Support Worker

Jobtrain; Musbury; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pay for evenings/weekends (50

Overtime premium (£1/hour)

Blue Light Card

Doctor line for colleagues

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking Female Support Workers to join our residential service in Axminster. You will help residents gain greater independence, support daily living activities and promote engagement with the local community.

Ideal candidates will have a full UK driving license, be resilient and adaptable, and have experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice. Training and development opportunities are available within a supportive team.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license preferred.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans is advantageous.
• Reflective practice experience desirable.
• Experience with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviours of distress, mental health conditions, autism and trauma.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily life within a supportive team.
• Assist with personal care and encourage community involvement and social activities.
• Support individuals in learning new life skills and accessing local services and activities.

Skills

Driving license (UK)

Positive Behaviour Support

Resilience

Reflective practice

Mental health awareness

Job description

Female Support Worker – Musbury - £13.56 ph base rate (up to £15.06 ph including enhancements)

Typical Shifts are: Monday - Sunday 08:00-20:30 and 20:30 - 08:00

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)
• Stream – 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.
• 24/8/365 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 residential service in Axminster is a traditional farmhouse, ten minutes away from the Jurassic coast. It has 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 shopping, sailing, swimming, the next you could be unwinding with them watching films, arts and crafts or going to the cinema.

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 ideally 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 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