Support Worker

Voyage Care; Southampton; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening pay

Overtime premium

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

Doctor line

Cash plans

Retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care in Southampton is seeking a compassionate Support Worker to provide person-centred support to adults in daily living activities within home and community settings.

You will work varied shifts, including early and sleep-in duties, with DBS checks required. A full UK manual driving licence is desirable; generous benefits and progression opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• Compassionate and resilient individual capable of working independently.
• Good communication skills with people who may display challenging behaviours.
• Able to adapt approach to meet individual needs, including non-verbal support.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred support with daily living activities.
• Assist with moving and handling and personal care.
• Administer medications and assist with meal preparation.
• Support household tasks and attend medical appointments.
• Lead key worker sessions and organise leisure activities.
• Participate in house and team meetings and provide mealtime/community support.

Skills

Compassionate

Resilient

Communication

Independent work

Job description

Support Worker – Southampton - £13.11ph

Typical Shifts are: 7:30am - 9:30pm / 7:30am - 2:30pm / 2:30pm - 9:30pm including some sleep-in shifts.

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

In this role, you will provide person-centred support with a range of daily living activities, including moving and handling, personal care, medication administration, meal preparation, household tasks, attending medical appointments, key worker sessions, leisure activities, and participation in house and team meetings. A significant aspect of the role involves providing both one-to-one and two-to-one support during mealtimes and while accessing the local community.

We're seeking a compassionate and resilient individual who is confident working independently and committed to delivering high-quality support. You will be comfortable supporting adults who may display verbal or physical behaviours that challenge, and will be able to adapt your communication approach to meet individual needs, including supporting people who are non-verbal.

You will also play an active role in maintaining health and safety within the home. Sleep-in shifts are a requirement of this role and a full UK manual driving licence is highly desirable.

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 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.