Senior Support Worker - Learning Disabilities & Complex Needs

Children & Young People Now Jobs; Northampton; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 31,000

Job description

Job role: Senior Support Worker – Learning Disabilities and Complex Needs

Contract: Full-time, Permanent

Location: Great Houghton, Northamptonshire

Salary: £27,785 - £30,275 per annum

Hourly rate: £13.36 - £14.56 per hour

Bonus: Opportunity to earn £1400 attendance bonus

Homes2Inspire are working in partnership with Northamptonshire Children's Trust, North Northamptonshire Council to create a new home in Great Houghton, Northamptonshire, that will provide a nurturing environment for a young male with a learning disability, ADHD and complex needs.

The home will plan a range of activities to provide engagement and be tailored to ensure he receives the support needed. He loves playing games with staff, spending time on his Xbox, listening to music, indoor gardening and exercising.

Homes2Inspire are one of the UK’s top providers of Children's homes and currently care for over 150 children in 53 homes and 2 leaving care facilities across the Midlands, Oxfordshire and Somerset. Homes2Inspire are proud to be a part of Shaw Trust Group, a charity helping to transform the lives of young people and adults across the UK.

What you’ll bring:

• Minimum 2 year’s experience of working with young people or young adults with learning disabilities and complex needs
• Minimum QCF Level 3 Residential Childcare or equivalent (In line with Ofsted requirements)
• Experience of working with behaviours that challenge
• Availability to work on a shift rota system including weekends and bank holidays
• A full UK Driving Licence

The role of a Senior Support Worker – Learning Disabilities’ and Complex Needs is to provide effective day-to-day guidance, oversight, and coaching to support staff, as well as working alongside the staff team directly with the young person. Senior Support Workers provide supervision to designated staff members and there will be administrative responsibilities to ensure accurate record-keeping is maintained.

What can Homes2Inspire offer you?

• A unique opportunity to help shape and develop our new home within Northamptonshire.
• A four-week comprehensive induction package to make you feel at home with our way of working, expectations and specialist training to ensure you are prepared for your role.
• Professional development training to progress internally into roles with Homes2Inspire, a national top ten charity owned residential children’s home provider.
• Medicash Healthcare Plan – claim back an annual cost of everyday healthcare, such as dental, optical treatment and specialist treatment
• Employee Assistant Program (EAP) – 24/7 access to support via phone, SMS, WhatsApp and live chat. 8 free counselling sessions/short-term solutions provided.
• Wellbeing support – We have an internal health and wellbeing team who are on hand and available to provide professional help and support during difficult times. Our team all have an NHS clinical background and are trained in their field of expertise.
• 28 days annual leave inclusive of Bank Holidays.
• Life assurance, extensive high street discounts, access to Blue Light discount card and cycle to work scheme.
• Opportunities to connect with Shaw Trust employee networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network, Men’s Network, Young Professionals Network, Menopause Peer Support Group, Neurodiversity Network).
• Refer a Friend scheme – earn £500 bonus for every successful applicant referred to us.

Please Note:

• All successful candidates will be subject to pre-employment safer recruitment checks in line with Ofsted regulatory requirements and Homes2Inspire Safer Recruitment Policy.
• We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
• Candidate applications will be reviewed regularly, and we reserve the right to interview candidates before the advertised closing date of this role.
• Due to our partnership working with Northamptonshire Children’s Trust and North Northamptonshire Council please be aware that personal information given by applicants may be shared with partners at any stage of the recruitment process.
• Interviews for this role will take place in-person during pre-planned assessment days. Please contact the careers team if you have any accessibility requests or need reasonable adjustments (contact details below).

At Homes2Inspire, we're dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace. We actively encourage applications from Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic, and welcome applications from all sections of the community including from people with lived experience and/or knowledge of disability or social exclusion.

Homes2Inspire is dedicated to supporting care leavers by offering guaranteed job interviews if you meet the minimum requirements for the role. If you want to benefit from this scheme, please inform us as part of your application that you have lived-in care experience.

Male staff are under-represented within our residential children’s services. We would like to encourage more male applicants to apply for our opportunities.

It is an important part of Homes2Inspire’s recruitment process to ensure that candidates are matched with the most appropriate service based on their skills, experience, and the needs of the young people in our care. On occasion, this may result in offers of employment being made at an alternative service than where the candidate has originally applied.

For any questions on the role, or to receive a full job description, please contact our Careers Team on [e-mail] or 01788 487057.