Support Worker

Voyage Care; Failsworth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Failsworth is searching for a passionate Support Worker to enhance the quality of life for individuals in a residential setting. You’ll assist with personal care, teach new life skills, and encourage community participation. The ideal candidate will hold a UK driving licence and possess a caring attitude. Competitive pay rate starting at £12.34ph with additional benefits and flexible shifts.

Benefits

Enhanced pay for evenings and weekends

Premium overtime rates

Flexibility to draw upon pay as earned

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Health cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Hold a full UK driving licence.
• Experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans.
• Work with individuals requiring enhanced support.

Responsibilities

• Working in a residential service to enhance lives.
• Teaching and encouraging new life skills.
• Assisting with personal care.
• Encouraging community access and socialisation.
• Participating in leisure activities.

Skills

Caring attitude

Flexibility

Resilience

Job description

Overview

Support Worker

Location Holt, Wiltshire - Due to the location you will require your own transport to get here.

Pay rate starts at: £12.34ph

Contract: 35hrs. Typical Shifts are a mixture of 7am - 2pm and 2pm - 9pm, Monday to Sunday.

Benefits

• 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 with hundreds of discounts at high street retailers
• 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

Role description

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!

What you’ll be doing (Responsibilities)

• Working in a residential service to enhance the lives of the people we support
• Teaching and encouraging new life skills
• Assisting with personal care
• Encouraging individuals to access their local communities, socialise and participate in activities
• Participating in activities with the people we support, from local outings to in-house leisure activities
• Supporting with daily routines and promoting independence

Role outcomes

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.

Qualifications and experience

• Hold a full UK driving licence
• Be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach
• Experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviours of distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and people who have experienced trauma

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. If you’ve got the passion to make someone’s life better, we can provide the skills and development opportunities to build a great career.

Training and progression

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.

Additional information

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