Support Worker

As a Support Worker in Llanaelhaearn, you’ll help make the everyday remarkable for the people we support. 

We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community, as a Support Worker, you can play a vital role in this. 

Location: Llanaelhaearn, Gwynedd

Hours: Part time 16 hours per week, some weekend work no sleep ins

Salary: £12.74 per hour 

Contract: Permanant 

Click here to watch our video about growing your career at Cartrefi Cymru. 

What you’ll be doing: 

In this role, you’ll actively support individuals in making their own choices and set their own goals. Clwb Cartrefi currently has 10 people we support in our day service and 1 client home care but the service is building and we are very excited about this. We take clients out into the community to do community based activities. We focus on nurturing and developing life skills and social skills. Activities include trips to the local cafes, cinema, cooking sessions, craft sessions, and trips to tourist attractions. Our person centred approach means any activity that the person we support is interested in we will try to facilitate for them.

At Clwb Cartrefi we run weekly cooking sessions where clients can learn skills in the kitchen and work along side other clients forming invaluable friendships. We have a craft and sensory room where we hold activities including monthly bingo sessions. Clwb Cartrefi are looking for individuals who have a great work ethic, a sense of fun and someone who can work autonomously as well as fit into a fast growing team.

Your goal is to make everyday remarkable through enhancing well-being and focusing on the small, meaningful moments that bring joy and purpose. By offering this kind of person-centred support every day, this truly is a fun and rewarding role for the right person. 

Who we are looking for: 

No experience is required as full is training provided. We’d love to hear from you if you: 

• have patience and empathy 
• can support a person with their intimate personal care with respect and dignity 
• have strong communication and teamwork skills 
• are able to speak on behalf of others as well as to a range of professional people 
• have good written skills and the ability to record events with empathy and meaning 
• have a full driving licence - essential for transporting individuals to appointments and activities. 

Our Benefits

• Excellent training and development opportunities to achieve qualifications 
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave 
• Benevolent Fund, confidential financial wellbeing resource available to our colleagues 
• Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme 
• Refer a Friend - Referral Programme 
• Company pension 
• Cycle to work scheme 
• Benefits and discount platform 
• Eligibility for Blue Light discount card 
• And much much more….. 

About Us 
Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We strive to be a great support provider for the individuals and families that we support, our employees, our partners and funders, and the communities in which we work. We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support. You can find out more about this here 

Our Values 
We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include: 

Honesty 
Trust 
Kindness 
Respect 
Wellbeing