In brief
This support worker role involves assisting residents in a Caversham facility to build confidence and independence. The work focuses on teaching life skills, providing personal care and facilitating community outings to locations like the cinema or town centre.
Best for
Caring individuals who enjoy active community-based support work.
Non-negotiable
Full UK driving licence required.
Worth knowing
The role requires working shifts including 8am-3pm, 3pm-8pm/10pm and sleep-in shifts.
What you need
Required
Driving licence
Clearly required in the listing
Personal care
Strongly implied by the listing
Communication
Strongly implied by the listing
Preferred
No preferred skills or technologies were clearly stated.
Your day-to-day
Teach daily life skills
Clearly stated in the job description.
Assist with personal care
Clearly stated in the job description.
Facilitate community access
Clearly stated in the job description.
Encourage social engagement
Clearly stated in the job description.
Experience expected
Level
Entry level
Based on what the listing states
Years of experience
Not stated
No clear years requirement found
Evidence from the listing
Experience level
“…erences 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.”
What's on offer
Full job description (from employer)⌄
Support Worker – Caversham - £12.74ph Typical Shifts are: 8am - 3pm, 3pm - 8pm/10pm + sleep-in shifts. 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 residential service in Caversham 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. 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. The people we support at this service are extremely active and like to go bowling, into the town centre and to the cinema. This is why at this service our Support Workers should hold a full UK driving licence to support the access to these activities. Why choose us? 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
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