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Support Worker or Senior Support Worker

£14.9 - £17.5 per hourEstimated

Are you open-minded, energetic, and able to stay calm under pressure while keeping your sense of humour?
We are currently working with a range of charities and private organisations to find individuals such as yourself to work within Children's Residential, Domiciliary, Neuro and a range of other specialism as a Support or Senior Support Worker
If this sounds like you, Liquid Personnel would love for you to join its client as a Senior Support Worker in Sunderland and the surrounding areas playing a key role in delivering high-quality care and support.
Our clients range from working with older people to children, to helping vulnerable individuals on a recovery journey or supporting those with complex and challenging behaviours the work is always highly rewarding!
They’re looking for someone passionate about promoting the well-being of others - and in return, they’ll help you build a rewarding and meaningful career.

What will your responsibilities be? 

In this role, you will:

  • Support individuals with complex needs in a person-centred, engaging way
  • Assist the Team Leader with staff supervision and development
  • Manage service rotas and contribute to support package planning and delivery
  • Collaborate with colleagues to ensure smooth service operations
  • Participate in shared on-call rota and work evenings/weekends as needed

Benefits:  

  • 6 weeks holiday (inclusive of bank holidays)
  • Pension scheme
  • Flourish Rewards
  • Staff discounts at our Social Enterprises
  • Employee Assistance Program 

Qualifications and Experience:  

To be successful in this role you must have:

  • Diploma or NVQ Level 1/2/3 desirable and essential for some roles
  • Care Driver
  • Significant experience supporting people with complex needs
  • Strong organisational and communication skills
  • A positive, team-oriented attitude
  • ROLE IS NOT OPEN TO SPONSORSHIP  

Why Liquid Personnel? 

  • Free DBS and compliance service  
  • Twice weekly payroll and ‘Faster Pay’ service, getting you paid more quickly  
  • Access to exclusive roles that aren’t available from other agencies  
  • Free access to Liquid’s exclusive social work training and CPD portal  
  • Your own dedicated consultant with extensive social work knowledge  
  • Access to a wide selection of social work positions across the UK  
  • “Refer a Friend” bonus – get £500 for each social worker you refer who we successfully place* 
  • “Find your own job” bonus – get £250 for bringing your own position to us * 

Liquid Personnel is an equal opportunities employer. Liquid Personnel Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. * Terms and conditions apply to our bonus schemes.  

Reasonable Adjustments:  

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity by contacting our team. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.  
We are unable to support or accept applications from candidates who are residents within the Red or Amber list of the Code of practice for the international recruitment of health and social care personnel in England, based on the World Health Organisation (WHO) Workforce Support and Safeguard List.  
 

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Vacancy posted more than 2 months ago
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