Night Support Worker

VOYAGE CARE; Gloucester; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care support provider in Gloucester is seeking passionate Support Workers to enhance the quality of life for individuals in their care. This dynamic role involves assisting with daily living and personal care, encouraging community participation, and supporting clients in achieving their personal goals. Excellent training and opportunities for progression are provided, along with competitive pay rates and benefits.

Benefits

Excellent training and development opportunities

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Wagestream access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice is a plus.
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including mental health conditions, autism.
• Passion for enhancing quality of life and a genuine caring attitude.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily living and learn new life skills.
• Assist with personal care.
• Encourage access to local communities, socialising and participation in activities.
• Support individuals to achieve personal goals like cooking dinner.
• Work within a dynamic team to support individuals.

Skills

Resilience

Flexibility

Compassion

Job description

Overview

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. Our Support Living service 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. 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.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily living and learn new life skills
• Assist with personal care
• Encourage access to local communities, socialising and participation in activities
• Support individuals to achieve personal goals (e.g., cooking dinner, planning a trip)
• Work within a dynamic team to support a group of people in our Support Living service

Qualifications and qualities

• Right experience and values: resilient, flexible and composed in approach
• Experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviours of distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and people who have experienced trauma
• You do not need to have prior experience to be a fantastic Support Worker if you have a passion for enhancing quality of life and a genuine caring attitude

Why choose us and benefits

• We offer excellent training starting at induction with opportunities for progression and job security in a sector leading organisation
• Sector-leading career progression and development opportunities
• 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 — draw upon up to 40% of earned pay
• Funded Blue Light Card with hundreds of discounts
• 24/7/365 doctor line for colleagues and their families
• Access to cash plans for colleagues and their families
• Enhanced retirement leave
• Long service awards

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.

Pay and hours

Pay Rate: £12.84 per hour (including night enhancement). Shifts are 21:00 – 7:30 on a rota, Monday to Sunday.