Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative; Llantwit Major; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent training opportunities

25 days annual leave rising to 30 days

Benevolent Fund

Health and Wellbeing programme

Refer a Friend

Job summary

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative in Llantwit Major is seeking a Female Support Worker to help make the everyday remarkable for people with learning disabilities in their own homes. You’ll join a dedicated team, supporting four individuals with varying needs, including personal care when required.

This role requires empathy, patience, and teamwork, with flexible hours (part-time or full-time) and full training provided. Sleep-ins (£60/night) and travel expenses (45p/mile) are offered.

Qualifications

• No experience required as full training is provided.
• Female candidates only; genuine occupational requirement.
• Patience and empathy essential.
• Ability to support personal care with dignity.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Full driving licence required.

Responsibilities

• Help make the everyday remarkable for the people we support.
• Support four individuals in their own home.
• Assist with personal care as needed.
• Support outings and activities (eating out, farms, gardening).
• Provide compassionate, patient, person-centred care.

Skills

Patience and empathy

Communication skills

Teamwork

Speaking on behalf of others

Written skills

Driving licence

Job description

Role: Female Support Worker

Location: Llantwit Major, Vale of Glamorgan

Hours: We have both part time (minimum 10hours per week) and full time hours (maximum 40hours per week), please speak to us about the hours you are looking to do. Your shift pattern could include weekends and sleep-ins

Salary:£13.59per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile

Contract:Permanent

What you’ll be doing:

As a Female Support Worker in Llantwit Major, you’ll help make the everyday remarkable for the people we support.

We are dedicated to supporting those with learning disabilitiesto live a fulfilled and enriched life in the community, as a Support Worker, you can play a vital role in this.

You’ll be joining a dedicated team providing care and support to four individuals in their own home, each with unique needs and personalities. This includes supporting one person who experiences OCD and another who requires some personal care. They enjoy eating out, visiting farms, and gardening at the allotments. While they require minimal support, there may occasionally be some challenging behaviour.

In this role, you’ll help enhance well-being and create meaningful, positive experiences every day. By focusing on what matters most to each person, you’ll make a real difference — helping them live fulfilling, independent, and enjoyable lives. This is a rewarding, person-centred role for someone who values compassion, patience, and making everyday moments remarkable.

No experiencerequired as fulltraining is provided. We’d love to hear from you if you:

• are female (this is a genuine occupational requirement due to the nature of the role)
• 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

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