Support Worker

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£27,269 a year

Portswood

Location

Full-time

Job type

Permanent

Contract type

On-site

Work setup

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In brief

This support worker role involves assisting adults with daily living activities, personal care, and community engagement. The work focuses on delivering person-centred support, including mealtime assistance, medication administration, and maintaining a safe home environment for individuals who may display challenging behaviours.

Best for

Compassionate individuals experienced in supporting adults with complex needs.

Non-negotiable

Satisfactory DBS check required.

Worth knowing

Sleep-in shifts are a mandatory requirement of this role.

What you need

Required

  • Compassion

    Strongly implied by the listing

  • Resilience

    Strongly implied by the listing

  • Independent working

    Strongly implied by the listing

  • Communication

    Strongly implied by the listing

  • Health and safety

    Clearly required in the listing

Preferred

  • Manual driving licence

    Clearly required in the listing

Your day-to-day

  • Provide personal care

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Administer medication

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Support daily living

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Facilitate community access

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Maintain safety standards

    Clearly stated in the job description.

  • Conduct key worker sessions

    Clearly stated in the job description.

What's on offer

Enhanced evening pay
Enhanced weekend pay
Premium overtime rates
Wagestream access
Funded Blue Light Card
24/7 doctor line
Cash plans
Enhanced retirement leave
Full job description (from employer)⌄

Support Worker – Southampton - £13.11ph Typical Shifts are: 7:30am - 9:30pm / 7:30am - 2:30pm / 2:30pm - 9:30pm including some 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 In this role, you will provide person-centred support with a range of daily living activities, including moving and handling, personal care, medication administration, meal preparation, household tasks, attending medical appointments, key worker sessions, leisure activities, and participation in house and team meetings. A significant aspect of the role involves providing both one-to-one and two-to-one support during mealtimes and while accessing the local community. We're seeking a compassionate and resilient individual who is confident working independently and committed to delivering high-quality support. You will be comfortable supporting adults who may display verbal or physical behaviours that challenge, and will be able to adapt your communication approach to meet individual needs, including supporting people who are non-verbal. You will also play an active role in maintaining health and safety within the home. Sleep-in shifts are a requirement of this role and a full UK manual driving licence is highly desirable. 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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