Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative; Nefyn; Remote; GBP 27,000 - 37,000; 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

Blue Light discount card

Job summary

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative in Nefyn, Gwynedd is seeking a Support Worker to help make everyday life remarkable for the people we support.

You’ll actively support individuals to make their own choices, taking part in structured activities that build confidence and skills, and provide practical help with daily tasks. The role offers both part-time and full-time hours, with weekend and sleep-in shifts, and a salary of £13.59 per hour plus £60 per sleep-in night and 55p per mile for travel.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• No experience required as full training is provided; we’d love to hear from you if you have patience and empathy, can support personal care with respect and dignity, have strong communication and teamwork skills, can speak on behalf of others to professionals, have good written skills to record events with empathy and meaning, hold a full driving licence, have access to your own car, and are fluent in Welsh (preferred).

Job description

As a Support Worker in Nefyn, Gwynedd 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, as a Support Worker, you can play a vital role in this.

Role: Support Worker

Location: Nefyn, Gwynedd

Hours: We have both part time and full time hours, please speak to us about the hours you are looking to do. 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


• full driving licence - essential for 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


• being fluent in Welsh is preferred so you can effectively communicate with Welsh-speaking service users and meet their cultural and linguistic needs.

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


• Blue Light discount card

About Us

Our mission is to build a better future by focusing on people with learning disabilities and their familiesWe’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

• Honesty


• Trust


• Kindness


• Respect


• Wellbeing