Support Worker

Voyage Care; Chesterfield; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening/weekend pay premium

Overtime premium

Stream pay access

Blue Light Card

Doctor line 24/7

Cash plans for you

Retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a dedicated Support Worker in Chesterfield. The role is full time (35 hours weekly) with a pay rate of £12.84 per hour, and typical shifts across 07:30-21:30. You will help adults with learning disabilities and autism gain independence in daily life within our Old Post Office service.

Join a supportive team with training, DBS checks, and opportunities for progression. You’ll assist with personal care, community activities, and life skills, while enjoying benefits such as

Qualifications

• We are seeking caring, hands-on Support Workers to enhance quality of life.
• You will help people gain independence and participate in daily activities.
• Work within a dynamic team to support adults with learning disabilities and autism.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and daily living tasks.
• Encourage community access and social activities.
• Support with life skills development and outings.

Job description

Support Worker

Location: Chesterfield

Pay rate: £12.84 p/h

Full Time - 35 hours per week

Typical Shifts are Monday to Sunday and a mixture of: 07:30-14:30 & 14:30-21:30 or 07:30-21:30

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

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!

The Old Post Office, our supported living service in Chesterfield 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. We support 9 adults with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs. 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.

Why choose us?

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.

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.