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Voyage Care; Exmouth; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Overtime premium

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for staff and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking caring, hands-on Support Workers for a residential service in Exmouth. You will help people aged 18+ with learning disabilities, physical disabilities, autism and complex needs to gain more independence and enjoy daily activities within a supportive team.

The role involves teaching life skills, assisting with personal care, and encouraging community engagement, shopping trips, outings, cinema visits and leisure activities. A genuine caring attitude and flexibility are key.

Responsibilities

• Assist with daily living activities and personal care.
• Encourage independence and social participation.
• Support with community access activities.
• Work as part of a team in a residential service.

Job description

Typical Shifts are: Working Monday - Sunday 08:00-20:30 and covering nights when required.

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

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 lovely residential service in Exmouth enjoys the facilities of the sea side town and its own enclosed garden. It has a welcoming and friendly environment and you can be sure that no two days will be the same! This role is supporting individuals aged 18 and above with a range of Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Autism and complex needs. 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 shopping, sailing, swimming, the next you could be unwinding with them watching films or going to the cinema.

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 be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach. 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.

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.

Starting from £28,500 depending on experience