Support Worker

VOYAGE CARE; Chasetown; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in the United Kingdom is seeking dedicated Support Workers to join their team. In this dynamic role, you will enhance the independence and quality of life for individuals with Acquired Brain Injury. Responsibilities include assisting with personal care, teaching life skills, and ensuring social engagement. This position offers excellent training, promotion opportunities, and various benefits including enhanced pay and access to discounts. A passion for caring for others is essential.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Flexibility to draw upon earned pay

Funded Blue Light Card for discounts

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans covering families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Passion for enhancing individuals' quality of life.
• Desire to learn and support varying needs.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals with daily living activities.
• Encourage community access and social interactions.
• Provide personal care and life skills training.

Skills

Caring attitude

Teamwork

Communication skills

Job description

Overview

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 ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) service Rugeley Road in Burntwood 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 or 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.

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.

Benefits

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

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.