Support Worker-Female

Voyage Care; Papworth Everard; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced evening/weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Stream pay access

Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for you and family

Retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a caring Female Support Worker to help a fantastic group gain more independence in daily living within Papworth Everard.

You will work in our supported living service, teaching life skills, assisting with personal care, and encouraging community involvement through activities and outings. A full UK driving license is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in caring for people and supporting independence.
• Ability to follow Positive Behaviour Support plans.
• Experience working with individuals with autism.

Responsibilities

• Help people gain more independence in daily living.
• Teach life skills and assist with personal care.
• Encourage participation in local communities, socialising and activities.
• Support people to access local amenities and plan activities.
• Work within a dynamic team to support individuals.

Skills

Compassionate care

Positive Behaviour Support

Reflective practice

Resilient

Flexible

Team collaboration

Tools

UK Driving Licence

Job description

Support Worker

Town: Papworth Everard 28hrs contract

Support Worker - £13.13 up to £14.63 with overtime and evening/weekend enhancements (Ts & Cs apply)

Typical Shifts are: 7am-2pm and 2pm-9pm plus Sleep in

UK DL required

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 Worker 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 Papworth Everard 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 community going out for walks or supporting them with arts and crafts 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 and reach 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 a full UK driving license, 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 with autism,

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.

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory 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