Support Worker

Voyage Care; Tottington; On-site; GBP 24,500 - 28,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pay for evenings & weekends

Overtime premium

Stream pay option

Blue Light Card access

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for staff

Retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care's residential ABI service in Bury is seeking a caring Support Worker to help residents gain independence and improve quality of life. You will assist with daily activities, personal care and community involvement, including social outings and activities.

Shifts include waking nights (10pm–8am). Training is provided to develop skills, with shadow shifts during the day. This is a rewarding role for those who value compassionate, flexible care and teamwork.

Qualifications

• No prior experience required; training programme provided.
• Ability to complete training and shadow shifts during the day.
• Resilient, flexible and composed in approach.

Responsibilities

• Help residents gain more independence in daily life.
• Teach new life skills and support personal care as needed.
• Encourage residents to access local communities, socialise and take part in activities.
• Take residents out to local bars, pubs or cinema and support in day-to-day activities.

Job description

Support Worker - Bury - £12.72 per hour

Shifts are - Waking nights - 10pm - 8am - candidates must be able to complete all training and shadow shifts during the day before moving onto nights)

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, flexible to work 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 ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) service in Bury 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. Experience isn't essential as we provide a training programme to increase your skills and knowledge.

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 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.