Support Worker

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

Job summary

A leading care provider in Huddersfield is seeking compassionate Support Workers to enhance the quality of life for individuals in supported living. You will help clients gain independence, assist with personal care, and encourage participation in community activities. Ideal candidates will have experience in supporting individuals with complex needs and will demonstrate resilience and flexibility. Competitive pay per hour and various benefits are provided, including enhanced overtime rates and access to support services.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for advance pay

Discounts through Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for staff

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support and complex needs.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support and reflective practice.

Responsibilities

• Support the independence of individuals and teach life skills.
• Follow Positive Behaviour Support plans.
• Work with individuals with mental health conditions and trauma.

Skills

Resilience

Flexibility

Composure

Experience with Positive Behaviour Support

Work with individuals requiring enhanced support

Job description

Overview

Support Worker Huddersfield - £12.22 ph

Shifts

Typical Shifts are: Mixed shifts - days and sleep ins- 8am- 9pm - Some shifts can be 11am-7pm - done on a rota basis

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 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

Role summary

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!

About the service

Our supported living service in Huddersfield 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 the local community, the next you could be unwinding with them or doing an activity of their choice.

What you will do

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.

Responsibilities

• Support Workers should be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach.
• Follow Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice.
• Work with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviours of distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and people who may have experienced trauma.
• Assist people to gain independence, teach life skills, promote community participation, socialising and activities.

Qualifications & attributes

• Right experience and values: resilience, flexibility and composure.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support, reflective practice.
• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support and complex needs including behaviours of distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and trauma.

Why choose us

We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to Be You. If you have the passion to make someone’s life better, we provide skills and development opportunities to build a great career.

Growth & training

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.

Application & notices

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