Support Worker

Macintyre; Leicester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading support organization in Leicester seeks a compassionate Support Worker to help individuals with learning disabilities live joyful lives. The role involves a variety of daily tasks, compassionately assisting clients in their routines and community activities. A UK manual driving licence is required. The organization offers comprehensive training, six weeks' annual leave, and several employee benefits, including a pension scheme and health cash plan.

Benefits

Six weeks' annual leave

Workplace Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Plan

Health Cash Plan

Life assurance scheme

Staff Savings Scheme

Access to the Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• Must hold a UK manual driving licence.
• Excited about supporting individuals to live fulfilling lives.
• No specific prior experience required, though care assistant experience is welcome.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in daily activities and community engagement.
• Provide a positive and inclusive environment.
• Flexibility in working hours, including evenings and weekends.

Skills

Compassion

Patience

Enthusiasm

Job description

We're a tight-knit team supporting six wonderful people with learning disabilities, aged 24 to 56, across three houses in Leicester. Each person brings their own personality, routines, and aspirations, making our time spent together truly meaningful.

That's where you come in – your role is to unlock opportunities for people to live a gloriously ordinary life on their own terms, staying connected with their families, friends and communities, and exploring new experiences along the way.

A snapshot of your day:

You might start your morning supporting a football-loving, trampoline-bouncing young man who is bursting with energy and never turns down a throwback 90s playlist. Your enthusiasm and positive attitude could be just what he needs to start the day off right.

Or you might be helping someone get ready for the day, making sure they feel confident and put-together because looking good matters to them.

Take Sarah, for example. She has a great eye for style and loves the little details. She is autistic and thrives with calm, patient and clear communication. Walking far isn’t easy for her, so your UK manual driving licence will help her enjoy the world beyond her neighbourhood – from shops and salons to parks and coffee spots. It’s all about supporting her to live life in a way that makes sense to her: with style, independence, and joy.

Your days will be busy and you’ll never be short of variety. Our goal is to make you feel right at home, too. You’ll join an experienced, supportive team that’s always ready to help each other out. We offer excellent training, and with our strong Positive Behaviour Support plans we create an inclusive environment where everyone’s voice and needs matter.

If you’re compassionate, patient, and excited about supporting people to live life to the fullest, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and be part of something truly rewarding! You must have a UK manual driving licence and be prepared to drive adapted cars. We can only progress applications from female candidates for this role.

We’re looking for someone keen to work full‑time (37.5 hours per week) and flexible to cover a rota that includes mornings, evenings, and weekends. While experience as a care assistant or support worker is welcome, it isn’t essential. If you share our values, are warm, friendly, and eager to learn, you could be the perfect fit. We celebrate diversity and strive to make sure everyone on our team feels included, valued, and respected. You bring your enthusiasm; we’ll provide the training.

About MacIntyre

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism. We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions. MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining. MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked Accessibility at the top of the screen. This post is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.

Benefits

• Six weeks’ annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependants
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)