Senior Support Workers, Lisburn

Positive Futures is Northern Ireland's leading learning disability, acquired brain injury and autistic spectrum condition charity.  We currently employ over 600 people throughout the island of Ireland. The Windermere Supported Living Service in Lisburn supports 10 individuals. With new referrals we are growing and looking for:

Senior Support Workers
Full time and part time contracts

You will:

• Support people to live the lives they want in their own homes
• Work in a team to deliver support on a 24 hour shift schedule
• Take part in Person Centred Supervision and Appraisal with Line Manager and carry these out with Support Workers
• Take responsibility as "Shift Leader" offering advice / guidance to other staff as required

What we need you to have:

• At least 2 years' experience of supporting people within a social care setting
• Experience of: 

o assessment, development and implementation of Person Centred Care / Support Plans
o using behaviour management strategies
o assessing/managing risk

• A full driving licence*

*this criteria is waived for those who cannot meet this due to a disability 

If you can give a commitment to the people we support, we can give you:

• Holiday allowance up to 33 days per year
• 4% pension contribution (for eligible staff)
• Employee discount card
• Loyalty benefits
• Generous sickness and maternity pay

We are holding a recruitment event on Monday 25 November 2019 at Bridge Community Centre, 50 Railway Street, Lisburn from 4pm – 8pm. Come along to find out more about Positive Futures, our vacancies and get support completing an application form. If your application is short listed you have the option of completing an interview on the day.

To find out more about the recruitment event or to complete an application form, please go to www.positive-futures.net. The closing date for completed application forms is Sunday 1 December 2019.

We are an Equal Opportunities Employer
Registered with The Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (NIC101385)
Positive Futures operates a Smoke Free workplace