Support Worker

Job responsibilities

Package Description: Are you ready to make a real difference in someones life?

Are you ready to take the lead and make a meaningful difference in peoples lives? Were looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Support Worker to work within our supported living service in Retford, delivering and overseeing high-quality support for three individuals with learning disabilities and/or difficulties, autism, and complex needs.

In this role, youll support people to live as independently as possible within their own homes, promoting choice, control, and inclusion in everyday life.Youll play a key role in ensuring each person receives tailored, person-centred support that reflects their goals, preferences, and aspirations.

Reporting to the Registered Manager, youll divide your time between hands-on support and leadership or administrative responsibilities.Alongside supporting the individuals, youll also provide day-to-day guidance and leadership to the staff teamhelping to coordinate shifts, maintain high standards of care, and ensure the service runs smoothly, safely, and in line with best practice and regulatory requirements.This is a varied and rewarding role where you can make a real impact on both the people we support and your colleagues.

About the people youll be supporting:Youll be supporting three individuals with learning disabilities and/or difficulties, autism, and complex needs. Each person has their own unique personality, communication style, routines, and level of independence.Some enjoy being active in their local community and engaging in social activities, while others prefer quieter, structured, home-based routines.

Your role is to enable each person to live the life they choosesupporting them with daily living skills, communication, emotional regulation, and decision-making, while promoting independence wherever possible.Youll take a proactive, person-centred approach, including positive behaviour support where appropriate, to ensure individuals feel safe, understood, and valued in their own homes.

Youll also work closely with families, carers, and external professionals to ensure consistent, high-quality support, while providing reassurance and clear communication.

Where youll be working:This full-time role is based in our supported living service in Retford.Youll combine shift-based support with dedicated time for leadership and administrative duties, while also supporting and guiding the staff team to deliver high-quality, person-centred care.

.As an Agincare employee youll enjoy:

£13.75 per hour

Refer a friend scheme earn up to £500*

Outstanding career development

Fully funded training and career development

Blue Light card discount package

Company pension scheme

What is required from you?

A minimum of 12 months on your right to work

Full UK Drivers licence

level 2 in Health and Social Care and willing to work towards level 3

How we achieve our outcomes with the people we support.

As part of your day to day work you will be offering the following;

Encouraging people to play active roles in the communities in which they live, to encourage independence.

Supporting Activities of daily Living including social activities, personal care, routines, planning and preparation of meals and budgeting.

Communicating- effectively communicate using peoples chosen methods

Engaging- promoting and motivating people we support to enhance their quality of life

Specialising - supporting people who may need positive behavioural support approaches

Recording- keeping accurate records &reporting changes in health or circumstances of service users to management

Team player Working as part of a team, as well as being able to work using your own initiative.

About Agincare

Agincare is proudly celebrating 40years of caring for communities. As a rapidlygrowing, family-ownedcare provider with more than5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of ournew not-for-profit Childrens Services. Today,Agincare is one of the UKs largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locationsnationwide.As a signatory of theCare Leaver Covenant, we are committed tosupporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation.We are proud to support the Armed Forcescommunity through our alliance,offering guaranteed interviewsto service leavers and members of the military community.All of our services areregulated by the CQCand Agincare is proud to be anequal opportunities employerand encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds and experiences.At present, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship.As care is always in high demand, we have a wide range of exciting opportunities available. If this particular role isnt the right fit for you, we encourage you to explore our other vacancies,www.agincare.com/careers

All of our care services are regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

Equal opportunities are important to us at Agincare and we welcome applications from all.

*Subject to terms and conditions

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• A minimum of 12 months on your right to work. Full UK Drivers licence. Level 2 in Health and Social Care and willing to work towards level 3.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Agincare

Address

Enable

Retford

DN22 7EZ

United Kingdom

Employer's website

https://www.agincare.com/ (Opens in a new tab)