Support Worker – Doveridge – £11.57ph
Typical Shifts are: Mornings – 07:30-14:30 & Afternoons – 14:30-21:30
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
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 Dove House residential service in Doveridge 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. We provide specialist, person centred support for four people who have learning disabilities, autistic spectrum disorders and can exhibit behaviours that challenge. Each individual is supported to plan and take part in a weekly timetable of activities both at home and in the wider community, ranging from swimming to cooking and gardening, all with the aim of working towards developing skills and achieving their hopes and dreams. Dove house shares a log cabin in the garden with another Voyage Care service which enables activities to be planned. It has a pool table and can also be used as a relaxing environment for the individuals we support.
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 are looking for someone who hold a Full UK driving licence so that you can drive our vehicles.
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. At this service our Support Workers should hold a full UK driving license, be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach.
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, 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
