Community Support Worker

The Together Trust; Salford; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27 days + bank holidays

Pension 4% employer contribution

Blue Light Card

Real Living Wage employer

Training and development opportunities

Wellbeing programmes

Job summary

The Together Trust is recruiting Community Support Workers to join our Salford Hub day service in Ordsall, Salford, supporting adults with Autism and Learning Disabilities.

You will provide person-centred support addressing physical, health, emotional and social needs, help develop and maintain support plans, and foster engaging interactions within the local community. 35 hour week with a permanent contract and a salary of £24,481.33 per year with progression.

Qualifications

• Experience with adults with autism or learning disabilities.
• Ability to maintain person-centred approaches and safeguard welfare.
• Full clean driving licence preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide high-quality, person-centred support to adults with disabilities.
• Assist in developing and maintaining individual support plans.
• Foster engaging interactions and promote independence within the community.

Job description

£24,000 to £27,000 per year, National Living Wage Employer

Contract Type:

Permanent

Hours:

Disability Confident:

No

Closing Date:

26/11/2026

About this job

Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other.

Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support

• they are at the heart of everything we do.

We stand by them, and we work together for change.

Whether that’s helping people to live independently, or creating spaces to learn, work and play, you’ll be making sure adults with disabilities or complex health needs have a chance to thrive, right in the heart of their local communities.

The Together Trust is one of the North West’s leading charities, offering individual care, support, and education to hundreds of children, young people, and adults each year.

We are a not-for-profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support.

We are seeking Community Support Workers to join our growing Salford Hub day service in Ordsall, Salford, which supports adults with Autism and Learning Disabilities.

The purpose of the role is to provide high-quality, person-centred support that meets the individuals’ needs with physical, health, emotional and social needs.

You will assist in the development and maintenance of their support plans as required, along with developing positive and engaging interactions.

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people that we support and expects all of our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Hours per week - 35 hours,worked flexibly over five days (Monday to Friday). Starting Salary £24,481.33 per year ( £13.45) with biennial increments.

Salary has been pro-rated from a full time equivalent of £26,230 per year based on
37.5 hours per week - Location - Ordsall, Salford Drivers are preferred for this role.

You must hold a full clean licence held for more than 12 months and be aged 21 years and older.

What can you bring to the service...? Can you undertake the range of tasks required, in a well-planned way that respects and values service users as individuals?

We are seeking someone with experience of working with individuals with Autism Spectrum Conditions and learning difficulties with an awareness of their rights and needs.

Do you have experience of working in community-based projects/activities for individuals?

Can you show experience of working with families?

Can you manage difficult and challenging situations whilst maintaining high standards of care and support?

Can you make a direct positive impact on the lives of the adults, children, and their families we support?

Help us make a change to the people we support.

Benefits

• Benefits include: Annual leave - 27 days' holiday plus 8 bank holidays, rising to 30 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years.
• a minimum company pension contribution of 4%. Occupational sick pay and family-friendly policies, including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• offering discounts on high street shopping, travel and insurance.
• up to 6 times basic salary.
• Eligibility to apply for a Blue Light Card.
• Proud to be a real living wage employer.
• be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us.
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications.
• vouchers and extra holiday.
• Promotion of wellbeing across the organisation, including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleagues and a free weekly yoga session, in person or online.
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults in your household.
• Inclusive networks for colleagues to join if they'd like to (Disability & Neurodiversity Action Group, Race Equality Network, Proud Together (LGBTQ+ group), Together for Men, Women Together). To discover the full details of this rewarding role within the Together Trust look at our Job Description.

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself). This role will involve regulated activity.

We may remove this advert should we find the successful candidates prior to the closing date therefore early applications are encouraged.

Shortlisting will take place throughout the duration of the advert.

We currently do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK. The Together Trust is a Real Living Wage employer.

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background.

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people.

We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.

If there is any part of your lived experience, you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you

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