Senior Support Worker – Darlington (permanent, complex care)

We are recruiting a permanent Senior Support Worker in the Darlington area for a specialist supported living provider. This is a permanent, PAYE-employed role of 36 to 48 hours a week, paid £15.00 per hour (gross).

In this role you will support adults with complex needs and behaviours that challenge in a high-acuity supported living service, and guide other support workers on shift. Staffing is enhanced (3:1, 4:1 or 5:1), and the work involves de-escalation, Positive Behaviour Support plans, DoLS, safeguarding, incident recording and, only where lawful, authorised and trained, physical intervention. These are demanding roles, and the right person will find them very rewarding.

What you need:

• Significant experience supporting people with complex needs and behaviours that challenge
• Experience on enhanced packages (3:1 to 5:1) or comparable high-acuity services
• Experience of physical intervention in an appropriate care setting, with current or recent training (DMI, PMVA or an equivalent recognised programme)
• Experience supporting or informally supervising other care workers
• Good knowledge of safeguarding, DoLS, least restrictive practice and incident management
• Enhanced DBS (or willingness to complete one)
• Two suitable referees, ideally including a direct manager
• Unrestricted right to work in the UK. This role cannot offer visa sponsorship.

What is offered: paid annual leave, pension contributions, free mandatory training and free in-house DMI training, and ongoing development. Start dates and shift patterns are confirmed by the provider.

The provider makes all hiring decisions after its own application form and online interview.

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