Senior Support Worker - Sherringham House

Salary: £26,936 per annum (£14.00 per hour). 
Plus overtime + £350 welcome bonus. 

Closing date: 20th November 2025

Location: Kenton. 

Hours: 37 hours per week over a 7-day rota. 

Sherringham House is a purpose-built supported living complex, comprising of self-contained apartments designed for adults with learning disabilities.

Our team work closely with the people we support, their families and healthcare professionals to create an environment where every individual is respected, valued and given the opportunity to live as independently as possible within their own homes and reach their personal potential

The role

We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and experienced Senior Support Worker to join us at Sherringham House. As a Senior Support Worker, this role will involve leading, supporting and supervising the staff team.

The successful candidate will:

• Have previous experience of supporting adults with learning disabilities
• Be committed to providing a high-quality service, focussed on developing people’s social and practical living skills.
• Have previous experience of supervising a staff team.
• Have the ability to motivate staff.
• Possess excellent communication skills.
• Possess a Diploma level 3 in Health and Social Care or an equivalent qualification.

Why work for us

As well as offering a competitive salary, we provide a number of benefits and wellbeing initiatives for our staff, including:

• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, including a day off for your birthday
• Ability to buy and sell annual leave
• Double time paid over Christmas
• Company sick pay scheme
• Staff savings scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Tech scheme
• Free staff counselling service
• Blue Light discount offering shopping discounts on thousands of stores
• Charity workers’ discount
• Free life assurance
• Earn money and rewards with the Care Friends App

About us

St Cuthbert’s Care is a values-based registered social care charity, committed to enabling people to reach their personal potential.

We are a Living Wage employer – the first regional charity in the North East, delivering adult social care as part of our work, to be accredited by the Living Wage Foundation.

The charity’s areas of work include nursing homes for older people, children in care and services for people with disabilities. To see our latest Annual Review please visit: https://stcuthbertscare.org.uk/annual-review

Please note: We are unable to employ candidates requiring international visa sponsorship.

Apply for this job

To apply for this vacancy, please either complete our online application form or send us your CV, along with contact details and the reference to this role, by emailing recruitment@stcuthbertscare.org.uk or call 0191 2288003. 

If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful.