Support Worker

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

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay (50p)

Premium overtime rates (£1)

Stream – draw pay up to 40% as earned

Blue Light Card – discounts

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage-Care in Darlington is seeking a Female Support Worker to help people gain more independence in daily life within a residential setting. The role covers varied shifts and a 35-hour week, with daytime, evenings, and night options to support our service users.

You will work as part of a supportive team, following Positive Behaviour Support plans, delivering care with dignity, respect and compassion, and helping individuals access their local communities and activities.

Qualifications

• Experience in care or support roles with a compassionate, hands-on approach.
• Able to follow Positive Behaviour Support plans and work with individuals requiring enhanced support.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and daily living activities for residents.
• Encourage and enable people to access the local community and participate in social activities.
• Support people to gain independence and learn new life skills within a friendly team.

Job description

Female Support Worker – Darlington - £12.72 ph

Hours: Full time 35hrs

Typical Shifts are: Monday to Sunday - 7.30 - 2.30pm, 2.30 -9.30pm and 9.30 - 7.30am

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 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!

Our residential service in Bewick, Darlington 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.

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 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,

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