Waking Night Support Worker

Voyage Care; Holt; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 20,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced pay for evenings and weekends

Overtime premium £1 per hour

Blue Light Card discounts

24/7/365 doctor line

Job summary

Voyage Care is seeking a caring Waking Night Support Worker for Holt, Wiltshire. You will assist residents with bedtime routines and personal care, while performing regular checks to support safety and wellbeing.

The role involves helping people gain independence, working as part of a team, and completing light duties during night hours. A full UK driving licence and a compassionate, flexible approach are essential.

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence is required.
• Empathy, patience and a passion for helping others.

Responsibilities

• Assist with bedtime routines and personal care during night shifts.
• Conduct regular checks throughout the night to ensure wellbeing and safety.
• Undertake light domestic duties as needed to maintain a clean, safe environment.

Job description

Waking Night Support Worker - Holt, Wiltshire - Pay rate starts at: £12.84 - £14.34 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)

**Due to the location you will require your own transport to get here**

Typical Shifts are : waking nights 2100- 0700 3/4 nights a week

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

We’re on the hunt for genuinely caring, hands-on Waking Night Support Worker 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 specially adapted bungalow in Holt is a welcoming and friendly environment, and you can be sure that no two days will be the same! As a Night Support Worker, you’ll be enhancing the lives of the 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.

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, and make a real difference to the lives of the people we’re supporting!

All applicants and subsequent job offers will be subject to satisfactory DBS checks and references.