Female support worker - driver essential

ROYAL SCHOOL FOR DEAF CHILDREN; Peterborough; In loco; GBP 15.000 - 21.000; Part-time

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

24 days’ holiday + bank holidays

Free DBS Check

Free training

Pension Scheme

Discount scheme

Mindfulness app access

Descrizione del lavoro

Sense in Paston, Peterborough, is seeking a Female Support Worker with a driver’s license to join a permanent, part-time team. The role runs 30 hours weekly on a two-week rota, at £13.00 per hour, with duties supporting mobility, communication, and independence in the community and at home.

A full UK driving licence is essential. BSL is desirable. The post is open to female applicants only, under the Equality Act.

Competenze

• A full UK driving licence is essential for this role.
• BSL is highly desirable.

Mansioni

• Getting out into the community for swimming, gym, shopping, and social activities.
• Accessing services such as GP surgeries, banks, and leisure facilities.
• Personal care and hygiene.
• Finances and medication.
• Building and maintaining independence at home and in the community.

Conoscenze

Driving license

BSL

Descrizione del lavoro

Female support worker - driver essential

Overview

• ID

  327895

• Salary

  £13.00 per hour

• Type

  Permanent - Part Time

• Location

  Paston

• Hours

  30 hours per week

• Closing Date

  29/10/2026

• Interview Date

  As suitable applications are received

• Downloadable Files

Could you help someone communicate with the world around them?

Here at Sense, we believe everyone, no matter how complex their disability, deserves to live a full and meaningful life. We're looking for a female Support Worker to join our team at Newton Court in Paston, Peterborough, on a permanent basis working 30 hours per week on a two week rota, paying £13.00 per hour.

You’ll be at the heart of one person’s world, supporting someone with complex communication and mobility needs to live as independently as possible, at home and out in the community. From swimming and the gym to GP appointments and social activities, no two days will look the same. A full UK driving licence is essential for this role and BSL is highly desirable.

This post is open to female applicants only. This is a Genuine Occupational Requirement under Schedule 9, Part 1 of the Equality Act 2010.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Warm, caring, and genuinely passionate about making a difference
• Comfortable supporting someone with mobility needs, including walking, guiding, and wheelchair use
• Confident working on their own initiative and using good judgement
• Flexible across mornings, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays
• Willing to complete training and develop in the role

In this role, you could be supporting with:

• Getting out into the community for swimming, gym, shopping, and social activities
• Accessing services such as GP surgeries, banks, and leisure facilities
• Personal care and hygiene
• Finances and medication
• Building and maintaining independence at home and in the community

Benefits:

• 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Free DBS Check
• Free access to over 100 online and face to face training
• On-going development opportunities
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Employee referral scheme
• Health and well-being support
• Pension Scheme
• Discount scheme
• Wisdom App- free access for all employees to mindfulness application

About Sense

If you need us to adjust our recruitment process to help you access our vacancies, then please get in touch with the talent acquisition team. We are a disability confident leaderand commit to interviewing disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a role. More information on this can be found here Our commitment as an employer | Sense Careers

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/

Closing Date

29/10/2026