Support Worker

Voyage-Care; Ossett; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

24/7/365 doctor line

Access to cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Wakefield is seeking a caring Support Worker to help people gain more independence in daily life, with shifts including 8am–7pm or 8am–1pm and one sleep shift per week.

You will support individuals in community activities, outings to bars, pubs, cinema, and learning new life skills, while working with a friendly team. Prior experience isn’t required—your genuine care and willingness to learn are valued.

Qualifications

• Experience in care is welcome, but a genuine passion to help others matters.
• Able to work a variety of shifts including evenings and weekends.
• Comfortable working in a team and supporting individuals with varying needs.

Responsibilities

• Support people to gain independence in daily life.
• Engage in activities and accompany them to local communities, bars, pubs, cinema.
• Be resilient and flexible when supporting individuals with distress, mental health conditions, autism, or trauma.

Job description

Support Worker – Wakefield - £12.72 ph

Full and part time roles available.
Typical Shifts are: 8am to 7pm or 8am to 1-pm - 1 sleep required each week as part of the role

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 Wakefied 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,, 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 local bars and pubs, the next you could be unwinding with them playing video games, 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 the right values. At this service our Support Workers should be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach, and a willingness to support individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, autism, and people who have may experienced trauma.

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, 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.