Senior Support Worker / Team Leader

Supporting individuals with everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning.
Personal care and hygiene.
Medication and wellbeing.
Going into the community for shopping or other trips.
Assisting the manager in running the service
Supervising frontline support workers
Contributing to the continued development of the service
Supporting with recruitment and induction of new team members
You can see a more detailed description of duties in the job description attached at the bottom of this advert.

Please note, this role may include regular sleep-in shifts paid at £50 a night (This means sleeping over at the residence, with the possibility you might have to wake up to provide care in the night.)

Why work for Sense?

Sense is a national disability charity supporting everyone who is deafblind or has complex disabilities. We believe everyone should be able to take part in life, no matter their disability.

Our work empowers thousands of people who are deafblind or have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfill their potential.

Work at Sense can be demanding and so isn't for everyone, but it is also incredibly rewarding and valuable.

Ready to make a difference?

Positive, with a can-do attitude.
Caring, patient and empathetic.
Good communicators and listeners
Drivers with Full UK license desirable
Have Right to work in the UK
Flexible with shifts
Knowledge of multi-sensory impairments / learning difficulties is desirable.
Passionate about enhancing other people's lives.
Willing to attend training as needed to support you in your role., Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

Work with Sense and make a real difference to the lives of the people we support and their families.

You will join our amazing team at our residential service in Deeping St James which has been rated Good by CQC. We support 5 adults with dual sensory complex needs including physical disabilities and challenging behaviour.

This is a permanent role working 37.5 hours per week. We are offering £25,370 per annum (£13.01 per hour) with enhanced rates for overtime and annual pay reviews.

Shifts vary but generally start around 07.00am with the latest start around 4.30pm. You will be expected to work every other weekend.

We are located in Deeping St James with the town of Market Deeping 5 minutes away and Peterborough City Centre 20 minutes away., 32 days of annual leave including Bank Holidays pro rata
Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
Free life assurance policy.
Cashback and discounts on high street brands (and 10% off at Sense charity shops!).
Cycle to work scheme.
Travel season ticket loans.
Enhanced sick pay.
Headspace app - free access for all employees to mindfulness application
Free DBS check if your role needs one.
A £350 refer-a-friend scheme.
Free access to over 100 online and face-to-face training courses, including the care certificate.
Ongoing development opportunities

We're looking for enthusiastic applicants who are