Male Support Worker

Voyage-Care; Bulkington; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Stream pay option

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Bulkington is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to help people gain more independence in daily life within a supportive team environment.

You will assist with personal care, encourage community access, and participate in activities from crafting to local outings, helping individuals to grow confidence and life skills.

Qualifications

• Genuinely caring attitude and willingness to learn.
• Full UK driving license.
• Ability to work in a team and support independence.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily living.
• Support individuals within a dynamic team to enhance quality of life.
• Assist with personal care and encourage access to local communities and activities.
• Engage in socialising and activities such as crafting, outings, cinema, and clubs.

Skills

Compassionate care

Driving license (UK)

Resilient & flexible

Team player

Job description

Support Worker – Bulkington - Payrate starts at £12.72 per hour

Typical Shifts are: 7:30am-2:30pm & 2:30pm -9:30pm - alternate weekends

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 Male 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 residential service in Bulkington 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 community clubs and hotspots the next you could be unwinding with them Crafting, 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.

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, 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