Acting Senior Support Worker - 6 months maternity cover

We have a fantastic opportunity within The Richmond Fellowship Scotland for a Acting Senior Support Worker to join our Stirling service for a 6 month maternity cover contract. Our Senior Support Workers are classed as Front Line Management staff and as such your duties would fall under three specific areas as follows: Staff Management: – Coaching and mentoring front line staff while providing appropriate support including regular supervision. – Identifying the training needs of your team and ensuring that this training is provided. – Producing the staff rota for your team, taking into account budgetary requirements and ensuring that all staff meet their contracted hours whilst managing holiday cover and absence. – Developing the ability of your team to produce accurate and effective support plans. – Covering on-call shift work as and when needed. Supported Individuals: – Plan and facilitate meetings with individuals and important people in their lives in order to collate the appropriate information required to write an effective support plan. – Effectively match supported individuals to staff members, keeping in mind the identified outcomes and goals to be achieved for said supported individual. Organisational: – Liaising with external agencies such as an individual\’s family or Social W…