:
* Providing positive and effective leadership
* Acting as a professional role model
* Supporting, mentoring and motivating team members
* Completing staff supervisions and contributing to appraisals
* Organising and leading regular team meetings
* Supporting rota planning and ensuring appropriate staffing coverage
* Maintaining excellent communication across the team
* Liaising with the client, family, Case Manager, Deputyship team and other professionals
* Monitoring care plans, rehabilitation plans and risk assessments
* Ensuring records and documentation are completed to a high standard
* Identifying concerns and escalating appropriately
* Supporting the management of prescriptions, equipment and essential supplies
* Promoting consistent, high-quality and person-centred support
???? Direct support
This isn't a management role where you lose contact with the person you're supporting.
You'll also work directly with the client, supporting:
* Independence, choice and autonomy
* Personal care and medication
* Daily living skills and routines
* Social, leisure and community activities
* Appointments and activities
* Rehabilitation and therapy programmes
* Communication and engagement
* Access to an active and fulfilling life
* Driving the client's Motability vehicle
????‍♀️ Who are we looking for?
You may currently be working as a Team Leader, Senior Support Worker, Senior Healthcare Assistant, Rehabilitation Assistant or Deputy Manager.
We're looking for someone who has:
⭐ Previous care, healthcare, rehabilitation or disability support experience
⭐ Senior, supervisory or leadership experience
⭐ Excellent communication and organisational skills
⭐ Confidence supporting and developing staff
⭐ Strong written documentation skills
⭐ Knowledge of safeguarding and risk management
⭐ Confidence working with families and multidisciplinary professionals
⭐ A proactive, solution-focused approach
⭐ A genuine commitment to promoting independence and autonomy
A full UK driving licence is essential.
⭐ What we offer
???? Up to £20.86 per hour
????️ 16.5 protected Team Leader/admin hours every week
????‍???? Genuine responsibility and autonomy leading a small team
???? A bespoke role supporting one individual
???? Specialist training and ongoing professional development
???? Support from an experienced nurse-led management and case management team
???? Opportunity to work alongside rehabilitation and healthcare professionals
???? Opportunity to develop your leadership career within complex community care
If you're an experienced Senior Support Worker or Team Leader who wants more responsibility, dedicated leadership time and the opportunity to lead a genuinely person-centred team, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply today and tell us about your leadership experience and why this role interests you.
Due to the personal care requirements of this position, applications are invited from female candidates only. This is considered an occupational requirement in accordance with Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010