Job Description

As a senior support worker, you will be part of a well-established staff team working within a large, busy service where no two days are the same.

Aside from regular support worker duties you will also complete handovers, supervise staff, become involved in the induction of new staff, complete compliance checks and follow up discrepancies, work closely with the staff team and lead by example to ensure the people we support are living a life that makes sense to them. You\'ll encourage your team and identify training needs, whether that\'s formally or by way of day-to-day coaching and reflection.

You will work closely with the registered manager and your fellow seniors to oversee the smooth running and delivery of our personalised adult services, ensuring outstanding delivery of support in line with our vision; for all people with a learning disability to live a life that makes sense to them.

This MacIntyre service is home up to 40 people of mixed ages and interests living in self-contained residential flats with communal areas for the residents to mingle.

You\'ll take your turn working shifts on a rota, including days, evenings, weekends, bank holidays and sleep-ins (approx 4 per month). Shift pattern is (early) 07:30 - 15:30, (late) 13:30 - 21:30, (sleep-in) 13:30 - 23:00 sleep in then 07:00 - 13:00 next day.

About you
You will need some experience working with vulnerable people, ideally those with learning disabilities. Perhaps you have been a support worker or care worker / practitioner and are now looking to step up to a more senior role with more responsibilities and greater challenges.

You will need to be flexible and organised, with a positive approach.
You must also be a driver, as you will be driving service vehicles, as well as possibly commuting places, using your own transport.

This is an exciting opportunity that has potential to grow with you as you develop within MacIntyre.

About us

MacIntyre 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.

Pay and Rewards

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 - MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre 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)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre 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 MacIntyre)

How to apply

If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.

Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call us 01908 357 016 and we will send an application form to you.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don\'t delay, apply today.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked \xe2\x80\x9cAccessibility\xe2\x80\x9d at the top of the screen.

COVID-19 Information

We will take every precaution to keep you and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process and your employment with MacIntyre. We encourage all our employees to follow Government advice and get vaccinated against COVID and flu. If you are a frontline care worker, you are on the priority list for vaccination.

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