Female Support Worker – Maternity Cover (6 months)

Creative Support; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Job summary

Creative Support is seeking a Female Support Worker for a maternity cover (6 months) in Harborne, Birmingham. You will support three individuals with learning disabilities, delivering person-centred care in their home and community settings.

No previous experience is required, but warmth, compassion and unconditional positive regard are essential as you help residents engage with everyday life and local communities. Induction and career progression are provided.

Qualifications

• No formal qualifications are required; prior experience is not essential.
• Demonstrates warmth, compassion and unconditional positive regard.

Responsibilities

• Support service users in meeting cultural and personal needs.
• Assist with tenancy management, safety, hygiene and comfort in their home.
• Respect privacy and dignity while promoting self-care and independence.
• Encourage service users to express needs and participate in planning and reviews.
• Contribute to reviews with verbal and written reports.

Job description

Female Support Worker – Maternity Cover (6 months)

Job Reference: 90730

Posted: Thursday 8th October 2026

Closing Date: Friday 30th October 2026

£12.85 per hour

Harborne, Birmingham

Full-Time, Part-Time

We are looking for enthusiastic, resourceful and energetic support worker who is well motivated, hardworking and keen to join our friendly team. You will deliver person-centred approach to support the tenants to take part in all aspects of everyday life and to engage and participate with their local communities. You will provide support to 3 individuals who have learning disabilities. Although previous experience is not essential, you will demonstrate the values that are essential for a role of this nature such as warmth, compassion and unconditional positive regard. The role will be supporting individuals in their own home as well as in the community.

Support Worker Duties:

• To support service users in meeting their cultural and spiritual needs and in expressing their personal identity
• To advise and support service users in all aspects of managing their tenancy and maintaining the safety, hygiene and comfort of their own home
• To respect the service user’s right to privacy and to ensure that their dignity is maintained at all times. To advise, encourage and support service users so as to maximise their self-care and independent living skills
• To encourage and support service users in expressing their needs, views and concerns.
• To enable service users to make choices and decisions and to participate as fully as possible in planning and decision-making processes
• To contribute to service users’ reviews, through the provision of verbal and written reports and by attending Support Planning/Person centered planning and review meetings

Creative Support’s Development Pathway offers a structured induction and values-led training to help staff grow from entry-level to leadership roles. It empowers career progression through tailored learning aligned with national strategies and the WE CARE framework.

Vacancy Reference Number: 90730

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.

Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.