Driver and Support Worker

Voyage Care; Bath; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Bath is seeking a dedicated Driver / Support Worker to enhance the quality of life of individuals. In this role, you will support people to achieve greater independence through various activities while ensuring their safety and well-being. The ideal candidate must hold a full UK driving license and have experience in providing support to individuals with various needs. This position offers competitive pay and additional benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for early pay access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license required.
• Confident driver (manual and automatic).
• Resilient and flexible in approach.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals to appointments and community access.
• Assist individuals in gaining independence.
• Complete weekly vehicle health and safety checks.

Skills

Driving experience

Ability to assist with personal care

Experience with individuals needing enhanced support

Job description

Driver / Support Worker – Trowbridge - £12.34 per hour plus benefits

Typical Shifts are: 10am - 5pm. Based over 5 days a week including every other weekend.

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)
• Wagestream – 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 have a newly appointed dual role becoming available for a driver/support worker with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support. This dual role includes all driving requirements such as supporting to appointments, access in the local communities and taking the people we support out on daily trips/activities. You will also be responsible for oversight and completion of weekly vehicle health and safety maintenance checks.

As a support worker 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 residential service in Trowbridge is 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 in local bars and pubs, the next you could be unwinding with them playing video games, watching films, or going to the cinema.

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.

We’re interested in our driver/support worker having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our driver/support worker should hold a full UK driving license, be a confident driver (manual and automatic including a large WAV), be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach, as well as experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviours of distress, mental health conditions, autism, challenging behaviour and people who have experienced trauma.