Job Detail

We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Support Worker to come and join our Community Services and work for Harpenden Mencap. Our vision is people living the lives they want, and we have been supporting adults with learning disabilities to live their lives their way for over 60 years in and around the local community. This role is an opportunity to join and help lead an experienced team that supports people in Harpenden Mencap's Supported Living and Community care team. You will be part of their everyday life, building relationships and enabling people to achieve their goals and dreams. 

• Be part of an experienced team that will provide you with ongoing support
• Excellent training and development all fully funded.
• Funded DBS
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Health cash plan scheme
• Generous annual leave policy
• Pension 

• Assisting the Registered Manager and Assistant Manager in providing an outstanding level of support that will ensure the people using Harpenden Mencap services live a comfortable, dignified, liberated and happy life.
• Assisting with the recruitment, induction, training, supervision and management of a team of support workers working with adults with learning disabilities.
• Leading a team in helping adults with learning disabilities to understand and navigate the world around them, promoting positive relationships.
• Planning the work of the team to support individuals to access and participate in their local community and social events to promote individuality and active citizenship.
• No one day is the same and you can expect to be supporting people with varying learning and physical disabilities. Everyone we support is individual and has their own passions and interests which you will need to support.

• As a Charity we are looking for the very best Senior Support Worker for our tenants and management team- you need to  be kind and caring, friendly and positive, passionate and willing to take positive risks, and be motivated to share our values and behaviours.

You need to have among other things:

• Experience of working with adults with learning disabilities and/or autism;
• Experience of communicating positively with a variety of people with differing abilities;
• Experience of providing effective leadership and management
• Ability to work independently and to lead a team.
• We are Inclusive. People with a learning disability are at the heart of everything we do.
• We are Trustworthy. When we promise something, we don’t let people down.
• We are Caring. We treat everyone with respect and kindness.
• We are Challenging. When we see things that aren’t fair we will campaign until we see real change.
• We are Positive. We never stop believing in a better future and we celebrate what we are proud of now.