Support Worker

Turning Point UK; Carlisle; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

29 days holiday

Not-for-profit employer

Job summary

Turning Point UK in Carlisle is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to assist adults with learning disabilities, autism, and challenging behaviour. You will help with daily living activities, personal care, and community access, in a person-centred way. The role is 24-hour and requires flexibility across shifts, including nights and some weekends.

Ideal candidates are passionate, caring, patient, with good communication and teamwork skills. Driving is desirable but not essential.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting adults with learning disabilities.
• Good communication skills.
• Able to undertake personal care tasks.

Responsibilities

• Support adults with learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.
• Provide personal care to people we support.
• Assist with daily activities at home and in the community.
• Maintain accurate recording and documentation.
• Promote independence and person-centred support.

Skills

Compassionate care

Job description

# Support Worker### Job Introduction**This position does not meet the requirements for sponsorship under current UK immigration guidelines**Do you have genuine passion for supporting people with Autism and/or behaviour that challenges to help them work to achieving their potential in everyday life?If you are motivated, enthusiastic, a creative thinker and problem solver with a real desire to support people to make positive choices, decisions, and take action we would really like to hear from YOU.At Turning Point, we support people with Learning Disabilities across England.As a Support Worker, you will make a real difference to people’s lives as you improve their daily living skills. Passionate about people, you will enjoy the scope and support to enhance your own life and career too, as you gain the experience and training you need to progress with us.**Where will I be working?**You will be working in one of our Supported Living facilities in Carlisle.We endeavour to create positive family relationships offering a good circle of support. There is a strong focus on supporting individuals' lives in a person centred way which includes various activities, shopping, managing own budgets and cooking. We tailor our services to enable people to be as independent as possible.*We use a digital social care record system, to support daily recording, which will make your day-to-day tasks easier and allows you to spend more time with the People We Support***Shift Patterns**This is a 24-hour service, therefore flexibility is essential. You will be working a range of shifts including nights and some weekends.### Role Responsibility**What will I be doing?**This is a hands-on job in which no two days are the same. Your duties will include:* supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, communication difficulties and challenging behaviour* supporting people with a person centred approach* providing and assisting people we support with personal care* supporting a full range of daily activities at home and accessing the community* supporting people to be as independent as possible and have control over their lives* investing time with people we support, understanding the most effective way to deliver positive support and improve person’s quality of life* delivering outcome focused support to improve skills, develop person interests and increase person independence* ensuring accurate recording keeping and documentation is maintain at required standards to enable effective reviewing of persons support to develop actions plan to help improve all aspects of a person’s life### The Ideal Candidate**What skills and qualities do I need to have?**You should have the right attitude and transferable experience of helping people to manage anxiety. Knowledge of learning disabilities and complex needs would be beneficial. What is essential is that you are:* passionate, caring and enthusiastic* flexible, patient and non-judgemental* a great team player with lots of energy* able to demonstrate good communication skills* able to complete the physical aspects of the role such as manual handling where needed*Drivers are desirable but not essential.*### About usAs a leading health and social care provider with more than 300 locations across England, we take real pride in the services we offer.We run all of our services on a not-for-profit basis; instead, we invest every penny back into our services and people. We never stop believing in change for the better, and we work constantly to improve the lives of the people we support.**What Benefits Will I Receive?**We know reward looks different to each person and so whether its ways to make your money go further, a culture supporting recognition and celebration, or opportunities to boost your career – we want to support you in every way we can with our total reward package.You will get 29 days’ paid holiday a year, increasing with each year of service up to 31 days. Plus the option to buy additional holidays and spread the cost.Join our team and discover the comprehensive benefits we offer by following the link below to explore all the exciting perks available to our employees.***Turning Point Benefits******We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closing date.***Turning Point### Attached documents* Support Worker Role Profile and Job expectations.pdfApply| | || --- | --- || Salary | £25,949 based on 37 hours, £31,560 based on 45 hours / £13.45 per hour || Frequency | Annual || Job Reference | turningp/hillcrest/13501 || Contract Type | Permanent || Closing Date | 6 September, 2026 || Job Category | Support Work || Business Unit | Learning Disabilities || Location | Carlisle, United Kingdom || Posted on | 7 August, 2026 || Contract Details | Full-Time || Working Hours | Various shifts |