Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative; Bethesda; Hybrid; GBP 36,506,000 - 41,328,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

25 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing programme

Company pension

Discount platform

Blue Light discount card

Job summary

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative is seeking a Female Support Worker for Bangor/Bethesda on a permanent basis. Part-time or full-time hours are available, with weekend shifts.

The role involves supporting individuals to make choices, set goals, and participate in activities that build confidence and skills. You will provide practical support to help with daily living tasks, paying bills, home care, and staying connected with friends and family.

Qualifications

• No experience required; full training provided.
• Patience and empathy are essential.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills are important.
• Welsh language desirable; female role due to occupational requirement.
• Must have a full driving licence and own car; mileage paid 55p per mile.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in making everyday choices and setting personal goals.
• Empower service users to participate in structured activities to build confidence and skills.
• Assist with responsibilities such as paying bills, maintaining homes, and staying connected with others.
• Support with intimate personal care with respect and dignity.
• Transport individuals to appointments and activities as required, using your own car where applicable.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Welsh language desirable

Tools

Driving licence

Job description

Role

Female Support Worker

Location

Bangor/Bethesda

Hours

We have both part time and full time hours, please speak to us about the hours you are looking to do. Your shift pattern will include weekends.

Salary

£13.59 per hour, our travel expenses is paid 55p per mile

Contract

Permanent

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you’ll actively support individuals in making their own choices and set their own goals — whether it’s everyday decisions like what to wear, eat, or do, or something bigger such as where to live, how to manage their finances, or where to go on holiday.

As a trusted Support Worker, you’ll empower people to follow through on these choices, including taking part in structured activities that build confidence and develop new skills. You’ll also offer practical support to help them meet responsibilities like paying bills, maintaining their homes, being good neighbours, and staying connected with friends and family.

Your goal is to make everyday remarkablethrough enhancing well-being and focusing on the small, meaningful moments that bring joy and purpose. By offering this kind of person‑centred support every day, this truly is a fun and rewarding role for the right person.

No experience required as full training is provided. We’d love to hear from you if you:

• have patience and empathy
• can support a person with their intimate personal care with respect and dignity
• have strong communication and teamwork skills
• are able to speak on behalf of others as well as to a range of professional people
• have good written skills and the ability to record events with empathy and meaning
• have afull driving licence - essentialfor transporting individuals to appointments and activities
• have access to your own car and happy to use this for transporting people we support to and from activities as well as obtaining business insurance for your vehicle for which we pay 55p per mile to cover this
• being fluent in Welshis desirable, so you can effectively communicate with Welsh-speaking service users and meet their cultural and linguistic needs.
• are female (this is a genuine occupational requirement due to the nature of the role)

Our Benefits

• Training and development opportunities
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
• Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Company pension
• Benefits and discount platform
• Blue Light discount card

About Us

Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support. You can find out more about this here

Our Values

We’ve made a promise to the people we support, setting out our commitments to them and how they can expect to be supported, our values include:

• Honesty
• Trust
• Kindness
• Respect
• Wellbeing