Support Worker

Cartrefi Cymru; Pentraeth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A community support organization in Pentraeth seeks a Female Support Worker to assist individuals with learning disabilities. The role involves empowering clients to make their own choices, offering practical support, and enhancing their well-being. No experience is required as comprehensive training will be provided. Ideal candidates should possess patience, strong communication skills, and a full driving license. The position offers flexible hours, competitive pay, and various benefits, including 25 days of annual leave and training opportunities.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

25 days annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Company pension

Discount platform

Blue Light discount card

Qualifications

• No experience required as full training is provided.
• Must be female as per Equality Act 2010 exemption.
• Access to own car for transportation of individuals.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals in making choices and setting goals.
• Empower people through person-centred support.
• Help meet responsibilities like paying bills and maintaining homes.

Skills

Patience and empathy

Strong communication and teamwork skills

Ability to support personal care with respect

Good written skills

Full driving licence

Job description

As a Female Support Worker in Pentraeth and Bodffordd on the Isle of Anglesey, 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: Female Support Worker

Location: Pentraeth and Bodffordd on the Isle of Anglesey

Hours: 16 hours a week, including days, evenings, weekends, short and long shifts. Your shift pattern will include sleep-ins.

Salary: £12.74 per hour and our sleep-in shifts at £60 per night and our travel expenses is paid 45p per mile

Contract: Permanent

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What you’ll be doing

You’ll work across three services supporting five ladies in total with varying needs, including two with hearing impairment who use makaton. 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 makeeveryday 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 experience required as full training is provided. We’d love to hear from you if you:

Ideal candidate

• are female
• 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 45p 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

Please note This role is restricted to Female Applicants only under an exemption from the Equality Act 2010 - Section 9 - Part 1 (A) as a genuine occupational requirement.

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