Night Support Worker

Voyage Care; Taunton; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking caring Support Workers to enhance the quality of life for individuals in Wiveliscombe. In this dynamic role, you'll provide essential support to promote independence, ensuring each individual meets their personal goals in a nurturing environment.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream flexibility

Funded Blue Light Card discounts

24/7 doctor line access

Cash plans covering families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license required.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans.
• Experience with individuals requiring enhanced support.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals with bedtime routines and personal care.
• Complete regular checks throughout the night.
• Perform light domestic duties during spare time.

Skills

Resilience

Flexibility

Composure

Job description

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Typical Shifts are: 20:30 - 08:00 working 3 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

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 residential service is a grade two listed building set in the beautiful rural location of Wiveliscombe. With its own orchard, log cabin art hub and pond, 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 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, mental health conditions, autism, 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