Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru Co; Newport; Hybride; GBP 15 000 - 22 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

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

Résumé du poste

Cartrefi Cymru is hiring a Support Worker in Newport to help people we support live fulfilling lives in the community. You’ll empower individuals with daily decisions and provide practical help with everyday tasks, keeping their wellbeing at the forefront.

Weekends and sleep-in shifts are part of the role, with full training provided and a friendly, supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• No formal experience required; full training provided.
• Patience, empathy and good communication are essential.

Responsabilités

• Support individuals in making choices and setting personal goals.
• Assist with daily tasks and responsibilities (finances, housing, activities).
• Encourage participation in structured activities to build skills and confidence.

Connaissances

Patience

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Written skills

Driving licence essential

Own car for transport

Description du poste

As a Support Worker in Newport, 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.

Role:Support Worker

Location:Newport

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 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 or Fixed Term Contract

Click here to learn moreabout growing your career at Cartrefi Cymru.

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 remarkablethrough 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 a full 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
• 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

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

Please note we reserve the right to close this advert early so we would encourage you to apply early for this position.