Female Waking Nights Support Worker

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

Job summary

A leading support services provider in Thatcham is seeking a Female Support Worker to enhance the quality of life for individuals with learning and physical disabilities. In this role, you will help clients gain independence, assist with personal care, and encourage social activities. The ideal candidate will be resilient, flexible, and have experience with Positive Behaviour Support. An excellent opportunity to make a difference in people's lives through dedicated support and empowerment.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals with autism and other mental health needs.
• Ability to follow Positive Behaviour Support plans.
• Background in supporting individuals with challenging behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals to gain independence in daily living.
• Assist with personal care and life skills development.
• Encourage social interaction and engagement in activities.

Skills

Resilience

Flexibility

Composure

Experience with autism

Knowledge of Positive Behaviour Support plans

Job description

Overview

Female Support Worker Maidenhead - £12.24ph

Typical Shifts are: 9pm-7am

Benefits

• 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

Role summary

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!

About the service

Our residential service in Maidenhead supports up to six ladies who have learning & physical disabilities. It 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 the local pub, or visiting social clubs.

What you’ll do

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.

Requirements

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 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 with autism, acquired brain injury, complex individuals with mental health needs, traumatic backgrounds and challenging behaviours.

Why choose us

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.

Development & culture

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.

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