Senior Support Worker in Cambridge

Larksfield Supported Living is based in the town of Wisbech and supports adults with a learning disability and/or physical disability. We aim to enable adults with a disability to live as independently as possible and to enjoy lifestyles as close to those enjoyed by other members of the community. We support and empower adults with a learning disability, or Older People, to enhance the quality of their life, maximise potential and to continue to promote and develop independence skills within their home.

The role will include promoting life skills development, and providing planned activities. You will need to have commitment and enthusiasm towards working with people with a disability.

Appointment to this post will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service. The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Our benefits:

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme.
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances.
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings.
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth.
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day.
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards.
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes.

What will you be doing?

You will report to the Registered Manager to ensure the service is working towards its vision in line with Care Quality Commission regulations. You will ensure that information within the service is accurate and up to date and reviewed to meet requirements. This may include care plans, medication management and recording, risk assessments, safeguarding and accident and incident reports. You will also undertake audits and quality assurance checks. You will be required to attend meetings with professionals. You will be expected to work within Mental Capacity legislation and Deprivation of Liberty Safeguards and have the ability to apply relevant legislation within your area of responsibility.

As a Senior Support Worker you will have experience of working with people with disabilities, able to take responsibility for more complex health issues and medication and be able to provide support and advice with daily living in their local community. You will manage a team of staff providing them with support and guidance individually and as a group to deliver excellent care and support. You will manage staff resources to ensure the service has adequate staff cover to agreed levels, including completing supervisions and overseeing staff development. You will be completing a comprehensive training program and benefit from excellent career development opportunities as well as being part of a supportive team committed to delivering an excellent service for adults with disabilities.

The post requires you to work various shifts during the week (between 7am-11pm), sleep-ins, and bank holidays and to work one weekend in four for which enhancements are paid.

About you:

As a Senior Support Worker, you will have excellent verbal and written communication skills as well as having proficient IT skills. Experience of working with vulnerable people at work or home will be helpful; however, more importantly, you will have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to think creatively. You will also have a sensitive and professional approach, showing understanding of confidentiality in and outside the service. You will be able to demonstrate commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion principles and anti-discriminatory practice. A good understanding of equal opportunities, person-centred approach and diversity are all essential. Sometimes you will be lone working but will also work as part of the team in group activities. You will have a proficient level of written and spoken English for the purposes of case recording and will hold a Level 3 qualification in Health and Social Care or related subject.

We offer excellent training and development opportunities; you will have the commitment to complete training and qualifications and learn new skills whilst working alongside a supportive team.

Please note that as this role is part-time, we are not able to offer sponsorship. Interviews will be held in person w/c 2nd March 2026.

About us:

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes. Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do. We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a job vacancy. On your application form you can indicate you are disabled. Some examples of reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

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