Support Worker

Voyage Care; Forest of Dean; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading care provider as a Support Worker to enhance the lives of individuals facing various challenges. You'll enjoy a mix of dynamic daily activities and be part of a supportive team, with opportunities for professional growth and a variety of benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access for pay flexibility

Funded Blue Light Card for discounts

24/7 doctor line for employees and families

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license required.
• Experience in Positive Behaviour Support plans is beneficial.
• Experience with individuals requiring enhanced support, including mental health conditions and trauma.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals in gaining more independence in their daily lives.
• Support socializing and activities in the community.
• Teach new life skills such as personal care.

Skills

Caring attitude

Resilience

Flexibility

Composure

Job description

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Location: Longhope (please be aware you may need transport to get to Longhope as public transport does not get you to shift on time)

Pay Rate starts at: £12.34ph

Contract: 35hrs
Typical Shifts are a mixture of: 7am - 14:00 - 14:00 - 21:00 and sleepins Monday - Sunday

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 residential service 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.

Activities at Brook Lodge are:

• Trips out - E.g. Butterfly park, Safari parks, Beach and anything the people show an interest to partake in.
• Holidays
• Arts and Crafts
• In house parties for special occasions
• Walks and picnics
• Coffee shops
• Daily drives out

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?

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, 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.

* 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