Intensive Support Worker

Staffordshire County Council; Stoke-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government authority in Stoke-on-Trent seeks an Intensive Support Worker for its Neurodivergent Team. The role involves direct community engagement to support Neurodivergent adults in developing skills and independence. The ideal candidate will have experience working with individuals with neurodiversity and possess a passion for community-focused work. This permanent position offers a hybrid working model with opportunities for professional development. Interviews will be held in January 2026.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Passion for working directly with individuals in the community.
• Experience working with neurodiversity and families.
• Motivated by the purpose of helping others.

Responsibilities

• Complete direct work in the community with Neurodivergent adults.
• Build local community knowledge and resources for support.
• Participate in development and training opportunities.

Skills

Experience working with neurodiverse individuals

Community engagement

Team collaboration

Job description

We now have one great opportunity to join the county’s high performing and citizen-focused Neurodivergent team, as part of the Health and Care Directorate at Staffordshire County Council.

The role of the Intensive Support Worker has been created specifically for the Neurodivergent Team, in order to develop the skills and abilities of Neurodivergent Adults within Staffordshire. This role provides practical hands-on direct community work.

You’ll work within a new bespoke team, set up specifically to work with Neurodivergent Adults to develop skills and independence and to lead fulfilling lives and with the Consultant Social Worker for Autism, who sits within the Neurodivergent Team, for bespoke advice guidance and support.

Location: This is a hybrid role, with community visits required on up to 5 days of the week, alongside regular office presence. There is the flexibility to work from home if desired, around the visits and office presence. This is a permanent role. The team is based between Stafford and Burton with a dual office base.

Main Responsibilities

As an Intensive support worker you will:

• Complete direct work in the community with the citizens of Staffordshire, building up their skills and independence for specific goals and outcomes in line with support plans created by Social Care assessors.
• Build up good local community knowledge using available resources for the citizens of Staffordshire.
• Promote outcome-focused working with the citizens of Staffordshire.
• Work alongside a small team of Social Workers, Social Care Assessors and other intensive support workers to support Neurodivergent adults achieve their outcomes.
• Contribute towards case responsibility and management (working alongside a Social Care Assessor / Social Worker).
• Working under the provisions of the Mental Capacity Act (2005) and Care Act (2014).
• Record of all case management and key decisions on the case recording system.
• Contribute towards managing risk appropriately with the allocated Social Care Assessor.
• Actively participate in quality assurance processes, including peer and reflective supervision, whilst using research findings, service principles and case discussion with peers to inform and develop your professional practice.
• Participate in development and training opportunities to progress professional development.

The Ideal Candidate

For this role you’ll:

• Have a passion for direct working with individuals, within the community
• Have experience of working with individuals with neurodiversity and their families.
• He motivated by the purpose of your role – to help and support others.
• Be a real team player, you’ll be able to flex to the needs of the team.
• Have a proven track record of a person centred, and asset focused outlook and you’ll have high professional standards.

“We’re happy to talk flexible working”

Don’t feel you meet all the requirements? We value transferable skills, experiences, and qualifications so consider applying anyway or for an informal chat about the role please Emily Iles, Neurodivergent Team Manager on: [e-mail]

Interviews will be held in person, at Staffordshire Place 1 on week commencing 5th January 2026.

Our Recruitment Process: We anonymise applications during shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered. Please complete your application fully, especially the supporting statement, to highlight what you’ll bring to the role.

About Staffordshire County Council

We are no ordinary county council:

Our Values:

The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

We look forward and race ahead - that goes for your career too.

Our benefits

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.