Support Worker

Voyage-Care; Arlesey; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pay rates (evening/weekend)

Overtime premium

Stream access

Blue Light Card

Doctor line

Cash plans

Retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Arlesey is recruiting a hands-on Support Worker to help people gain more independence in daily life. You will work within a friendly team to support individuals with varying needs, assisting with personal care and promoting community participation.

This role requires a full UK driving licence and a compassionate, flexible approach. We offer comprehensive benefits, DBS checks, and progression opportunities within a sector leading organisation.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license required.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice.
• Experience working with individuals with complex mental health needs and challenging behaviours.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in their daily lives.
• Assist with personal care and daily living activities.
• Encourage and enable individuals to access local communities and socialise.
• Work within a supportive team to deliver high-quality care.

Job description

Support Worker - Arlesey - £13.21 per hour

DRIVER REQUIRED

Typical Shifts are: 07:30-14:30, 14:30-22:00.

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
• 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 Arlesey 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.

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 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 with complex individuals with mental health needs, and challenging behaviours.

Why choose us?

We embrace peoples' 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.

* 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