Senior Support Worker

Senior Support Worker

£25,000 - £25,642 per annum

Sale, Manchester

Full-Time

Permanent

Full or Part Time opportunities available.

£25,000 - £25,642 per annum (Once 6-month probation is passed)

Additional payments for night shifts (£12 per night - £55 for sleep-in)

Have you worked in an adult social care or nursing setting?

Experience of being a team leader or have at least 1 year of care experience?

Do you want to progress to a Senior Support Worker?

Then Stockdales is the company for you! A charity based in Sale, just south of Manchester City Centre, we have over 70 years’ experience supporting people with learning and physical disabilities.

We pride ourselves on supporting our residents and service users to live their best lives to the fullest. Offering, high quality health and personal care for long-term residents of all ages. We have five 'luxury' style homes in Sale, with modern interiors and state-of-the-art lifting equipment and mobility aids, along with a day service in Altrincham.

Come and join the fun working environment here at Stockdales. You will be offering day to day, person centred care, which includes, activities and day trips planned weekly with residents and service users which includes – swimming, trips to the seaside, museums, sensory walks, and activity breaks across the country.

What you will receive whilst working for us:

A competitive salary

Enhanced pay for bank holidays and on call

Excellent internal and external training offered

Comprehensive induction and ongoing training

Mileage paid for travel during work hours

28 days holiday per year pro rata inclusive of bank holidays

Increased holiday entitlement with service

Pension Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

Access to Wage Stream

Medicash – includes access to 24hr GP, money off shopping and going out, wellbeing aids

Life Insurance Scheme

Monthly staff prize draw

What we want in return:

Ideally a minimum of 1 year experience working in care with the ability to lead shifts

Caring, self-motivated staff members who have passion and want to help people with learning disabilities and complex health care needs

Have basic IT skills-Microsoft word and email. Ability to read and write and have basic numeracy skills is essential to this role

Be Prepared to undertake a professional qualification relevant to the role, such as a level 2/3 RQF/NVQ

Commitment to training and to progress to a shift leader

Committed, reliable and willing to work as part of a team

Flexibility- willing to work weekends and bank holidays

Satisfactory DBS check, 2 references

You will go home at the end of your shift satisfied and feeling like you have made a big difference to the people you support.

If this job is for you, we want to hear from you