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Voyage Care; Shotton; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 81,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening/weekend pay

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Paid Social Care Wales registration

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a compassionate Female* Support Worker for our Flintshire service. The role offers varied long days with sleep-in shifts and pays £13.45 per hour, plus £58.75 for each sleep-in shift.

You’ll work with a fantastic group to promote independence, provide personal care, and help service users engage with their community. We offer enhanced evening/weekend pay, registration support, and a range of employee benefits including Wagestream, Blue Light Card, and a 24/7 doctor line.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain independence in daily living
• Assist with personal care and daily routines
• Encourage access to local community, social activities, and leisure options
• Support people in planning and participating in outings and activities
• Promote safety, dignity and respect in all care activities

Job description

Female* Support Worker – Flintshire - £13.45 per hour and £58.75 per sleep in

Typical Shifts; are Varied long days with sleep ins

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)
• Paid Social Care Wales registration for your first year
• 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* 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 Flintshire 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 local bars and pubs, the next you could be unwinding with them playing video games, 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, be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach, hold a full UK manual driving license (for over 12 months) 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, 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.

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