Support Worker

Voyage Care; Norton Fitzwarren; On-site; GBP 14,842 - 21,139; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for flexible pay

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7 doctor line

Family cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

A leading care provider in Norton Fitzwarren is seeking Support Workers to enhance the quality of life for individuals with complex care needs. You will assist with daily activities, personal care, and encourage community involvement. This role is perfect for those with a caring attitude and a passion for making a difference. Training provided; no prior experience necessary. Apply today to join a dedicated team and make a positive impact!

Qualifications

• Passion for enhancing the quality of life for supported individuals.
• Desire to learn and grow within the role.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in gaining independence in daily activities.
• Assist with personal care and encourage social interactions.
• Teach new life skills and promote community involvement.

Skills

Caring attitude

Resilience

Flexibility

Experience with complex care needs

Experience with acquired brain injury

Job description

Support Worker Norton Fitzwarren - £13.06 p/h

Typical Shifts are: 07:30 - 19:30 working 3 shifts a week including alternate weekends

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 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 nursing service in Norton Fitzwarren is an old farmhouse with large grounds including fruit trees and a walled garden. Its 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 could be unwinding with them playing video games, and the next day, 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 be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach as well as have experience working with individuals with Huntingdon's, complex care needs and acquired brain injury.

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.