Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative; Haverfordwest; Remote; GBP 15,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

25 days annual leave rising to 30 days

Health and Wellbeing programme

Company pension

Benefits and discount platform

Job summary

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative in Pembrokeshire is hiring a Female Support Worker. The role is 40 hours per week, with weekend shifts and sleep-ins. The salary is £13.59 per hour, plus sleep-in pay of £60 per night and travel expenses at 55p per mile. The contract is permanent.

You will support individuals to make choices, set goals, and participate in activities to build confidence, while helping with daily tasks and staying connected with others.

Qualifications

• No experience required; full training provided.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in making choices and setting goals for daily life and bigger decisions.
• Empower people to follow through on choices and take part in structured activities to build confidence and skills.
• Provide practical help with paying bills, keeping homes, staying connected, and being good neighbours.

Skills

Patience & empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Advocacy

Recordkeeping

Driving licence

Own car

Job description

Role: Female Support Worker

Location: Pembrokeshire

Hours: 40,Your shift pattern will include weekends and sleep-ins

Salary: £13.59per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and 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 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.

No experiencerequired as fulltraining 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

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

About Us

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