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Voyage Care; Birtley; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening/weekend pay

Overtime pay enhancement

Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans

Retirement leave

Stream pay feature

Job summary

Voyage Care in the United Kingdom is seeking genuinely caring, hands-on Support Workers to help people gain more independence in daily life, within a dynamic team.

You'll teach life skills, assist with personal care, encourage community activity, and share moments of progress with individuals who may have autism, brain injury or mental health needs.

This role offers a rewarding career path with DBS checks and references; expect varied days in a welcoming residential setting.

Qualifications

• Experience with autism and complex needs
• Positive Behaviour Support plans experience
• Driving licence required
• Resilient and flexible
• Reflective practice experience

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily life
• Work within a dynamic team to support individuals
• Teach life skills to people we support
• Assist with personal care
• Encourage access to local communities and social activities
• Spend time with people we support in the community or at home

Job description

Typical Shifts are between - 8am – 8pm & 8pm – 8am – Fully Flexible – must be able to work nights

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

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 in Britley 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 the local community, the next you could be unwinding with them playing games or watching films.

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

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