Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative; Newport; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Training and development opportunities

25 days annual leave

Health and Wellbeing programme

Company pension

Benefits and discount platform

Blue Light discount card

Job summary

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative in Newport is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to help people with learning disabilities live fulfilling lives in the community. You will empower individuals to make choices, take part in activities, and develop independence, with full training provided.

The role involves assisting with personal care, everyday tasks, and transportation as needed, with shift patterns including weekends and sleep-ins. Join a cooperative that puts people at the heart of its work.

Qualifications

• No experience required; full training provided.
• Patience and empathy.
• Ability to support intimate personal care with dignity.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills.
• Speak on behalf of others to professionals.
• Good written skills to record events with empathy and meaning.
• Have a full driving licence – essential for transporting individuals.
• Have access to your own car and use it for transporting people; vehicle insurance funded.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in making choices and setting goals.
• Assist with everyday decisions (what to wear, eat, do) and bigger life decisions.
• Empower people to follow through on their choices and take part in structured activities.
• Provide practical support to help with paying bills, maintaining homes, being a good neighbour, and staying connected with friends and family.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Personal care

Communication

Teamwork

Written skills

Driving licence

Own car

Vehicle insurance

Job description

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 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

Newport

Hours

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

Salary

£13.59 per 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

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 experience required as full training 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
• Blue Light discount card

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

• Honesty
• Trust
• Kindness
• Respect
• Wellbeing