Support Worker-Female Nights

Jobtrain; Whittlesey; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for you and family

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a compassionate Support Worker for night shifts in Coates, Whittlesey (30 hours per week, waking nights 10pm-8am). You will help a lady to gain independence, providing personal care and meaningful activities in a supportive team environment.

The role requires epilepsy experience; training in Positive Behaviour Support and working with autism is valued. DBS checks and references are mandatory for all applicants. Benefits and progression opportunities are available.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering care to epilepsy patients.
• Experience applying Positive Behaviour Support plans.
• Experience working with individuals with autism.
• Willingness to undergo DBS checks and references.

Responsibilities

• Help residents gain independence in daily living.
• Assist with personal care and daily routines.
• Encourage community involvement and activities.
• Support with activities such as swimming, shopping and cheerleading.

Skills

Epilepsy experience

Positive Behaviour Support

Autism experience

DBS checks

Job description

Support Worker –Nights

£12.84 up to £14.34 with overtime and evening/weekend enhancements (Ts & Cs apply)

Town : Coates, Whittlesey PE7

Typical Shifts are : Mon -Sun 30hrs Waking Nights 10pm-8am

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 Epilepsy experience 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 is a welcoming and friendly environment and you can be sure that no two days will be the same! You’ll be enhancing the life of the Lady we support by teaching new life skills, assisting with personal care, encouraging her to access their local communities, socialising and doing lots of activities. Such as swimming, shopping and cheer leading.

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,

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 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?

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