Support Worker- Freshfields, Waterbeach, Cambridge
£11.78ph UK DL required
28 hours per week shift Times : 7am-2pm and 2pm-9pm
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)
• Support with annual NMC fees
• 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 are currently looking for Support Workers to join our friendly team. If you feel you can enhance the lives of people we support through offering new opportunities we would love to hear from you. This service has a welcoming and friendly environment with a dynamic team that supports a fantastic group of people!
Waterbeach supports four individuals who have been in the Service for many years. The people we support at this service have conditions such as Learning Disabilities, Epilepsy, Autism, Dementia and Cerebral Palsy. Full training and continued development is available to meet the high level of health needs.
The service has excellent relationships with the local community enjoy visiting the botanical gardens in Cambridge, bowling, swimming, to the local pub, to the village carnival and accessing local shops. We liaise with the local GP surgery and Community Nurses to ensure all needs are met, this collaborative approach ensures the people we support receive a high standard of care.
What our Staff say:
“The people we support and fellow colleagues are amazing, its like having one big extended family. We laugh and enjoy fun activities together, no two days are the same. The support from the management team and fellow colleagues is brilliant, a great place to work!”
Faike Cobbinah, Support Worker
This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference to the lives of others. The team see the impact of their input and the difference they make to the lives of the people we support which is always a positive outcome.
Staff are supported with a detailed induction, continuing professional development and support. The manager ensures supervision and appraisals are completed in a timely effective way and staff also receive an in-depth Observational supervision where they are also supported with their personal development.
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.
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