Support Worker

Voyage Care; Easter Howgate; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay 0.50/

Premium overtime rates +£1 per hour

Wagestream

Blue Light Card funding

Doctor line 24/7/365

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Edinburgh is seeking compassionate Support Workers to help people achieve greater independence and quality of life within a welcoming team. You will assist with daily living tasks, support community engagement and enable individuals to learn new life skills in a person-centred environment.

Typical shifts include days with sleepovers, and varying patterns, with some night hours; the role requires resilience, flexibility and a full UK driving licence.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily living and community access.
• Support with personal care and daily activities in a team setting.
• Encourage the development of new life skills and social engagement.
• Promote safety and wellbeing while following agreed care plans.

Skills

Driving license

Positive Behaviour Support

Flexibility

Reflective practice

Job description

Support Worker – Edinburgh - £13.95 per hour

Typical Shifts are: Days, 2 on with sleepover 4 off and other varying shift patterns. Also, night shift required 36-hour contacts

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 Edinburgh 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.

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 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 make a real difference to the lives of the people we're supporting!

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

* Some of our roles require male or female employees only, where this is indicated it is a genuine occupational requirement, in accordance with the Equality Act 2010