Night Support Worker

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

Benefits offered by this job

Evening/weekend pay bump

Overtime premium £1

Stream pay feature

Blue Light Card

Doctor line 24/7

Cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Crewe is hiring a Night Support Worker to help people gain independence and improve quality of life. You will work in our supported living service, with hands-on care, personal support, and community activities during night shifts.

The role requires a full UK driving licence, resilience, and excellent communication. Training is provided, with opportunities to grow within a sector-leading charitable organisation.

Qualifications

• Candidate must hold a full UK driving licence.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice is required.
• Experience supporting individuals requiring enhanced support.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily living and learn life skills.
• Assist with limited personal care and encourage local community access.
• Organise activities, socialise, and accompany outings (e.g., bingo, shopping, cinema).
• Work in a small team and communicate effectively to reduce distress.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Excellent communication skills

Flexible and resilient

Job description

Night Support Worker – Crewe - £13 ph

Typical Shifts are: Monday - Sunday 22:00 - 07:00 working 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 Female Support workerswith 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 Crewe is a welcoming and friendly environment and you can be sure that no two days will be the same! You’ll be enhancing the life of a person we support by teaching them new life skills, assisting with limited personal care, encouraging them to access their local communities, socialising and doing lots of activities. One day you could be out with the person we support in the local Bingo hall and shopping, the next you could be unwinding with them completing crafts, 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 behaviours of distress. The support worker must have excellent communications skills, this includes verbal de‑scalation that may be needed at any given time. The support worker must work well in a small team and communicate well with them at all times to ensure behaviours of distress are reduced.

Why choose us?

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