Senior Support Worker

Are you committed to making a difference to the lives of young people? Are you up for a new opportunity and challenge? Bay6, our Supported Housing Project for 16 – 24 year olds based in Leyland, Lancashire has an exciting opportunity for an experienced individual to join our team as a Senior Support Worker, on a full time permanent basis.Our young people say.....‘Bay6 is special in more than one way'‘It's a step to a brighter future'‘Staff taught me to believe in myself'‘It's like a second family to me'The service is made up of 3 buildings across 2 sites:Bay6 - 6 bedrooms with communal areas including staff officesHaddon Lodge - 5 one bedroom flats Belgrave Court - 6 one bedroom flatsShift patternOur service is open 7 days a week. Shifts are on a rota basis 5 days on, 2 days off. Shift times vary from 8am-4pm, 9am-5pm, 11am-7pm and 3pm-10pm. Starting salary Between £28,080 - £28,860More info regarding our Pay & Reward framework can be found below.Objectives of ServiceBay6 provides a safe environment to offer holistic approach to young people to enable them to gain and develop the skills needed to live independently through one to one support and group work. Support Workers work alongside the young people to assess their needs and goals and develop individual plans to ensure we are working together towards positive outcomes.Some of the Key Responsibilities include: To ensure the support needs of the young people are understood and fully met.To support the team in ensuring the service is meeting OFSTED standards for Supported Accommodation.To carry out staff supervisions.To lead on referrals and VOIDS/turning empty flats around ready for the next young person.Assessing and developing supports plans with the Young Person to achieve positive outcomes.To ensure health & safety routines are carried out within the building.To safeguard the Young People within the service.To record in line with Barnardo's recording policy.To ensure young people adhere to the rules of the service/House Code. Essential Requirements to evidence in your written application: Extensive experience of working with Young People and/or vulnerable adults.Confidence in overseeing support planning for young people and ensuring strategies and approaches agreed with other key agencies are embedded/implemented on a day-to-day basis.Awareness of factors impacting on and issues facing vulnerable young people and their families.Motivated to achieve the highest level of care and support.Experience of and ability to demonstrate a good understanding of safeguarding and OFSTED regulations.IT literate with the ability to accurately record information.Ability to work flexibly and independently.Most importantly, you will need to enjoy the challenges and rewards of working with young people! The successful candidate will have a planned induction and will participate in a range of training.Our Mission statement‘To provide a safe, friendly and appropriate environment where young people are supported, enabled and empowered to prepare for independent living' When completing your application please refer to the skills, knowledge and experience you have in relation to the Person Specification & Job Description.Please note due to the high volume of applications for some posts, this advert might close before the displayed closing date. We recommend that you apply for this role as soon as possible.Pay & Reward FrameworkWe know that our colleagues go above and beyond in delivering our vital work, driven by their passion and commitment to Barnardo's . We also know that we can only realise our ambitions and achieve better outcomes for more children, thanks to the talent, hard work and creativity of our people. For all these reasons, we are committed to a new approach to pay and reward, to ensure it is fair, attractive and progressive, which was rolled out in April 2023. This is a positive change for the charity, and a part of our Strategy. It will assist us in supporting colleagues to belong, thrive and grow in their colleague journey at Barnardo's and in time will offer clear routes of progression for colleagues in both their career and their pay. Whilst the full pay band and salary range is advertised, our approach to starting salaries is to appoint between the minimum to mid-point of the pay band – this ensures that pay steps are available to reward our colleagues annually based on their contribution to excellence and alignment to our values and behaviours. More details on Barnardo's pay framework can be found upon application. BenefitsWorkplace Offer: What it means for youThe world of work has changed. We are understanding of what works best for our colleagues both current and future as we look to embrace this new way of working. Our hybrid working initiative is based on trust, flexibility and empowerment. We understand our workplace offer means different things to different people, and we encourage those conversations. This may mean working at one of our stores, services, working at home, at one of our Collaboration Hubs or any combination of these. Barnardo's believe in creating equality of opportunity in the workplace and supporting people to manage their work-life balance; we are therefore open to offering flexible working arrangements.26 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing after 5 years serviceThe ability to buy up to another 5 days annual leave via our HolidayPlus schemeA host of family friendly leave options including company Maternity Paternity and Adoption pay; together with all family additional leave optionsService related sick pay from day 1Access to a Group Personal Pension with a matched 4% or 6% contribution from Barnardo's. Ability to pay via salary sacrifice to garner both tax and NI savings on your own contributionDeath in service cover of 4x annual earnings for all staff contributing to our Group Personal PensionCycle2work schemeInterest free season ticket loansDiscounts and cashback from at high street shops including major supermarkets, cinemas, gyms, leisure/theme parks, holidays and much more via our Benefit Portal20% discount at Barnardo's storesOpportunity to purchase a health cash plan to claim towards dental, glasses, therapy etcFree access to round the clock employee assistance program for advice and supportAccess to Barnardo's Learning and Development offer *T&C's