Support Worker

Voyage Care; East Staffordshire; Presencial; GBP 17.000 - 21.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Evening/weekend pay

Overtime pay

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card

Doctor line

Cash plans

Retirement leave

Long service awards

Descripción de la vacante

Voyage Care in Burton upon Trent is seeking a Female Support Worker to assist residents in a supported living service. You will help individuals gain independence, support with personal care, and encourage social activities within the community.

Join a caring team and contribute to meaningful outcomes, with shifts including mornings, afternoons, nights, and sleep-ins as required. DBS checks and references apply as part of the selection process.

Formación

• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice
• Resilience, flexibility, and calm approach in challenging situations
• Able to support individuals with autism, trauma, or mental health needs

Responsabilidades

• Help people gain more independence in daily life
• Teach new life skills and support personal care
• Encourage community engagement and social activities
• Participate in activities at local bars, cinema, or with the group

Descripción del empleo

Female Support Worker – Burton-Upon-Trent, £12.84ph

Full time - 35
Typical Shifts are: Monday - Sunday 7am - 2pm OR 2pm - 10pm OR 10pm - 7am Including sleeps when needed.

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 supported living service in Stretton, Burton upon Trent, 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 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 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.

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