Support Worker

Voyage Care; Leeds; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A care service provider in the UK is seeking compassionate Female Support Workers. In this role, you'll help individuals gain independence and enhance their quality of life through personal care and social activities. Successful candidates should have a full UK driving licence and experience with vulnerable individuals. The position offers varied shifts and rewards based on performance, ensuring you can make a real difference in the lives of those you support. Don’t miss your chance to build a rewarding career in care!

Benefits

Enhanced pay for evenings and weekends

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access

Health coverage for colleagues and families

Retirement benefits

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence required.
• Experience following Positive Behaviour Support plans.
• Experience with individuals requiring enhanced support.

Responsibilities

• Help individuals gain independence in daily lives.
• Assist with personal care and social activities.
• Work collaboratively within a dynamic team.

Skills

Caring attitude

Flexibility

Resilience

Positive Behaviour Support

Experience with mental health conditions

Tools

Driving license

Job description

Female Support Worker Middleton - £12.22 ph

Typical Shifts are: 8am till 4pm or 4pm till 10pm or 8am till 10pm on a rota. Sleep ins may be required as part of this role.

Rewards

• 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’re on the hunt for genuinely caring, hands‑on Female 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 in Middleton 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 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 with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice as well as experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and people who may have experienced trauma.

Qualifications & Experience

• Full UK driving licence
• Resilient, flexible and composed in their approach
• Experience following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and people who may have experienced trauma

Why choose us?

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, so don't hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we’re supporting!

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