Support Workers

VOYAGE CARE; Chippenham; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 15,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pay for evenings and weekends

Overtime pay premiums

Wagestream access

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7/365 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues’ family

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a Senior Support Worker to lead our nursing service in Chippenham. This 11-bed home offers a welcoming environment and a dynamic team dedicated to enhancing residents’ quality of life.

You will help residents gain independence, supervise daily operations, allocate shifts, and support staff development. Ideal candidates bring prior Senior Support Worker experience and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care, with experience in distress, ABI, autism, or trauma.

Qualifications

• Prior experience as a Senior Support Worker is preferred.
• Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification is required.
• Experience supporting individuals with enhanced needs (distress, ABI, autism, trauma).

Responsibilities

• Lead and support the nursing service in Chippenham.
• Supervise day-to-day service operations and staff performance.
• Allocate shifts, arrange training, and induct new colleagues.
• Assist with supervision and ordering medication.
• Support people to gain independence and manage finances.

Skills

People management

Team leadership

Shift planning

Communication

Education

Health & Social Care Level 3

Job description

Senior Support Workers with a passion for enhancing the quality of life of the people we support are at the heart of our management teams. We're currently searching for a fantastic Senior Support Worker to join us in leading our nursing service in Chippenham. This 11 bed home has a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!, As a Senior Support Worker with us you'll be helping people to gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst assisting the Manager with the day-to-day supervision and management of the service. You could be allocating shifts, booking in training, inducting new colleagues, supporting with supervision's, ordering medication and ensuring the people we support are supported to manage their finances. You'll never lose sight of why you choose to do this, as our Seniors are still at the heart of providing day-to-day support.

We're interested in our Senior Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why at this service our Seniors should ideally have previous experience as a Senior Support Worker and a Level 3 in Health & Social Care as well as experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, acquired brain injury, autism and people who have experienced trauma.

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.

Typical Shifts are: Working 07:00 - 14:15, 14:15 - 21:30 or 07:00 - 21:30 25 hours a week over 7 days 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