Senior Support Worker

Job description

Senior Support Worker – Nottingham (NG9)
£15.00 per hour | £28,080 – £37,440 per year | Permanent
NO SPONSORSHIP AVAILABLE
Ready to take the next step in your career in care?
We are recruiting experienced Senior Support Workers in Nottingham who are confident supporting individuals with complex needs and behaviours that challenge.
This is a permanent position offering stability, consistent contracted hours and a genuine opportunity to progress into leadership and management.
This is not agency work and not temporary work.
You will join a permanent care team where your experience will make a real difference to both the people you support and the colleagues working alongside you.
Hours & Pay
Choose from:
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36 hours per week – approximately £28,080 per year
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48 hours per week – approximately £37,440 per year
Pay is £15.00 per hour and you will be employed on a permanent contract.
The Role
As a Senior Support Worker, you will combine hands-on care with additional responsibility during shifts.
You will support and guide other Support Workers, promote safe and consistent practice and provide calm leadership when individuals experience behavioural escalation.
The role may involve supporting complex care packages operating at 3:1, 4:1 and 5:1 staffing levels.
You will help ensure that care plans, behavioural strategies, risk assessments and agreed support approaches are followed consistently.
Your responsibilities will include supporting colleagues during shifts, recognising behavioural changes and early warning signs, implementing preventative and de-escalation strategies and providing leadership during challenging incidents.
You will also help promote least restrictive practice, ensure incidents and safeguarding concerns are recorded appropriately, maintain high standards of care documentation and support new team members through shadowing and competency development.
Where required, you will escalate changes in risk or presentation to senior management or clinical teams.
Who We're Looking For
This is a senior position, so previous experience within care is essential.
We are particularly interested in candidates with experience of complex care, behaviours that challenge, physical aggression, behavioural escalation, Positive Behaviour Support, safeguarding, DoLS, behavioural risk assessments, de-escalation and incident management.
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Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Nottingham

Type of Contract

Full-time jobs

Published at

03-11-2026

Profession type

Counselling and Social Services

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English