Senior Healthcare Support Worker

at  Active Care Group

Come and join the UK’s 4th largest independent provider in neuro and mental healthcare. We proudly employ over 4000+ people - no matter what your experience, we have jobs for everyone.
We’d like you to join us as a Senior Healthcare Assistant Children’s at our service Buttons in Swindon.
Our vision is a world where people with the most complex needs are surrounded by the collaborative, holistic and expert care they require and the kindness they deserve, to live a brighter future.
Buttons is a residential children and young peoples home for children and young people of both sexes who have a server physical or learning disability, complex health care needs or behaviours that challenge. The age range is 5-18 years.
At Buttons we work with a broad range of complex needs which some include:
Autistic spectrum conditions, Moderate or serve learning difficulties, Global developmental delays, specific language/ communication, and social emotional difficulties.
We will review and respond to your application within 48 hours.

WHAT YOU’LL BE WORKING:

If you are looking for a full time Senior Support Worker, your hours are based on a rota working every other weekend.

• Full Time 36 Hours with sleep ins
• Every other weekend

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Supporting our children and young people with daily activities
• Effectively lead the shift by ensuring appropriate staffing levels are maintained at all times.
• Supporting their care plans to establish routine
• Ensure that all children and young people have up-to-date risk assessments and person centered along with Care and behaviour support plans in place and review and update as required with the service manager
• Ensure the children and young people feels safe, and stable within their day to day routine care
• Carry out personal care
• Cover all aspects of the support worker role to work closely with the children and young people and the team on the floors in order to meet the needs of the service.
• To work on the floor at all times
• To be part of the on call team
• Responsible for attending and completing all mandatory training.
• Administrating medication (if required)
• Support children and young people with physical disabilities using trained techniques and aids e.g. hoists, wheelchairs, modified bathing equipment