support worker

Voyage Care; Dudley; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A care support organization seeks a passionate Support Worker in Dudley. You will be responsible for enhancing the quality of life for individuals with daily assistance. Your role involves teaching life skills, supporting personal care, and engaging in various activities like social outings. The position offers competitive pay, flexible shifts, and substantial benefits, including additional pay for evenings and weekends. Join us to make a meaningful impact in a friendly environment while progressing your career.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Genuine passion for enhancing the quality of life for individuals.
• Ability to assist with personal care and life skills.
• Willingness to engage in social activities and local community access.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in gaining independence in daily life.
• Teach new life skills and assist with appointments.
• Provide companionship and engage in recreational activities.

Skills

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Job description

Overview

Support Worker Dudley - £12.22 per hour

Shift patterns at service consist of: 8am - 3pm / 3pm - 10pm / 10pm - 8am

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)
• 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 rABI (Acquired Brain Injury) service in Dudley 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 attending appointment or going for a meal, 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.