Support Worker

TN United Kingdom; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization as a Support Worker in Oldbury, where your passion for enhancing lives will be truly valued. In this dynamic role, you'll work closely with individuals, helping them gain independence through daily activities and personal care. Whether it's a day out in the community or a cozy evening of games, you'll be making a real difference. With a strong commitment to staff development, this role offers excellent training and career progression opportunities. If you're ready to embrace diversity and make a positive impact, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for pay flexibility

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Access to cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Experience in support work, especially with individuals with autism.
• Ability to follow Positive Behaviour Support plans.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals in gaining independence and improving life skills.
• Support daily activities and encourage social engagement.

Skills

Empathy

Resilience

Flexibility

Experience with autism

Positive Behaviour Support plans

Education

Relevant experience in support work

Job description

Female Support Worker - Oldbury - Pay rate starts at £12.22ph!

Typical Shifts are: Monday - Sunday - 8am-3pm and 3pm-10pm

3, 4 or 5 shifts per week

** Must have a Full UK driving licence to drive our Vehicles

Join Voyage Care and Feel Valued, we reward your dedication with:

1. Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
2. Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
3. Wagestream giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned.
4. Funded Blue Light Card hundreds of discounts at high street retailers etc.
5. 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
6. Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
7. Enhanced retirement leave
8. Long service awards

We’re on the hunt for a genuinely caring, hands-on Male Support Worker 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 Oldbury 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 shopping in town, swimming, bowling, go karting, day trips, discos, the next you could be unwinding with them watching films, playing board games and playing video games.

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, our Support Workers should have experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice as well as experience working with individuals with autism and challenging behaviours.

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 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.