Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru Co-operative; Pentraeth; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; 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 is seeking a Female Support Worker to assist individuals in Pentraeth/Bodffordd with everyday decisions and personal goals. Your role includes community outings, personal care visits, and supporting living arrangements with compassionate, person-centred care.

You will work across days, evenings, weekends and sleep-ins, with additional travel costs reimbursed. A driving licence and access to your own car are essential, and applicants must be female due to occupational

Qualifications

• Patience and empathy are essential for supporting people with learning disabilities.
• Strong communication and teamwork skills are required to coordinate care with professionals and families.
• Good written skills to record events with empathy and meaning.
• A full driving licence is essential for transporting individuals to appointments and activities.
• Likely sole female applicant due to the genuine occupational requirement.

Responsibilities

• Actively support 5 individuals in making choices and achieving goals.
• Provide encouragement, guidance and practical support in everyday tasks and finances.
• Assist with personal care during visits and community outings.
• Support activities that build confidence and new skills.
• Record events with care and maintain good neighbourly relations.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Communication

Teamwork

Written skills

Driving licence

Own car

Female required

Job description

As a Female Support Worker in Pentraeth/Bodffordd, you'll help transform everyday moments into meaningful experiences for the people we support. Our mission is to support individuals with learning disabilities to live happy, fulfilling lives and be active members of their communities. As a Support Worker, you'll be at the heart of this, providing encouragement, guidance, and support that helps people thrive.

Role

Female Support Worker

Location

Pentraeth/Bodffordd, Ynys Môn

Hours

We have both part time and full time hours - including days, evenings, weekends, short and long shifts. 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

What you’ll be doing

In this role, you’ll be actively supporting 5 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. Your shifts will vary between long shifts supporting out in the community or shorter shifts doing a visit for personal care or meal times.

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 makeeveryday 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.

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

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

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