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Voyage Care; Hythe; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening/weekend pay

Overtime pay

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

Doctor line

Cash plans

Retirement leave

Job summary

Voyage Care in Folkestone is seeking caring Support Workers to help people gain independence in daily life within our supported living service. You will work across shifts, including weekends, with a focus on person-centred activities and community engagement.

You will need resilience, flexibility and experience with Positive Behaviour Support and complex needs such as autism or mental health challenges. DBS checks and references are required, and comprehensive training is provided.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license is essential.
• Experience implementing Positive Behaviour Support plans is required.
• Experience working with individuals needing enhanced support and challenging behaviours is preferred.
• Candidate should be resilient, flexible and composed.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain independence in daily life and grow confidence.
• Support with daily activities, socialising and community outings.
• Promote learning and life skills to reach personal goals.
• Follow care plans and maintain DBS checks and references as required.

Skills

Driving license

Positive Behaviour Support

Reflective practice

Flexibility

Job description

All Support Workers need to be aware that they will be working across x3 Schemes Locations

Typical Shifts are : Weekday, Weekends and Sleep ins, Rotas can vary

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 Female and Male 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 supported living service in Folkestone 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 minimal personal care, promoting as much independency as possible, socialising and doing lots of activities. No day is ever the same you could be out with the people we support in local bars and pubs, the next you could be unwinding with them playing video games, watching films or going to the cinema.

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.

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. Our Support Workers must 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, 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.

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

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.

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