Support Worker

Voyage Care; Oldbury; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Oldbury is seeking a Male Support Worker to help individuals gain independence and improve their quality of life. The role includes supporting daily activities, assisting with personal care, and encouraging community engagement. They offer competitive pay, enhancements for evenings and weekends, and a supportive working environment. Ideal candidates will have experience with mental health, autism, and trauma. Apply today to make a real difference!

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Experience in hospital settings supporting people with mental health and behaviours of distress.
• Ability to assist with personal care and teach life skills.
• Passionate about enhancing the quality of life of those supported.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals in gaining independence in daily activities.
• Support a dynamic team to enhance lives of people.
• Encourage socialising and participation in community activities.

Skills

Resilience

Flexibility

Compose

Experience with Positive Behaviour Support

Experience with mental health conditions

Experience with autism

Experience with trauma

Job description

Male Support Worker Grafton Road - £12.72 up to £13.71 with overtime and evening/weekend enhancements (Ts & Cs apply)

Typical Shifts are between the hours of: Monday - Sunday / 07:30 - 14:30, 14:30 - 21:30

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 supported living 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 life of the person 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.

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, have experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice as well as experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including extreme behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, autism, and people who have experienced trauma. This role would suit somebody who has/is working in hospital settings supporting people with their mental health and behaviours of distress.

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.

* 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