Female Support Worker

Voyage-Care; Halifax; On-site; GBP 15,153 - 22,041; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue Light Card

Doctor line 24/7

Cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Evening/weekend pay uplift

Overtime uplift

Job summary

Voyage-Care's Ferncliffe House in Halifax is seeking a caring, hands-on Female Support Worker to help residents gain more independence in daily life, while joining a dynamic team dedicated to quality of life.

You’ll support with personal care, cooking, and community activities, encourage skills, and accompany residents on local outings. A full UK driving licence is essential, and shifts include days with sleep-ins and wake nights.

Qualifications

• Caring, hands-on approach with people requiring support.
• Ability to work as part of a team in a supported living service.
• Willingness to assist with personal care and daily activities.

Responsibilities

• Assist residents with personal care, cooking and cleaning when required.
• Encourage residents to access local community and social activities.
• Support residents to gain more independence in daily life.
• Work within a dynamic team to deliver high-quality care.

Skills

Driving license

Job description

Female Support Worker - Halifax- £12.72 per hour

Typical Shifts are: Monday - Sunday between 8:00am - 8:00pm (days with at least 1 sleep in and or wake nights per week )

* Driving license manual essential

• 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)
• Sream – 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 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 supported living service, Ferncliffe House in Halifax 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, cooking and cleaning when required, 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 community the next you could be unwinding with them watching films or doing activities of their choice in the comfort of the service.

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 Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Support Workers should hold a full UK driving license, be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach, have experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, Dementia autism and potentially people who have experienced trauma.

Why choose us?

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.