Support Worker

Voyage Care; Bristol; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the UK is seeking a passionate Support Worker to enhance the lives of individuals in their care. As a Support Worker, you will teach life skills, provide personal care, and support community engagement. Ideal candidates are resilient and flexible. This role offers competitive pay, excellent training, and career progression opportunities in a rewarding environment.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Hold a full UK driving licence.
• Be resilient, flexible, and composed in their approach.

Responsibilities

• Teach residents new life skills.
• Assist with personal care.
• Encourage access to local communities.
• Encourage socialising and participation in activities.
• Support individuals to gain more independence.

Skills

Caring and supportive nature

Ability to teach life skills

Flexibility and resilience

Job description

Overview

Support Worker – Walkford - £12.78ph

Typical shifts are: 7am - 7:30pm, 9:30am - 10pm w/sleep-in.

Benefits

• 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)
• 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
• Long service awards

About the role

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 Walkford 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.

Responsibilities

• Teach residents new life skills
• Assist with personal care
• Encourage access to local communities
• Encourage socialising and participation in activities
• Support individuals to gain more independence

Qualifications

• Hold a full UK driving licence
• Be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach

Why choose us

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You. If you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can provide the skills and development opportunities to build a great career. We offer excellent training starting at induction and continuing throughout 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 and sector-leading career progression, so 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.