Senior Residential Services Officer

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Job description

As a Senior Residential Services Officer, you'll provide leadership support to our friendly and supportive care team in our long stay CQC registered residential home for adults with learning disabilities. Along with another Senior Residential Officer, you'll support the Registered Manager to ensure we deliver a high-quality service that meets CQC and Care standards in line with our own internal policies and practices.

We work with some amazing people, each with their own individual physical, mental, social and emotional needs. You'll enjoy this diversity and use your person-centred approach to focus on their strengths, promoting their independence and tailoring your support to the individual. This will include helping people with eating and drinking, taking medication, personal care and communication.

Whether you're looking to expand your existing leadership skills, or take a first step on your career pathway in a management role, the role of Senior Residential Services Officer is a fantastic opportunity to stretch yourself in a supportive environment.

You'll have a successful track record working in a social care setting and have the confidence and skill set to lead a team, deputising for the Manager as needed. Our Senior Residential Services Officers must be strong team players, so you'll enjoy the opportunity to mentor others, enabling them to deliver the highest standards of care, in line with the latest CQC requirements. Most importantly you'll role-model our core values to colleagues, showing patience, empathy and compassion, empowering people to be as independent and maximise their wellbeing.

In return, we can offer you a comprehensive induction programme, so that you'll have all the training you need to do a first class job as a Senior Residential Services Officer. We're committed to your personal development and can support you to undertake a QCF Diploma Level 5 in Leadership for Health and Social Care (Adults).

As this is a 24/7 service, you'll be required to work a shift pattern to respond to the demands of the service. Your working pattern will include working every other weekend and a variety of shifts including early, late, sleep-in shifts and bank holidays for which enhancements will be paid in line with the HCC salary policy.

Other roles you may have experience of could include: Senior Support Worker, Senior Care Assistant, Senior Care Worker, Senior Health Care Assistant, Senior Carer, Senior Residential Support Worker, Senior Support Worker, Therapeutic Support Worker, Life Skills Coordinator, Wellbeing Coordinator, Positive Behaviour Support Worker, Wellbeing and Community Support, House Parent, Night Support Worker, Night Carer, Night Care Assistant, Community Care Assistant and Personal Care Giver.

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