Female Support Worker

Career Choices Dewis Gyrfa Ltd; Swansea; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A community support organization in Swansea seeks a Female Support Worker to support individuals with learning disabilities in making choices and managing daily responsibilities. The role offers flexible hours between 16 to 40 per week, with pay at £12.74 per hour and additional benefits. No experience required as full training is provided. Ideal for patient and empathetic individuals who can communicate effectively and support others with dignity.

Benefits

25 days annual leave rising to 30 after 5 years

Health and Wellbeing programme

Company pension

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Ability to support personal care with respect and dignity.
• Full driving licence essential for transporting individuals.
• Access to your own car for transportation.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in making their own choices.
• Help manage responsibilities like paying bills and maintaining homes.
• Engage in structured activities to build confidence.

Skills

Patience and empathy

Strong communication skills

Teamwork skills

Good written skills

Job description

As a Female Support Worker in SWANSEA, 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: Female Support Worker Hours: We have both full and part time positions, with hours ranging between 16 to 40 hours per week.

Shift patterns include daytime, evening, weekend and sleep-in shifts.

Salary: £12.74 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile What you’ll be doing: In this role, you’ll actively support individuals in making their own choices and set their own goals

• whether it’s everyday decisions like what to wear, eat, or do, or something bigger such as where to live, how to manage their finances, or where to go on holiday.

As a trusted Support Worker, you'll empower people to follow through on these choices, including taking part in structured activities that build confidence and develop new skills.

You’ll also offer practical support to help them meet responsibilities like paying bills, maintaining their homes, being good neighbours, and staying connected with friends and family.

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.

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
• have access to your own car and happy to use this for transporting people we support to and from activities as well as obtaining business insurance for your vehicle for which we pay 45p per mile to cover this Our Benefits
• Training and development opportunities - 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Company pension
• Benefits and discount platform 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.

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 Due to the personal care needs of the people we support, this role is exempt under the Equality Act 2010, Schedule 9, and Part

• Section 7(2)(e) of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975

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