# Senior Support Worker

**Company**: Priorygroup
**Location**: Teignmouth, Devon
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced and motivated Senior Support Worker to join our team at Eastleigh House in Teignmouth, Devon. As a Senior Support Worker, you will act as a positive role model, providing effective supervision and guidance to support staff, ensuring high-quality, person-centred care is delivered at all times.

Our service offers residential support for up to eight individuals who are autistic, have a learning disability and/or mental health needs, who may also require support with communication difficulties and behaviours of concern. The approach we take is person-centred and we use positive behaviour support (PBS), focusing on building positive outcomes for our residents and helping them to live a fulfilled life.

Key responsibilities include:

- Supervising and supporting the delivery of person-centred support and care

- Providing leadership during shifts, including handovers, role allocation, and effective communication

- Ensuring residents have person-centred plans in place and are supported to participate in meaningful activities

- Delivering team supervisions and contributing to professional development

- Administering medication safely and in line with procedures

- Managing service users' finances and contributing to budget management in accordance with policy

- Completing and overseeing accurate record-keeping, reporting, and compliance with legislation

- Monitoring and supporting team performance, addressing immediate operational issues as needed

- Maintaining up-to-date training and knowledge to ensure safe and effective practice

Requirements:

- Previous experience as a Support Worker or Senior Support Worker is essential

- Strong leadership and communication skills

- Ability to supervise, coach, and motivate others

- Committed to promoting choice, dignity, and independence for those we support

- Knowledge of care standards, policies, and safeguarding practices

- Reliable, flexible, and proactive in problem-solving

- A caring and respectful approach to supporting others

- Ability to work flexibly and think innovatively

- Strong communication and relationship-building skills

- Commitment to upholding professional standards, policies, and procedures

Benefits:

- Contributory pension scheme

- Flexible benefits including reduced rates and access to new schemes including gym membership, IT technology (laptops / tablets / smartphones) and Healthcare Cash Plan (Simply Health Scheme)

- Access to development opportunities

- Sponsorship of professional qualifications through our Individual Professional Development (IPD) panel

- Leadership & management development

- Long service award

- Refer a friend bonuses

## Skills

### Required
- leadership
- communication
- problem-solving
- caring
- respectful
- flexible
- innovative
- relationship-building

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