Senior Support Worker in South Shields inSouth Shields PUBLISHED FRI 24 OCT 2025 Jump to job information section

Senior Support Worker Job details Posting date: 24 October 2025 Salary: Not specified Additional salary information: Up to £12.90 per hour Hours: Full time Closing date: 10 November 2025 Location: South Shields, Tyne & Wear Remote working: On-site only Company: Creative Support Job type: Permanent Job reference: 83615 Apply for this job Summary We are looking to recruit a passionate and motivated Senior Support Worker to join our established team at Simonside Court based in South Tyneside. Here we provide quality person-centred care and support to thirteen individuals with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and additional mental health support needs to live exciting and independent lives. No two days will be the same at this service as we support service users in a supported living environment to follow their passions and engage in a range of activities including cooking/baking, walking, attending community activities including drama, karate and discos and many more! Senior Support Worker duties include: - Supervising, managing and mentoring a team of staff - Developing and sustaining warm and trusting relationships with service users - Encouraging service users to engage in a range of exciting social activities, both within and outside of their homes - Providing personal care, administering medication and lone working - You will be required to support with overseeing staff deployment and rotas and to work in a flexible manner yourself including working some evenings and weekends. - Working closely with local multi-disciplinary teams and community-based agencies to provide holistic, wrap-around support - Facilitate service user engagement, involvement and peer support - Ensure that there are robust methods of quality monitoring You will provide excellent customer care and proactively communicate with stakeholders in respect to risk management and the care and welfare of the people we support. You will have a strong ethical duty of care and a commitment to safeguarding vulnerable individuals. As this is a senior role, experience of supporting individuals with learning disabilities and/or mental health needs is required. You will ideally have some experience of supervision/managing staff and resources and hold or be willing to work towards relevant health and social care qualifications (Degree or NVQ Level 3/4/5). Vacancy Reference Number: 83615 Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care. Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS. We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded. SVC: SMNS Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas