Support Worker
Location: Cambridge Caldecote
Salary: £11.78 per hour
Typical Shifts: 7am-2pm and 2pm-9pm
Join Voyage Care and feel valued! We reward your dedication with:
1. Enhanced evening and weekend pay at an additional 50p per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
2. Premium overtime rates at an additional £1 per hour (Ts & Cs apply)
3. Wagestream – giving you the flexibility to draw upon up to 40% of your pay, as it is earned
4. Funded Blue Light Card – hundreds of discounts at high street retailers
5. 24/7/365 doctor line for our colleagues and their families
6. Access to cash plans for our colleagues, which also covers their families
7. Enhanced retirement leave
8. Long service awards
We’re on the hunt for genuinely caring, hands-on Female* 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 gain more independence in their daily lives, whilst working within a dynamic team to support a fantastic group of people!
Our supported living service in Caldecote 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 the community going swimming or assisting them with arts and crafts.
This is an amazing role for someone who is looking to really make a difference in 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 with autism, physical disabilities, and complex care needs.
Why choose us?
We embrace people’s differences and encourage you to be yourself. As 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 opportunities 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.
Job Info
Job Title: Support Worker
Company: Voyage Care
Location: Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Posted: [Insert Date Here]
Closes: Jan 17th 2025
Sector: Social Care
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
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