Day Services Support Worker

Gloucestershire County Council; Cheltenham; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee assistance programme

Cycle to work scheme

Staff discounts

Job summary

Gloucestershire County Council is hiring a Day Services Support Worker to join our Adult Social Care team in Cheltenham. You will support adults with learning disabilities to regain confidence, independence and participate in activities at Oakley Day Centre.

You should have an NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) and hands-on experience. The role is full-time (37 hours), permanent, with a salary of £27,274 to £28,608 per annum. Hybrid working options and staff benefits are available.

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification and hands-on experience with people with learning disabilities.
• Able to assist with personal care in a sensitive, flexible way.

Responsibilities

• Support adults with learning disabilities to regain confidence and independence.
• Assist with activities at Day Centre (swimming, art, relaxation).
• Provide person-centred support based on plans and needs.

Skills

Experience with learning disabilities

Education

NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent)

Job description

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.

• Job Title: Day Services Support Worker
• Job Location: Oakley A.O.C
• Salary: £27,274 - £28,608 per annum
• Hours per Week: 37.00
• Contract Type: Permanent
• Closing Date: 17/11/2026
• Job Requisition Number: 15153
• This post is not open to job share

Supporting someone to regain their confidence and independence. Making them feel important. This is why we do it. This is why we care. As part of our Adult Social Care team, amazing moments like these will be part of daily life as you support those who need us most. With an array of brilliant benefits – including an employee assistance programme, tax‑free childcare, cycle to work scheme and staff discounts – you’ve got a rewarding role in every sense.

Watch our short video Adult Social Care Inhouse to get an idea of what it's like to work in our Adult Social Care team.

About The Role

We have s full‑time (37 hours) permanent Day Service Supporter vacancy at Oakley & The Woodlands based in Cheltenham.

The Woodlands is an independent service situated in the grounds of Oakley Adult Opportunity Centre in Cheltenham. It is a purpose built day service for adults with learning disabilities including Autism, complex needs and, individuals who may not integrate as well in your traditional social environments. There are many aims to this service particularly maximising individual’s choice, independence, and inclusion. In this role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with adults with learning disabilities, complex needs.

The Oakley Day Centre is purpose built day service for adults with learning disabilities. It is run as a needs led service, with activities being planned using information gathered through Person Centred Plans. Examples of current activities are swimming, art, relaxation. In this role, you will be able to demonstrate experience of working with adults with learning disabilities.

To find out more about working at Oakley & The Woodlands Team, visit our 'Cheltenham day care centres' webpage.

Our Services are continuously evolving, and as such, this role and related responsibilities may be subject to minor change. Please email [e-mail] to arrange an informal discussion.

About You

As well as an NVQ Level 2 (or equivalent) qualification, you’ll have hands‑on experience working with people with learning disabilities. Committed to enhancing the lives of people with a range of abilities, you’ll be confident helping individuals with personal care. The key is to provide support in a sensitive, flexible way; listening as well as communicating. With every opportunity to learn, you’ll be keen to develop and take our service from strength to strength.

Our values are at the heart of everything we do and how we treat each other. They provide essential guiding principles about the way that we work and set the tone for our culture, and identify what we, as an organisation, care about. See our values page to find out more .

If you hold the same behaviours and approach, then we want to hear from you! In exchange, we will provide you with full training and support to help you succeed in your role.

About Us

It’s a fantastic time to join Gloucestershire County Council, as we transform our Adult Social Care services. Through our team, we’re helping people with increasingly complex needs to remain independent and have a say in how they live. To succeed, we need people who’ll go the extra mile to see others well and happy and give families peace of mind. People who know that caring is the most rewarding feeling around.

Join us, and you’ll have a great opportunity to make a real impact on people’s lives. It’s a chance to help us take our service to new heights. And we’ll say thank you with a range of excellent benefits as well as the training and support to develop your career. We genuinely care about our colleagues and support their wellbeing.

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:

Day Services Support Worker Job Worker

This Position is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

The council will consider sponsorship for the Social Worker role, in line with Home Office regulations and subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early due to the volume of applications received and / or due to the needs of the service. If you are interested in applying, we encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.

If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email [e-mail], as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error. By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.

• a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.

Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.