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

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Paid Social Care Wales registration

Stream - draw upon up to 40% of pay as

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Welshpool is seeking caring, hands-on Support Workers to help people gain independence in daily living. You will work within a dynamic team, assisting with personal care, teaching life skills and enabling community participation through outings, activities and social events.

Shifts include mornings and afternoons with coverage for nights when needed. A driving licence is required; fluent Welsh is desirable.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license
• Fluent Welsh speaking desirable

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily life
• Teach new life skills and support personal care
• Encourage access to local communities and social activities
• Support with activities, outings to bars/pubs, cinema or games
• Provide compassionate, hands-on care within a dynamic team

Skills

Caring

Hands-on

Teamwork

Driving

Job description

Typical Shifts are: Mornings 08:00-15:00 & Afternoons 15:00-22:00 (nights and sleeps ins to be covered when needed)

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)
• - Paid Social Care Wales registration for your first year
• - 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
• - Long service awards

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 supported living service in Welshpool 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.

Fluent Welsh speaking Desirable (advantageous but not required).

Why choose us?

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. Support Workers should hold a full UK driving license

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.

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