Support Worker

Voyage Care; Sonning Common; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Sonning Common is seeking a Female Support Worker. In this role, you'll support individuals in gaining independence, help them develop life skills, and encourage community engagement. No experience is necessary, just a passion for enhancing the quality of life for others. Join a dynamic team and make a difference in people's lives.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans covering families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Passion for enhancing quality of life.
• Desire to learn and a caring attitude.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals to gain independence.
• Teach new life skills and assist with personal care.
• Encourage access to local communities.

Job description

Overview

Female Support Worker Sonning Common - £12.24ph

Typical Shifts are: 7am-2pm, 2pm-9pm, 9pm-7am

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 Female 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!

Responsibilities

• Support the people we work with to gain more independence in their daily lives
• Work within a dynamic team to support a fantastic group of people
• Enhance lives by teaching new life skills, assisting with personal care, and encouraging local community access
• Socialise and participate in activities with the people we support, including outdoor outings, games, cinema, or visiting local bars and pubs
• Help individuals grow in confidence and independence to achieve their goals (e.g., cooking dinner, going on holiday)

About the Role and Environment

Our residential service in Sonning Common 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.

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; if 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.
• 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 offer sector leading career progression.

Qualifications & Requirements

• 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.