Night Support Worker

Voyage Care; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening/weekend uplift

Overtime premium

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card

Doctor line

Cash plans

Retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a Night Support Worker in Gloucester to provide compassionate night-time care. Typical shifts run 22:00–08:00 on a rota, with 3/4 shifts per week and alternate weekends. You will assist with bedtime routines, personal care, and regular overnight checks to support residents’ safety and comfort.

Benefits include enhanced evening/weekend pay, overtime uplifts, Wagestream access, Blue Light Card discounts, and wellbeing resources. DBS checks and references are required.

Qualifications

• Willingness to work night shifts on a rota basis.
• Experience or empathy in supporting individuals with ABI/autism.
• Ability to follow behaviour support plans and reflect on practice.

Responsibilities

• Assist with bedtime routines and personal care.
• Conduct regular checks during the night.
• Perform light domestic duties when not on checks.
• Support individuals to grow in confidence and independence.

Skills

Night shift flexibility

Bedtime routines

Positive Behaviour Support

Autism experience

Resilience under pressure

Job description

Night Support Worker – Gloucester - Pay rate starts at: £12.95 - £14.95 (Ts & Cs apply)

Typical Shifts are: 22:00 - 08:00 on a rota, working 3/4 shifts a week, including 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)
• 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

Our Headway accredited ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) service Gloucester provides long term specialist care. It has a welcoming and friendly environment and you can be sure that no two days will be the same! As a Night Support Worker, you’ll be enhancing the lives of people we support by assisting 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.

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 ideally 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 with autism, acquired brain injury, complex individuals with mental health needs and challenging behaviours.

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.