Support Worker

Voyage Care; Osmotherley; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening pay

Weekend pay premium

Overtime premium (£1 extra)

Stream pay option

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a Support Worker for our Middlesbrough residential service. You will help people gain independence in daily living, support personal care, and assist with activities in a dynamic team environment.

Passion for enhancing quality of life and a genuine caring attitude are essential. The role offers training, development opportunities, and a collaborative workplace within a sector-leading organisation.

Qualifications

• Genuine caring attitude and hands-on approach.
• Desire to learn and adapt in a residential care setting.
• Commitment to improving quality of life for people supported.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily living.
• Assist with personal care and daily routines.
• Encourage and enable community access and social activities.
• Support the people we care for with engagement in hobbies and daily tasks.

Skills

Caring demeanor

Team player

Willingness to learn

Job description

Support Worker – Middlesbrough- £12.72 p/h

Typical Shifts are: Days Monday- Sunday 8am-3pm / 3pm-10pm / 3pm-9pm/8am-10pm or Nights 10pm-8am

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.
• 24/7/365 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 residential service in Middlesbrough 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 in the local community, the next you could be unwinding with them cooking, watching films or doing arts and crfts 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.

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.