Male Support Worker ( Enablement Practitioner)- Sherborne, Dorset - Wake Nights

PBS4; Sherborne; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days annual leave (pro rata)

Company pension

Staff recognition & development

Wage advances / other benefits

Job summary

PBS4 is recruiting a Male Support Worker (Enablement Practitioner) for a 33-year-old man living in Sherborne, Dorset. You will work on wake-night shifts (20:00–08:00) with a 2:1 support ratio and provide medication support, personal care prompts, and encouragement for daily tasks in a positive, engaging way.

The role requires a full UK driving licence and adherence to safeguarding and equality guidelines. PBS4 offers training, pension, annual leave, and progression opportunities within a

Qualifications

• Full UK driving licence required
• Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010

Responsibilities

• Support a 33-year-old male with autism and mild learning disability.
• Provide support on a 2:1 ratio and assist with medication
• Encourage and support daily household tasks in a positive way
• Assist with personal care and prompt dressing as needed
• Engage in activities such as listening to music, swimming, walking, visits to ships, museums, and theme parks
• Maintain meaningful relationships with friends and family while upholding clear boundaries

Job description

Full-time Permanent Mid-level Senior

Posted 30 Oct 2026

Description

Male Support Worker (Internally known as Enablement Practitioner)

Location: Sherborne, Dorset

Hourly Rate: £15.69

Hours Per Week: Wake Nights

Hours of work: 20.00 pm to 08.00 am - to include working alternate weekends.

**Full UK driving licence required

*Whilst PBS4 holds a sponsorship license, we are currently unable to offer sponsorship to any new applicants to PBS4. We wish you all the best with your job search and future career.

About the Role

The person you will be supporting,is a 33-year-old male with a diagnosis of Autism, a Mild Learning Disability, Attention Deficit & Hyperactivity Disorder

Adam lives in his own home in Sherborne, and he is supported on a 2 to 1 support ratio.

He is very independent with his personal care and support may only be required at a prompting level, to remind him to dress weather appropriate or according to the occasion.

Adam requires full support with medication and encouraged and supported to complete daily household tasks in a fun and positive way.

He really enjoys listening to music and playing the drums.

Adam Loves to go swimming and spend time walking with his friends and family.

He has a real interest in Ships, visiting the museums and going to theme parks with his team, and is looking for team members who are engaging and enjoy the same interest and activities .

Adam is looking for outgoing, positive, passionate team members that can support him to maintain meaningful relationships with his friends and family, whilst maintaining clear boundaries .

Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010

Why work for us?

• Be listened to and have your direct experience and expertise valued
• Have support from an experienced management and clinical team
• Be celebrated for accomplishing goals with the individual you support
• Have training opportunities that enhance your career development

Benefits include: 29 days annual leave (pro rata), rising to 30 days annual leave (pro rata) as of the 1st April, following your 1-year anniversary with PBS4., in-house paid induction training, followed by 12 weeks blended e-learning, coaching, and mentoring. Additional training opportunities following probation, DBS check payment, Legal & General company pension, employee recognition scheme, earned wage access, and access to various other benefits through our enhanced Employee Assistance Programme. Refer a friend and receive £300.00 for every successful person you refer.

PBS4 is a values led social care organisation, providing Neurodisability Services to individuals with Learning Disabilities, Autism, Mental Health, Physical Disabilities and Complex Health Needs, and/or behaviours that may challenge. We support people living in their own homes, with their own tenancies, and we utilise Positive Behaviour Support as the framework for the support we provide.

We are a medium-sized organisation supporting people across Hampshire, Dorset, Berkshire, Somerset, and Oxfordshire and with a workforce of around 430 employees.

The people we support overcome huge challenges every day to achieve exciting things. Some may be big, some may be smaller, but we are committed to celebrating all of these! We are committed to leading by example in how 21st Century clinical support for people with learning disabilities should look. We aim to raise the bar of Positive Behaviour Support in social care!

People with learning disabilities should have the same right to an ordinary life as anyone else. They need support from people like you to help them achieve this. If you are passionate about helping people to achieve the life they deserve and thrive of seeing others succeed, then a career with PBS4 is the career for you. We value experience in supporting others, but we warmly welcome people without experience who share our values.

We want to create new ways of working, led by passion and drive for doing what is right, and promote innovation from our teams. Join us on our mission to disrupt social care

"Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010"

Company Overview

PBS4 provides support to enable people with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour to have independent lives and to live in their own home. Our approach is underpinned by Positive Behaviour Support. Positive Behaviour Support is an approach mostly used to support people with learning disabilities whose behaviours challenge others. The goal is to shift the focus away from reducing challenging behaviour to understanding what that behaviour means and supporting people to get what they need better.