Day Support Worker

Voyage Care; Tewkesbury; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening/weekend pay +50p/hr

Premium overtime +£1/hr

Stream pay access

Blue Light Card

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking Night Support Workers in Tewkesbury to help people gain independence and improve quality of life within a dynamic team. You will support daily living activities, assist with personal care, and encourage participation in local communities and social activities.

Benefits include enhanced pay for evenings and weekends, premium overtime, and additional support services such as the Stream pay option and Blue Light Card.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; a genuine caring attitude is valued.
• You don’t need to have experience to be a fantastic Support Worker.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in their daily lives within a team.
• Teach new life skills, assist with personal care and encourage local community involvement.
• Engage in activities with people we support, such as shopping or memory games.
• Support and nurture confidence and independence to help individuals meet their goals.

Job description

Day Support Worker - Tewkesbury - £12.95 - £14.95 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)

Typical shifts: 8:00am - 15:00 and 15:00 - 22:00 working 5 shifts over a 7 day rota

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

• Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
• Stream – giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
• Funded Blue Light Card – hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
• 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards

We’re on the hunt for genuinely caring, hands-on Night Support Workers with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support. As a Support Worker with us you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst working within a dynamic team to support a fantastic group of people!

Our Headway accredited ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) service in Tewkesbury has a welcoming and friendly environment and you can be sure that no two days will be the same! You’ll be enhancing the lives of the people we support by teaching them new life skills, assisting with personal care, encouraging them to access their local communities, socialising and doing lots of activities. One day you could be out with the people we support going shopping, the next you could be unwinding with them playing memory games and participating in activities.

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to someone's life and to help them grow in confidence and independence so that they meet their goals, whether this be making dinner by themselves or going on holiday.

Why choose us?

You don’t need to have experience to be a fantastic Support Worker, what you need is a passion for enhancing the quality of life for the people we support, a desire to learn and a genuine caring attitude.

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You, and so long as you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can give you all the skills and development opportunities you need to build a great career.

We encourage our staff to Grow Together through our excellent training programme, starting at induction and following you through your career, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security in a sector leading organisation.

We have a fantastic range of benefits for our staff and we offer sector leading career progression.

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.

* Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010