Night Support Worker

Jobtrain; Edlington; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening/weekend pay

Premium overtime pay

Stream pay feature

Blue Light Card access

Doctor line 24/7/365

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is hiring a Night Support Worker in Edlington for 35 hours per week on night shifts from 8pm to 8am. The role pays £13.46 per hour and involves supporting individuals to gain independence, with duties including personal care, life-skills coaching, and helping people access local communities.

Ideal applicants will have a full UK driving licence (preferred), be resilient and flexible, and have experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and challenging behaviours.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence preferred.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice.
• Experience with individuals requiring enhanced support, including distress and challenging behaviours, mental health conditions, autism, brain injury, forensic histories and trauma.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily life and learn new life skills.
• Assist with personal care and encourage community access, socialising, and activities.
• Support individuals to meet goals and maintain their wellbeing.
• Be actively involved in daily routines and activities, including outings and leisure.

Skills

Driving license

Resilience

Flexibility

Job description

Night Support Worker - Edlington - £13.46 per hour

Shifts: 8pm - 8am

35 hour contract

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 Night Support Workers with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support. As a Night Support Worker with us you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives. You’ll never lose sight of why you choose to do this, as our Night Support Workers are at the heart of providing day-to-day support.

Our residential service in Edlington 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 the lives of others, whether that’s helping our colleagues grow in confidence or the people we support gain independence so that they meet their goals.

We’re interested in our Night Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Night Support Workers should preferably 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 and challenging behaviours, mental health conditions, autism, acquired brain injury, forensic histories and people who 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