Senior Support Worker

Package Description: Are you ready to make a real difference in someone’s life?Are you ready to make a real difference in someone’s life?Are you ready to take the lead and make a meaningful difference in people’s lives? We’re looking for an experienced and motivated Senior Support Worker to work within our supported living service in Oadby, Leicestershire, delivering and overseeing high-quality support for three individuals with learning disabilities and/or difficulties, autism, and complex needs. In this role, you’ll support people to live as independently as possible within their own home, promoting choice, control, and inclusion in everyday life. You’ll play a key role in ensuring each person receives tailored, person-centred support that reflects their goals, preferences, and aspirations. Reporting to the Registered Manager, you’ll divide your time between hands-on support and leadership or administrative responsibilities. You’ll support the coordination of the service, guide and mentor staff, and ensure the service runs smoothly, safely, and in line with best practice and regulatory standards. This is a varied and rewarding role where you can have a direct and lasting impact. About the people you’ll be supporting: You’ll be supporting individuals with learning disabilities and/or difficulties, autism, and complex needs. Each person has their own unique personality, communication style, routines, and level of independence. Some people enjoy being active in their local community, attending activities, or building social connections, while others prefer quieter, structured, home-based routines. Your role is to enable each person to live the life they choose—supporting them with daily living skills, communication, emotional regulation, and decision-making, while promoting independence wherever possible. You’ll use a person-centred and proactive approach, including positive behaviour support where appropriate, to ensure individuals feel safe, understood, and valued in their own home. You’ll also work closely with families, carers, and external professionals to provide consistent, high-quality support, ensuring that each person’s needs are met in a holistic and respectful way. Where you’ll be working: This full-time role is based in our supported living service in Oadby, Leicestershire. You’ll combine shift-based support with dedicated time for leadership and administrative duties, playing a key role in maintaining high standards and ensuring the service operates effectively. As an Agincare employee you’ll enjoy: • £13.75 per hour • Refer a friend scheme earn up to £500* • Outstanding career development • Fully funded training and career development • Blue Light card discount package • Company pension scheme What is required from you? A minimum of 12 months on your right to work Full UK Drivers licence level 2 in Health and Social Care and willing to work towards level 3 How we achieve our outcomes with the people we support . As part of your day to day work you will be offering the following; Encouraging – people to play active roles in the communities in which they live, to encourage independence.Supporting – Activities of daily Living including social activities, personal care, routines, planning and preparation of meals and budgeting.Communicating - effectively communicate using people’s chosen methods Engaging - promoting and motivating people we support to enhance their quality of lifeSpecialising - supporting people who may need positive behavioural support approachesRecording - keeping accurate records &reporting changes in health or circumstances of service users to management Team player – Working as part of a team, as well as being able to work using your own initiative. About Agincare Agincare is proudly celebrating 40 years of caring for communities. As a rapidly growing, family-owned care provider with more than 5,500 team members, and expanding every day, we continue to strengthen our services through recent care home developments and the launch of our new not-for-profit Children’s Services. Today, Agincare is one of the UK’s largest care providers, delivering care and nursing homes, home care, extra care, supported living, and live-in care across more than 170 locations nationwide.As a signatory of the Care Leaver Covenant, we are committed to supporting care leavers by guaranteeing either an interview or an informal career conversation. We are proud to support the Armed Forces community through our alliance, offering guaranteed interviews to service leavers and members of the military community.All of our services are