Support Worker

Direct Channel Holdings (PTY) LTD; Chard; On-site; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking compassionate Night Support Workers to join their team in Chard. This rewarding role focuses on enhancing the quality of life for adults with communication needs due to learning disabilities or brain injuries. You'll assist with bedtime routines, provide personal care, and support individuals in achieving their goals, fostering independence and confidence. With a commitment to staff development and a range of benefits, this opportunity not only allows you to make a meaningful difference in others' lives but also offers a pathway for career growth and job security in a supportive environment. If you have a genuine caring attitude and a desire to learn, this could be the perfect role for you.

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

• Passion for enhancing quality of life for supported individuals.
• Experience with individuals with learning disabilities or autism.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals with bedtime routines and personal care.
• Complete light domestic duties during spare time.
• Support individuals in gaining independence.

Skills

Caring attitude

Experience with severe learning disabilities

Flexibility

Resilience

Full UK driving license

Education

No formal education required

Job description

Night Support Worker – Chard - £12.29 p/h (plus night enhancement)

Typical Shifts are: 20:30 - 08:00 working 3 shifts a week including alternate weekends.

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued. We reward your dedication with:

1. Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply).
2. Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply).
3. Wagestream – giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
4. Funded Blue Light Card – hundreds of discounts at high street retailers.
5. 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families.
6. Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families.
7. Enhanced retirement leave.
8. 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 gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst working within a dynamic team to support a fantastic group of people!

Set in a peaceful, rural environment, within walking distance of the town centre, we support adults with a variety of communication needs as a result of either a severe learning disability, autism, or traumatic brain injury. As a Night Support Worker, you’ll be enhancing the lives of the people we support by assisting them with bedtime routines, including personal care and completing regular checks throughout the night. You will also be expected to complete light domestic duties in any spare time.

This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference in 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, as well as have experience working with individuals with a severe learning disability, autism, or traumatic brain injury.

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 opportunities 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.