Night Support Worker

Voyage-Care; Costessey; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

Doctor line 24/7/365

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Job summary

Voyage Care is hiring a Support Worker in Norwich on a fixed-term contract for five months to cover maternity leave, ending Dec 2026/Jan 2027. Night shifts are from 22:00 to 08:00 with enhanced pay. We offer benefits including Wagestream access, a Blue Light Card, and progression opportunities.

You will support a group of people to gain independence and engage in daily activities. We value caring, resilient, and flexible team players who can follow Positive Behaviour Support plans and maintain

Qualifications

• Experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice.
• Experience with enhanced support, including distress, mental health, autism, forensic histories and trauma.
• Genuinely caring, hands-on Female Support Workers

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily life within a dynamic team.
• Teach new life skills and assist with personal care.
• Encourage access to local communities, socialising and activities.
• Outings to bars, pubs, cinema, and other social activities.

Skills

Resilient

Flexible

Composed

Job description

Support Worker – Norwich - £13.05 ph

Typical Shifts are: Nights only 22:00- 08.00 - Waking nights

Please note that this is a fixed term contract for 5 months to cover maternity leave ( ending Dec2026/Jan 2027) - deployment after fixed term employment to another service may be available.

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’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 Norwich 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 , 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.

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, 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