Support Workers

VOYAGE CARE; Widnes; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wagestream

Blue Light Card

Doctor line 24/7/365

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking genuinely caring Support Workers to enhance the quality of life of people at Maeres House in Widnes. You’ll help individuals gain independence in daily life, support personal care, and participate in activities within a welcoming team.

Typical shifts and pay are described, with opportunities to grow through training, development, and a supportive care environment that values your dedication and flexibility.

Qualifications

• Experience in care settings, preferably with acquired brain injury.
• Demonstrates resilience, flexibility and composure in care scenarios.
• Ability to support independence, teach life skills and assist with personal care.

Responsibilities

• Support people to gain more independence in daily life.
• Assist with personal care and daily living activities.
• Encourage community access and socialising, activities and appointments.
• Work within a dynamic team to deliver person-centred care.

Skills

Care experience

Compassionate nature

Resilience

Team player

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 ABI (Acquired Brain Injury) adult residential service - Maeres House in Widnes 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 local restaurants or attending appointments, the next you could be unwinding with them playing video games, watching films or going to the cinema. 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 as well as working/professional care experience, preferably working with individuals with an acquired brain injury and behaviour's of distress.

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.

£13.04 per hour up to £14.54 per hour with overtime and nights/weekend enhancements (Ts & Cs apply) Typical Shifts are: Monday to Sunday, 8:00am - 3:00pm and 3:00pm - 10:00pm. 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