Senior Support Worker

Working as a Senior Support Worker at Hill House your duties will include the following:

• Providing physical support which may include helping with household tasks and personal care.
• Providing emotional support for an individual and at times their families.
• Maintain the hygiene, dignity, health and safety of service users at all times.
• Encouraging and supporting the development of personal skills through hobbies and interests.
• Teaching life skills, such as shopping, using public transport and paying for bills.
• Working with other healthcare professionals to ensure that all care needs meet the highest possible standards.
• Assist in the design and administration of an evaluation of the care standards and care service provision.
• If applicable, assist in the administration of medication.

Information about the Service:

Hill House is a Mental health residential home that is situated in the West Midlands; we aim to provide a high quality, safe and personalised service that promotes choice, dignity, control, and quality of life for all service users.

We specialise in supporting people with mental health diagnoses and/or a learning disability who require 24hr residential support due to their complex needs and/or behaviour that are considered to be challenging.

Through careful recruitment, induction, appraisals, supervision, and a training program that includes the assessment of mental health and wellbeing, risk management and rehabilitation we can achieve excellent outcomes for our residents.

Necessary Experience or Qualifications to work as a Support worker:

• Previous experience working as a Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Domiciliary Carer or Senior preferred.
• Caring, kind and considerate.
• Passionate about making a difference in someone else’s life.
• Good communication skills.
• Able handle sometimes challenging situations.
• Fun, energetic and able to build relationships with many different people.