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Penderels Trust; Rugby; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Penderels Trust is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to provide compassionate, one-to-one support for a young person in Rugby. The role focuses on personal care, socialisation, and daily activities in a home environment.

You will work on-site, with part-time hours, and ensure safety; DBS disclosure is required. Prior SEN experience and a patient, open-minded approach are essential to help the individual engage with new environments and community activities.

Qualifications

• Experience with SEN or learning disabilities is preferred.
• Candidates should be patient, kind and open-minded.
• Ability to support personal care and daily activities.

Responsibilities

• Support and prompt with personal care (toileting, showering, dressing).
• Encourage socialisation and participation in activities.
• Develop a trusting one-to-one relationship and ensure safety at all times.

Skills

SEN experience

Patience

Personal care support

One-to-one communication

Job description

Young boy who is repetitive, a sensory seeker, does a lot of stimming, lots of movement, likes watching you draw and being sang to. Gets overwhelmed easily so can go into flight mode and will run away from what is upsetting him. He will also touch everything, does not understand a person’s personal space and needs a lot of regulation. Loves food, his tablet, squeezes, tickles, nursery rhymes, dinosaurs, warped sounds, movie clips/quotes, swing, water play, woodland walks, dinosaurs. Type of person looking for: Someone who is patient, kind, open minded, firm, good at running and dodging, has a trial-and-error approach, encouraging and helping him to adapt to new environments, confident to go on walk, and take him to the park. He needs help getting him out into society as I feel that someone who is not his mum may be able to approach things differently. Has SEN experience and understanding

Employer Disability and Health Conditions

• Cognitive / Learning

Other relevant information

• Someone in the household is a smoker.
• The individual keeps pets in the home.3 cats and a dog.

About the Role

Duties and Responsibilities

• Support and/or prompt with personal care. This may include toileting, showering/bathing, getting in and out of bed, getting dressed.
• Assist and encourage socialisation, participating in activities.
• Develop a good and trusting one to one working relationship.

The individuals needs may vary from day to day and your tasks may reflect this. You could be required to perform other duties as reasonably required.

You have a responsibility as an employee to report all accidents to the employer immediately. You have a duty to report defects and / or hazards which may give rise to an accident. You are to ensure the safety of the individual at all times.

Due to the nature of the work for which you are applying, this post is subject to a satisfactory DBS disclosure (costs will be covered).

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme

Support worker

Company: Penderels Trust

Salary: from £13.45 an hour

Hours: Part-time

Location: Rugby, CV21 3GU

Working pattern: On-site

Job type: Permanent

Posting date: 25 Aug 2026

Closing date: 20 Sept 2026

About Disability Confident

Disability Confident is a government scheme. It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions.

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