Support Worker

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

Job summary

A leading care service provider in Middlesbrough seeks a compassionate Female Support Worker. In this vital role, you'll enhance the independence of individuals by providing support with daily activities and personal care while working in a dynamic team. Candidates should hold a full UK driving license and possess experience in offering enhanced support. Join us to make a real difference in the lives of those we support!

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for flexible pay access

Discounts via Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line access

Cash plans covering families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license is essential.
• Experience with individuals requiring enhanced support.
• Understanding of mental health conditions and trauma.

Responsibilities

• Enhance quality of life for supported individuals.
• Assist with personal care and daily living activities.
• Encourage social engagement and community access.

Skills

Experience with Positive Behaviour Support

Resilience

Flexibility

Compassionate care

Job description

Overview

Female Support Worker – Middlesbrough - £12.22 ph

Female Only Role

Typical shifts

Typical Shifts are: Earlies and Lates- 8am-3pm & 3pm-10pm

What we offer

• 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 and responsibilities

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 youll 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 in Middlesbrough 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 someones 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

We’re interested in our Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This service requires that Support Workers hold a full UK driving license, are 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 behaviours 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 dont hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people were supporting!

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