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Voyage Care; Peterborough; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening/weekend pay boost

Overtime pay boost

Blue Light Card

Doctor line access

Cash plans for colleagues

Retirement leave

Stream pay feature

Job summary

Voyage Care in Peterborough is seeking a Senior Support Worker to lead our LD and Autism supported living service in Werrington. You will support people to gain independence, supervise daily operations, allocate shifts, and help manage training and induction for new staff.

The role requires Level 3 in Health & Social Care and senior experience; DBS checks apply. We offer enhanced pay, overtime, and benefits including the Blue Light Card, health support, and career progression in a values-driven

Qualifications

• Level 3 in Health & Social Care required.
• Previous experience as a Senior Support Worker.
• Experience working with LD and Autism populations.

Responsibilities

• Allocate shifts and supervise day-to-day service operations.
• Book in training and induct new colleagues.
• Support with supervision and medication ordering.
• Help people we support manage finances.
• Ensure people we support gain more independence.

Education

Level 3 in Health & Social Care

Job description

£13.84 up to £15.34 with overtime and evening/weekend enhancements (Ts & Cs apply)

Typical Shifts are: Mon -Sun 8.00am-3.00pm and 3.00pm-10.00pm plus Sleep In

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

Senior Support Workers with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support are at the heart of our management teams. We’re currently searching for a fantastic Senior Support Worker to join us in leading our supported living service in Werrington Peterborough. This service is a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!

As a Senior Support Worker with us you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst assisting the Manager with the day-to-day supervision and management of the service. You could be allocating shifts, booking in training, inducting new colleagues, supporting with supervision’s, ordering medication and ensuring the people we support are supported to manage their finances. You’ll never lose sight of why you choose to do this, as our Seniors are still at the heart of providing day-to-day support.

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to the lives of others, whether that’s helping our colleagues grow in confidence or the people we support gain independence so that they meet their goals.

We’re interested in our Senior Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Seniors should have previous experience as a Senior Support Worker and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care as well as experience working in LD and Autism.

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.