Support Worker

Voyage Care; Lytham St Annes; On-site; GBP 17,908 - 19,286; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay 50p

Premium overtime £1 per hour

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Lytham St Annes is seeking genuinely caring, hands‑on Female Support Workers to help people gain more independence and improve quality of life. You will join a dynamic team, support with personal care, life skills, and community activities, and work across a variety of shifts.

A full UK driving license is required; DBS checks and references apply. Benefits include enhanced pay for evenings/weekends, overtime premiums, Wagestream access, Blue Light Card, and career progression in a

Qualifications

• Experience delivering person-centred support and promoting independence.
• Ability to follow support plans and reflect on practice.
• Willingness to work a variety of shifts and engage with the community.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily life.
• Assist with personal care and daily activities.
• Encourage community engagement and socialising.
• Facilitate activities and outings with the group.
• Work within a team to deliver high‑quality care.

Skills

Caring approach

Empathy

Teamwork

Communication

Resilience

Flexible

Positive Behaviour Support

Driving licence

Job description

Support Worker – Lytham St Annes - £13.10 ph

Typical Shifts are:

Early Shifts - 08:00am-15:00pm

Late Shifts - 15:00-22:00pm

Wake Nights - 10pm-8am

Long Days - 10am-5pm

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 Female 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 Lytham St Annes 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 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.

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