Support Worker

Voyage Care; Chard Town; On-site; GBP 15,153 - 20,664; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay (50p)

Premium overtime rates (£1)

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Taunton is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to help people gain independence and improve quality of life. The role involves hands-on support, learning life skills, personal care and enabling community access in a dynamic team setting.

You will work around a 3-shift week with alternate weekends, and benefits include enhanced pay for evenings/weekends, overtime, Wagestream, Blue Light Card, 24/7 doctor line and more.

Qualifications

• Must hold a full UK driving licence.
• Be resilient, flexible and composed in approach.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice.
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and trauma.

Responsibilities

• Teach life skills and assist with personal care to help individuals gain independence.
• Encourage access to local communities and socialise through activities and outings.
• Support with daily living tasks and participate in activities such as visiting bars, pubs, cinema or home-based leisure.

Skills

Empathy

Resilience

Flexibility

Reflective practice

Job description

Support Worker – Taunton - £13.14 ph

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

• 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

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 Taunton 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.

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 requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and people who have experienced trauma.

Why choose us?

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.