Role: Senior Support Worker (Willow Court)
Location: Mirfield, WF14 0DQ
Salary: £11.56/hr
Hours: 37.5hrs per week, including alternate weekend working.
Shifts: Early shifts: 7am - 2:30pm, and Late shifts: 2pm - 9:30pm. Longer shifts also available.

Willow Court is a 19-bed residential and nursing home for Adults with Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, and complex needs. The senior team at Willow Court work alongside Nurses, HCAs, and Therapy staff to ensure a high level of quality, person-centred care is provided every day. 

As a senior support worker, you will be responsible for conduction staff supervisions, organising training for staff, planning the rota with the manager and deputy manager, administering and auditing of medications, and ensuring care plans and other paperwork is up to date and completed to a high standard. 

What we look for from our staff:

• Confidence – being self-assured, asking for help when you need it and challenging behaviour or practices that you feel are inappropriate or unsafe.
• Curiosity – being inquisitive and welcoming change, asking questions about the way that we do things and why, and putting yourself forward to try new things.
• Happiness – being cheerful and positive, bringing your best self to work and sharing your enthusiasm for life with the people we are here to support.
• Kindness – being caring and compassionate, reaching out to your colleagues if they look like they’re struggling, being an active member of the team and working together to achieve shared goals. 

What we offer:

• A competitive salary and great pension scheme.
• Paid pre-employment training to give you a great head start. 
• An employee rewards scheme with retail discounts and more.
• A comprehensive employee assistance program, including support for mental health, a company sick pay scheme, and a life insurance benefit scheme. 
• A fantastic, open, and supportive working environment.
• Training & Development opportunities to support your development.
• A wealth of opportunities to gain experience in a variety of skills.

To find out more, please call Jodie Edgar-Brown on 01924 490833 for an informal chat or via email on j.edgar-brown@hollybanktrust.com

Hollybank Trust is committed to Safeguarding vulnerable people, and our Safer Recruitment process requires all employees to have an Enhanced DBS check and reference checks in line with our Recruitment policy.

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Hollybank Trust is a Disability Confident employer. We are actively working to recruit and retain people with disabilities and long-term health conditions into our work force. If you are an applicant who has a disability, you will be offered an interview if you meet the essential criteria for the job.