Support Worker

As a Sessional Support Worker in RCT, 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. 

Role: Sessional Support Worker 

Location: RCT

Hours:  We have both part time  (minimum 10 hours per week) and full time hours (maximum 40 hours per week), please speak to us about the hours you are looking to do. Your shift pattern could include weekends and sleep-ins 

Salary: £13.59 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile 

Contract: Permanent 

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What you’ll be doing: 

In this role, you’ll support individuals both within their own homes and in the community, while also working across local supported living services to provide cover during periods of staff absence. Supporting people with a range of varying needs, you’ll take a flexible, adaptable and person-centred approach to helping individuals make their own choices and achieve their goals.

As a trusted Support Worker, you’ll empower people to build confidence, develop new skills, and maintain independence through everyday support and structured activities. This may include helping with finances, maintaining their home, accessing the community, and staying connected with friends and family.

Your goal is to make everyday remarkable by enhancing wellbeing and creating meaningful moments that bring purpose and joy to the people you support.

No experience required as full training is 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

About Us 
Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families 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