Support Worker-Female

Voyage Care; Hinckley and Bosworth; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening/weekend pay +50p

Overtime +£1 per hour

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

Doctor line 24/7/365

Cash plans for colleagues

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking caring, hands-on Support Workers for our Hinckley service. You will help people gain independence, assist with daily living tasks and work within a dynamic team to improve quality of life. Roles may require a full UK driving license for commute and a compassionate, patient approach.

Shifts include 9:00-16:00, 16:00-22:00, or longer days 09:00-22:00, with enhanced pay for evenings and weekends where applicable. DBS checks and references will be completed for all offers.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving license preferred.
• Demonstrated resilience, flexibility and composure.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice.

Responsibilities

• Assist with personal care and daily living activities.
• Help prepare meals and encourage independence in the home.
• Provide a friendly, supportive presence and teamwork with colleagues.
• Support individuals with varied needs, including mental health and trauma histories.

Skills

Driving license

Resilience

Flexibility

Positive Behaviour Support

Reflective practice

Experience with complex needs

Job description

Support Worker

Town: Hinckley LE10

Pay rate £12.72ph

Shift times : Mon -Sun-9:00-16:00 16:00-22:00 or long days 09:00-22:00.

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 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 supported living service in Greenmoor Rd in Hinckley 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 assisting with personal care, helping prepare meals and encouraging them in their own home and offering a friendly face.

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 hold ideally a full UK driving license to be able to commute to different calls , 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 need to have experience and 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