Support Worker

Adult Social Care; Chard; On-site; GBP 10,000 - GBP 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable care provider in Chard is looking for dedicated Support Workers to enhance the quality of life for young adults facing communication challenges due to severe learning disabilities, autism, or traumatic brain injury. Your role will involve promoting independence, teaching life skills, and providing personal care. Ideal candidates possess resilience, flexibility, and a caring attitude. Comprehensive training and excellent career progression opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Enhanced pay for evenings and weekends

Premium overtime rates

Flexible pay with Wagestream

Funded Blue Light Card

24/7 doctor line

Access to cash plans

Enhanced retirement leave

Long service awards

Qualifications

• Passion for enhancing the quality of life for individuals.
• Experience working with mental health conditions.
• Ability to follow Positive Behaviour Support plans.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in gaining independence in daily activities.
• Teach new life skills and assist with personal care.
• Encourage socialisation and participation in activities.

Skills

Caring attitude

Experience with behaviour support plans

Resilience

Flexibility

Reflective practice

Job description

Overview

Typical Shifts are: 08:00 – 20:30 working 3 shifts a week including alternate weekends

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

Role & Responsibilities

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 set in a peaceful rural environment in Chard and is welcoming and friendly. We support young adults with a variety of communication needs as a result of either a severe learning disability, autism or traumatic brain injury. 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 prepare their own meals, socialising and doing lots of different activities.

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.

Qualifications & Values

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 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.

Growth & Training

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, so don’t hesitate to apply today 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.

* 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