Support Worker

Voyage-Care; North Walsham; On-site; GBP 17,908 - 20,664; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Evening/weekend pay boost

Overtime premium

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage-Care North Walsham is seeking a dedicated Enhanced & Complex Care Support Worker to join our team. You will help people to gain more independence in daily life, work within a supportive, hands-on environment, and deliver personalised care in our enhanced and complex living service.

Typical shifts include days and nights, with overtime and weekend enhancements. You will assist with personal care, promote community participation, and teach life skills to empower individuals while upholding

Qualifications

• Experience delivering enhanced and complex care.
• Ability to support individuals with distress, autism or mental health needs.
• Capable of promoting independence and life skills.

Responsibilities

• Support daily living, personal care, and community access.
• Encourage social activities and skill development.
• Work as part of a team to improve quality of life.

Job description

Enhanced & Complex Care Support Worker - North Walsham - £13.89ph up to £15.39ph with overtime and evening/weekend enhancements (Ts & Cs apply)
Typical Shifts are:

Mon - Sun (days 7am-3pm & 3pm 10pm-Nights 10pm-7am) Shifts may be subject to change but are provided 4 weeks in advance.

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 Specialist 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 Enhanced and Complex supported living service in North Walsham is a supportive and specialist environment and you can be sure that no two days will be the same! You’ll be supporting individuals with behaviours of distress, autism and mental health needs. You'll be enhancing the lives of the people we support by integrating into the community, 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 in the local community , the next you could be unwinding with them in service doing activities of their choice!

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 days out.

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, 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 may have experienced trauma.

Why choose us?

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, we can give you the 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.

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