Support Worker

Voyage-Care; Blyth; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Stream pay access

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 is seeking a caring Support Worker for 21 hours per week in Worksop. You will help people live more independently in daily life, support with personal care, and enable engagement with the community, activities, and outings.

The role offers value-driven work in a friendly residential setting with a team that emphasises Positive Behaviour Support and reflective practice, while ensuring DBS checks and references are satisfactory.

Responsibilities

• Assist people to gain more independence in daily life.
• Teach life skills and provide personal care support.
• Encourage access to local communities, social activities, and appointments.

Job description

Support Worker - 21 hours – Worksop - £12.72 per hour

Shifts are: Monday to Sunday, 7:30am - 2:30pm and 2:30pm - 9:30pm.

• 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 Adult Residential Service, Rivers in Worksop 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 restaurants and attending appointments, 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 with following Positive Behaviour Support plans & reflective practice, as well as working with individuals with learning disabilities, mental health and requiring enhanced support.

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.

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.

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