Support Worker

Voyage Care; Sunderland; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care provider in Sunderland is seeking Support Workers to enhance the lives of individuals requiring assistance. You'll work in a dynamic team, helping clients with daily activities and promoting independence. This role requires a full UK driving license and experience with enhanced support needs. Join us to make a meaningful difference and enjoy a range of benefits.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Flexibility to draw upon pay

Discounts through Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans covering families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license required.
• Experience with individuals requiring enhanced support.
• Ability to follow Positive Behaviour Support plans.

Responsibilities

• Assist individuals in gaining independence and enhancing their quality of life.
• Support clients in daily activities and accessing local communities.
• Help in teaching new life skills.

Skills

Resilience

Flexibility

Composure

Experience with Positive Behaviour Support

Working with individuals with mental health conditions

Experience with autism

Experience with trauma

Job description

Overview

Support Worker Sunderland - £12.22 ph

Typical shifts

Day shifts, 8am - 3pm; 3pm - 10pm

Benefits

• 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

Role description

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!

Service environment

Our supported living service in Sunderland 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 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.

Qualifications and experience

We’re interested in our Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This service requires a full UK driving license, resilience, flexibility and composure in approach, experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice, and experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviours of distress, mental health conditions, autism and people who have experienced trauma.

Why choose us?

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 don't hesitate to apply today and make a real difference to the lives of the people we're supporting!

Other

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.