START Senior Support Worker

Please refer to the Role Profiles for the criteria of each role, and if you are;
Passionate about working in a caring role?
Committed to supporting older and disabled people to be as independent as possible and maximise their quality of life?
Keen to develop your skills and knowledge within a dynamic, cutting edge service?
Reliable and available to work shifts over 7 days - minimum requirement to work alternate weekends from 07:00 and or up until 23:00?
Hold a full clean UK driving licence and a car available for work?
Available to work evenings or weekends only?
We offer various working patterns for 18 hours or 30 hours contracts, the start time for morning shifts is from 07:00 and the latest time you can start a shift is 16:30.

If you can honestly say YES to the above, then we need you.

About Us
The START team provides a flexible short-term assessment and reablement service, assisting people to maximise their level of individual ability and independence within their own homes.
We are a multi-disciplinary team consisting of professionals from social services and the NHS including Support Workers, Social Workers, an Occupational Therapist and a Physiotherapist.
Following a CQC inspection in 2019, we were awarded an overall GOOD and in 2020 we were awarded "Best contribution in Adult Social Services".
During the recent pandemic, we continue to thrive on making a difference in our service users' lives, to keep our service users as independent as possible in their own homes.
About You
NVQ Level 3 qualification (or equivalent) or willingness to work towards is desirable
You will be required to complete the Care Certification as part of your induction with additional training and support provided throughout.
An experienced moving and handling risk assessor. You will be required to complete the LBS Manual Handling Risk Assessor course as part of this role.
You hold a full clean UK driver's licence and have a car available for work.
Our Offer To You
As an organisation that values and nurtures talent, we're committed to helping you fulfil your potential and will offer you a supportive, friendly and collaborative environment to grow and develop your career and skills. We're constantly striving to improve our ways of working so putting your ideas across - however big or small - will be fully encouraged and supported by your colleagues and our dynamic and experienced management team.