Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru; Brecon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Brecon is seeking a Support Worker to assist individuals with learning disabilities in making their own choices and achieving personal goals. No experience is required as full training is provided; however, a full driving license is essential. This rewarding role includes empowering individuals through practical support and enhancing their well-being. Benefits include excellent training opportunities, holiday leave, and a pension.

Benefits

Excellent training and development opportunities

25 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing programme

Company pension

Cycle to work scheme

Refer a Friend programme

Qualifications

• Patience and empathy required.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to support personal care with respect.
• Full driving license is essential.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in making their own choices.
• Empower people through structured activities.
• Assist with practical responsibilities like bills.

Job description

Overview

As a Support Worker in Brecon, you’ll help make the everyday remarkable for the people we support. We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilities to live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community, and as a Support Worker you can play a vital role in this.

Location: Brecon

Hours: We have both part time (minimum 16 hours per week) and full time hours (maximum 40 hours per week). Please speak to us about the hours you are looking to do.

Salary: £12.74 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night. Travel expenses are paid 45p per mile.

Contract: Permanent

Interviews: We are looking to interview as soon as possible, so we would encourage you to apply at the earliest opportunity.

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you’ll actively support individuals in making their own choices and setting 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 remarkable through 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.

Who we are looking for

No experience is 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 a full driving licence - essential for transporting individuals to appointments and activities

Our Benefits

• Excellent training and development opportunities to achieve qualifications
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days after 5 years’ service with the option to buy and sell leave
• Benevolent Fund, confidential financial wellbeing resource available to our colleagues
• Health and Wellbeing programme - 24 hour access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Refer a Friend - Referral Programme
• Company pension
• Cycle to work scheme
• Benefits and discount platform
• Eligibility for Blue Light discount card
• And much more…

About Us

Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their families. We strive to be a great support provider for the individuals and families that we support, our employees, our partners and funders, and the communities in which we work. We’re a Cooperative, which means putting people at the heart of our decision making and support.

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

Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.