Support Workers

VOYAGE CARE; Cotford St Luke; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans for colleagues and families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

VOYAGE CARE is seeking a caring Night Support Worker for a residential service in Wiveliscombe. You will assist with bedtime routines, overnight safety checks, and light domestic tasks to help people maintain independence while receiving supportive care.

Applicants should have a full UK driving licence, experience with Positive Behaviour Support, and be comfortable supporting individuals with distress, autism or trauma. DBS checks and references are required.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is required for this service.
• Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice is essential.
• Experience supporting individuals with distress, mental health needs, autism or trauma is preferred.
• Satisfactory DBS checks and references are required.

Responsibilities

• Support users with bedtime routines and overnight checks, ensuring safety.
• Assist with light domestic duties and promote independence and confidence.
• Work as part of a team in a residential setting and follow care plans.

Skills

Full UK driving licence

Positive Behaviour Support

Reflective practice

Enhanced support experience

Handling distress/mental health/autism

Job description

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 residential service is a grade two listed building set in the beautiful rural location of Wiveliscombe. With its own orchard, log cabin art hub and pond, you can be sure that no two days will be the same! As a Night Support Worker you'll be enhancing the lives of people we support by assisting with bedtime routines, including personal care and completing regular checks throughout the night. You will also be expected to complete light domestic duties in any spare time. 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 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 requiring enhanced support, including behaviour's of distress, mental health conditions, 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. All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.

Eligibility

• 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

Support Worker - Wiveliscombe - £13.56 ph plus night enhancement

Typical Shifts are 20:30 - 08:00, working 2 shifts a week including alternate weekends.

• 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