Support Worker

Voyage-Care; Yeadon; On-site; GBP 14,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening and weekend pay +0.50

Premium overtime +£1 per hour

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card discounts

Doctor line 24/7/365

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is recruiting a Support Worker for our Yeadon service. You will help people gain more independence in daily life within a friendly team, supporting personal care and social activities.

We welcome applicants with a caring attitude and the ability to work across shifts. DBS checks will be required, and additional benefits are available.

Qualifications

• Genuinely caring and hands-on approach.
• Willingness to work with individuals requiring enhanced support, including mental health and autism.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily life.
• Work in a dynamic team to support a group of individuals.
• Assist with personal care and encourage access to local communities.
• Plan and participate in activities and outings with the people we support.

Skills

Empathy

Teamwork

Flexible working

Job description

Support Worker – Yeadon - £12.72 ph

Typical Shifts are:Monday to Sunday 8am-10pm , Early 8am-3pm , 9am-2pm 2pm -7pm - Sleep ins may be required as part of this role

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 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 supported living service in Yeadon 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 the local community , the next you could be unwinding with them watching films or doing activities of their choice in the service.

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, as well as experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, autism, and people who may have experienced trauma.

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, therefore previous experience is not essential.

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.