Support Workers

VOYAGE CARE; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading care organization is seeking Support Workers in Huddersfield to enhance the lives of people they support. The role involves teaching life skills, assisting with personal care, and promoting independence in a supportive team environment. Candidates should demonstrate resilience, flexibility, and experience with various support needs. Competitive pay of £12.22 per hour, with enhanced evening and weekend rates is offered, along with comprehensive training and career progression opportunities.

Benefits

Enhanced evening and weekend pay

Premium overtime rates

Wagestream for flexible pay access

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Cash plans covering families

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals requiring enhanced support, including behaviours of distress and trauma.
• Ability to teach new life skills and encourage community access.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals to gain independence in daily life.
• Teach new life skills and assist with personal care.
• Encourage socialising and participation in activities.

Skills

Resilience

Flexibility

Composure

Experience with Positive Behaviour Support plans

Experience with mental health conditions

Experience with 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 supported living service in Huddersfield 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 local community, the next you could be unwinding with them or doing an activity of their choice. 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, 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 may have experienced trauma. 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.
Support Worker – Huddersfield – £12.22 ph Typical Shifts are: Mixed shifts - days and sleep ins- 8am- 9pm - Some shifts can be 11am-7pm- done on a rota basis 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