Senior Healthcare Support Worker – Full UK Manual Licence, Leeds
Main area Senior Healthcare Support Worker Grade 1 Contract Permanent: Full Time Hours Full time – 37.5 hours per week (You will be required to work shift patterns which will include weekends and bank holidays) Job ref RES:MH1345.0
Site Maplehurst Residential Service Town Moortown Salary £28,138.50 – £30,205.50 Per Annum – Dependant on Experience Salary period Yearly Closing 23/07/2026 23:59
Job overview
Moortown, Leeds
£28138.50 – £30205.50 per annum dependent on experience and qualifications
Full time 37.5 hours per week
Main duties of the job
Essential Requirements of a Senior Support Worker
- Previous experience of working with young people who have mental health needs
- Full UK Driving Licence – Manual not automatic
- Flexibility – Your role will involve working shifts including sleep ins/weekends/Bank Holidays
- Must be able to attend training throughout employment which will be held on weekdays
- Good written skills and the ability to write basic reports and record information accurately
- Basic IT skills (Your role will involve some computer work, completing forms, using an online care system, and writing emails)
- Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen to others
- An understanding of the issues around confidentiality
- An understanding of safeguarding
- A professional working boundary between staff and service users
- Ability to remain calm in emergencies, supporting others during difficult situations
Desirable Criteria of a Senior Support Worker
- Previous experience of working as a Support Worker or Senior Support Worker
Working for our organisation
Care in Mind provide residential services for young people aged 16-30 years old. The young people we care for often require a high level of support to assist with difficulties they may have from self-harming, behaviour, and emotional difficulties. Our aim is to support the young people using a therapeutic approach to help them achieve their individual goals, in preparation for transition to adult life.
Company Benefits
- An additional day off each year for your birthday
- Enhanced company sick pay
- Enhanced company pension
- Enhanced maternity/paternity leave
- Electric Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
- Paid time off for fertility treatment
- Life Assurance (2 x annual salary)
- Healthcare CashPlan with costs provided towards dental and optical care and a range of other healthcare treatments and benefits.
- Employee Assistance Programme/24-hour Counselling Service.
- Free eye tests and various other benefits.
- Excellent Learning and Development opportunities (Level 3 in Adult Health & Social Care and support with completion of the Care Certificate)
- Paid Training, Induction and DBS check.
- We are a Mindful & Disability Confident Employer.
- We are a supporter of the Greater Manchester Good Employment Charter.
- We are a Menopause Friendly Organisation.
- Long service awards.
- Social events including a Christmas party.
- Blue Light Card to access further shopping discounts
- Refer a Friend Scheme (Up to £500 per referral)
- Free onsite parking
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
At Care in Mind our homes are always a hub of activity and energy where the young people can feel safe, and our staff enjoy coming to work. As Senior Support Worker your role will involve working alongside and supporting the Deputy and Registered Manager in supervising a team of staff and will carry out the co-ordination and leading of shifts. You will take the lead and play an active part in the young person’s key team, creating and updating care plans, work collaboratively with the homes multi-disciplinary team ensuring all actions have been completed. You will also take an active role in supporting new members of the team and be involved in the recruitment of new staff attending interviews and local job fairs.
At our home in Leeds, you will be working with young people who have diagnosed eating disorders, alongside a variety of mental health diagnoses. Our young people often use self-harm and compensatory behaviours as a strategy to cope with their emotions. Your role will be required to support the young people through their eating complexities, including meal support, food and fluid documentation and post meal support. You will also support and help to manage incidents of self-harm and other risk-taking behaviours. Some of our young people have physical health concerns which require close monitoring and documenting – full training for this is provided. A number of our young people are preparing for independence too, to move on from the home into the community. Therefore, you will be supporting this transition through things such as: discovering different education routes, accessing public transport and appointments independently and supporting them to self-administer their own medication. Our young people are all unique and have different interests, they engage in a variety of activities including going to theme parks, pottery painting and watching theatre plays, so there will never be a dull moment when you are on shift.
Previous experience of working with young people who have mental health needs is essential and ideally you will have worked as a Support Worker in a similar environment. Experience of working with service users who have eating disorders would be beneficial but key is a good understanding of nutrition, You will receive full training and ongoing support & mentoring from our friendly residential and clinical team. The job is highly rewarding and is an excellent development opportunity if you would like to gain supervisory experience and move into a future management role of which we will support the right candidates to do.
Person specification
Qualifications
- Has NVQ Level 2 qualification in in care or equivalent
- NVQ level 3 qualification in care or equivalent
Experience
- Previous experience of working in a team
- Previous experience of working with young people who have mental health needs
- Good understanding of Nutrition
- Previous experience of working with service users who have eating disorders
Skills
- Good written communication skills and the ability to write basic reports and record information accurately
- IT skills and the ability to write emails and use Microsoft office
Other
- Able to work shifts (including weekends, bank holidays where required to complete any necessary training)
- Good verbal communication skills and the ability to listen to others
- A non-judgemental approach and the ability to demonstrate unconditional positive regard
- Ability to think on your feet, remain focused and maintain your composure in difficult situations
- Understanding of the issues around confidentiality
- Understanding of safeguarding
- Ability to meet the day to day needs of young people, including providing practical support with daily living activities
- Form and maintain professional working boundaries between staff and service users.
- Ability to remain calm in emergencies, supporting others during difficult situations.
- Excellent telephone manner, polite, professional and relay accurate information to the manager.
Additional Information
- Please note that training will be 6 days held at our Head Office in Stockport – reasonable expenses will be reimbursed.
- As a disability confident employer, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process – please email: jobs@careinmind.com
- Please note that we do not accept CV’s and the application must be completed in full.
- Care in Mind operates a safer recruitment process and as part of this process the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
- While we value the use of AI technology to enhance our daily work, we also value the personal touch and urge applicants to write their supporting statement without the use of AI to emphasise their own unique experiences. It is also unacceptable to use AI to inflate skills and experiences on the application form.
- We are an equal opportunities employer who values diversity and positively encourages applications of all ages from all sections of the community.
- We reserve the right to close the advert early, should we appoint a suitable candidate.
- Please be aware that Care in Mind do not hold a sponsorship licence.
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