Details:
- Salary: £31,364 - 36,648 - Annum
- Location: Reading Berkshire
- Date: 1 month ago
Description:
£31,364 to £36,648 Per year + 10% Shift Allowance and Sleeping Allowance
We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Senior Support Worker to join our team of experienced and skilled staff at Respite Care in Whitley in Reading. Your main responsibility entails supervising the service provided to our users and formally managing the staff within their team, ensuring the seamless execution and enhancement of daily operational services. Additionally, you will cultivate various relationships through community networking to foster individual inclusion and engagement.
We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success. Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.
About us and the role:
We are a Respite Care Team registered with the CQC whose aims are to provide high quality support to adults with complex learning disabilities, regardless of gender, race, religion or sexual orientation.
Respite Care offers brief respites to caregivers from their full-time caregiving responsibilities. No day may the same due to the rotation of service users requiring our service. Furthermore, the ideal candidate should possess the capacity to evaluate risks and devise strategies to mitigate and handle them effectively.
You will be working a flexible shift pattern on a rotating schedule, enabling adequate planning for personal commitments outside of work. These shifts will encompass weekends and sleep-ins, with a requirement to work two weekends out of every three.
We assist individuals in fulfilling their daily living requirements, including personal care, manual handling, medication administration, meal preparation, and more. Our aim is to empower clients by offering opportunities for independence, fostering positive relationships, and enabling informed decision-making, all within a person-centered framework.
Exceptional client care and effective communication skills are crucial, along with a comprehension of the principles of exemplary practices in residential care and an awareness of the challenges faced by individuals with complex needs. Induction and training will be offered.
You’ll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability. As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you’ll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.
Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success. Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:
Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do.
Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential.
Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance – striving to be even better – and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way.
Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed.
Our offer:
We offer a supportive environment to grow and develop your career with the opportunity to put your ideas across. Innovation and ambition are strongly encouraged, and you’ll get a great feel for that working in our friendly and collaborative environment.
A competitive salary alongside a range of benefits including:
* Generous holiday entitlement - 25 days holiday each year plus bank holidays - rising to 33 days after 10 years' service, with the option to buy additional leave.
* A wide range of flexible working opportunities
* Modern working environment at the Civic Offices in the heart of Reading
* Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
* Life Assurance - three times your annual salary (for members of the LGPS)
* On-site day nursery (Kennet Day nursery) rated outstanding by Ofsted.
* Season Ticket Loan - a loan to help with the cost of your rail or bus journey, to and from work.
* Lease car salary sacrifice scheme allowing you to lease a brand new, greener car for three years. The monthly fee includes insurance, servicing and road tax.
For an informal discussion about this exciting opportunity, please contact Rachel Jerrard (Team Manager) on (phone number removed).
Closing date: Sunday 14th April 2024
Interview date: To be confirmed
Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy once a sufficient number of applications has been received. Therefore, it is strongly advised that you complete and return your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment