Job description
Key information
Full-time
Stoke-on-Trent
Support Worker
£10.72 per hour
02/03/2023
007174
Job Title: Support Worker, Full and Part-Time available
Location: Talke, Stoke on Trent
Shifts - 8:00am - 3:00pm, 3:00pm - 10:00pm and 10:00pm - 8:00am
Pay Rate: £10.72 per hour effective from 1st April 2023
Enhanced rate of pay for evenings and weekends
Enhanced rate of pay for overtime (over 35hrs per week)
At Peacock Hay, we offer support to seven adults with a learning disability, autism and associated complex needs.
The individuals we support often have communication needs and we use a wide range of effective communication tools and systems to help them. Everyone is supported to develop their existing abilities and we take a person-centred approach, including each person in the way the home is run.
As a Support Worker at Peacock Hay, you will work with people who have varying degrees of learning disabilities, autism and associated complex needs, supporting them to lead as fulfilling life as possible, incorporating both therapy based activities and social based activities. Each person has an individualised plan of activities that is meaningful and appropriate to their needs and preferences.
At Voyage Care we value the hard work and commitment of our colleagues by offering:
- 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)
- Employee discount app – discounts at leading retail stores including Argos and Asda, and leisure attractions, such as Alton Towers and Sea Life Centre.
- Blue Light Card – recognised discount card for hundreds of high street retailers, restaurants and cinemas.
- Free external counselling support and advice service available 24/7
- Paid training and induction
- Fund nationally recognised qualifications such as level three in Health and Social Care.
- We’ll pay for your DBS checks
- Paid annual leave
- Pension scheme
- Life assurance policy – offering security for your loved ones
- Long service award - reward scheme marking 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 years of working with us.
- Refer a friend - receive £500 or refer three friends and receive £2,000. (Terms and conditions apply).
The individuals we support at this service enjoy a lot of community access, so confidence in lone working is essential. We provide a full training programme that is specific to the needs of the individuals we support.
You’ll join the team working on a rota that includes a mixture of shift patterns, therefore flexibility if required This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a motivated and determined team. So make a great career move.