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Night Support Worker

Voyage Care

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Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK is seeking a Night Support Worker to enhance the lives of individuals with support needs. Responsibilities include assisting with bedtime routines, performing regular checks through the night, and light domestic duties. The ideal candidate has a genuine caring attitude and a passion for helping others achieve their goals. Competitive pay and a range of benefits provided.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay
Premium overtime rates
Flexibility to draw upon earned pay
Discounts with Blue Light Card
24/7 doctor line
Access to cash plans
Enhanced retirement leave
Long service awards

Qualifications

  • Passion for enhancing the quality of life for the people we support.
  • Desire to learn and a genuine caring attitude.

Responsibilities

  • Assist with bedtime routines and personal care.
  • Complete regular checks throughout the night.
  • Perform light domestic duties when needed.

Skills

Resilience
Flexibility
Composure
Experience with Positive Behaviour Support
Experience with mental health conditions
Experience with traumatic experiences
Job description
Overview

Night Support Worker Chard - £13.06 ph plus night enhancement

Typical shifts are: 20:30 – 08:00, working 2 shifts a week including alternate weekends

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 with hundreds of discounts at high street retailers
  • 24/7/365 doctor line for colleagues and their families
  • Access to cash plans for colleagues, which also covers their families
  • Enhanced retirement leave
  • Long service awards
Role and responsibilities

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.

Set in a peaceful, rural environment, within walking distance of the town centre of Chard, we support adults with a variety of communication needs as a result of either a severe learning disability, autism or traumatic brain injury. As a Night Support Worker in a residential setting, you’ll be enhancing the lives of the people we support by assisting them with bedtime routines, including personal care and completing regular checks throughout the night. You will also be expected to complete light domestic duties in any spare time.

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.

Experience, values and 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 requiring enhanced support, including behaviours of distress, mental health conditions and people who have experienced trauma.

Note: All applicants should meet the role requirements. Some roles may require male or female employees only, where indicated as a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010.

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. As long as you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can provide 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.

Apply

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

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