Senior Support Worker

Overview

“People with great staff do great things.” Are you ready to take the next step in your career? Do you have experience supporting people with a learning disability and/or autism? If you’re passionate about making a difference, believe in person-centred approaches, and want to work in a team where your leadership is valued, we’d love to hear from you.

We are looking for a Senior Support Worker, full time 37.5 hours a week.

Our person-centred approach means you’ll have the time to really connect with Dave, building meaningful relationships and helping Dave live their best life. Everyone’s unique, and we believe in empowering them to live life on their own terms. You'll work a mixture of shifts to support Dave, who is transitioning to his new home. Dave enjoys the simple pleasures in life: walks in the community, trips to local shops, and swimming.

He thrives when he is surrounded by familiar, trusted people who help him feel safe, reassured and in control of his day.

• Be a role model and mentor for your team, providing day-to-day leadership and support
• Help people with daily routines, including personal care, cooking, cleaning and shopping
• Encourage and enable people to take part in hobbies, access the community and live life on their terms
• Help embed Mac Intyre’s DNA kindness, creativity, honesty and contribution into everyday practice
• Assist with rotas, compliance, and on-call duties to ensure smooth running of the service

Our person-centred approach means you’ll have the time to really connect with Dave, building meaningful relationships and helping Dave live their best life. You'll work a mixture of shifts to support Dave, who is transitioning to his new home. Dave enjoys the simple pleasures in life: walks in the community, trips to local shops, and swimming. He thrives when he is surrounded by familiar, trusted people who help him feel safe, reassured and in control of his day.

Intrigued to know more?
Come and meet us! We’d love to introduce you to Dave and the team.

Apply now and step into a role where your heart and your leadership will be valued every single day.

Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsor ships as we await further guidance from the Home Office. Applications requiring sponsorship cannot be considered at this time. We appreciate your understanding.

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• Experience supporting people with learning disabilities and/or autism
• Confident in taking the lead, mentoring others and managing shifts
• A natural communicator with empathy, resilience and a good sense of humour
• Committed to person-centred approaches and positive behaviour support
• Willing and able to work flexibly, including evenings, weekends, bank holidays and sleep-ins

You must be a driver with a manual licence, as you will be driving service vehicles.

Mac Intyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism. We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

• Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme Mac Intyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• Mac Intyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• Mac Intyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• Mac Intyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• Mac Intyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by Mac Intyre)

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