Support Worker

Voyage Care; Scarborough; On-site; GBP 18,556 - 20,622; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pay for evenings/weekends

Premium overtime pay

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Career progression and training

Job summary

Voyage Care Scarborough is looking for a compassionate Support Worker to join our team. The role pays £13.47ph – £14.97ph with day and night shifts and some weekend work. DBS checks will be required; a full UK driving licence is essential.

We value dedication and the ability to support individuals with enhanced needs, including those with mental health conditions, autism, or trauma. Training and development opportunities are provided as part of a rewarding career in care.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license required.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice preferred.
• Experience working with individuals needing enhanced support including mental health, autism, trauma.

Skills

Driving license

Resilience

Flexibility

Positive Behaviour Support

Reflective practice

Job description

Support Worker – SCARBOROUGH £13.47ph - £14.97ph

Typical Shifts are: Day role and Night role available with alternative 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)
• 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 interested in our Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Support Workers should hold a full UK driving license, 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 behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, autism, forensic histories and people who have 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.

* 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