Support Worker

United Response; South Hallsands; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Enhanced sick pay

Bank holiday pay

Wellbeing days

Blue Light Discount Card

Occupational health & counselling

Fully paid training & qualifications

Generous annual leave

Pension scheme

Long service awards

Season ticket loan

Employee discounts platform

Job summary

United Response is seeking dedicated support workers in Totnes, Devon, offering 0-30 hours per week at £13.25 per hour plus excellent benefits. The role focuses on empowering people with learning disabilities, autism, or mental health needs to live their lives as they choose, with support for personal care, finances, appointments, and daily activities.

You will build meaningful relationships, encourage independence, and help with employment, volunteering, and hobbies.

Qualifications

• Assist with dressing, personal care, finances, medication, and appointments.
• Support independence and daily living in line with personal plans.
• Empathy, patience, and strong communication are essential.

Responsibilities

• Build relationships with the people you support and help with day-to-day routines.
• Encourage and guide individuals to participate in activities and community life.

Job description

Location: Totnes, Devon
Salary: £13.25 per hour + Excellent Benefits
Contract/hours: 0-30 hours per week available

Are you ready to have a meaningful impact on someone's life? Are you compassionate to others? Are you dedicated to making a difference? Then we want to hear from you.

Our support workers are the heart of everything we do. We want you to empower the people we support to live their lives how they want to, whether that's travelling the world or spending time in their local park! All we ask is that you have the commitment and drive to encourage and guide the people we support to make this happen.

Who will you be supporting?

This position is all about building relationships with the people you will be supporting while helping them with their day-to-day routine in line with their personal support plans such as dressing, personal care, finances, medication, attending any appointments along with employment, Volunteering and hobbies.

Benefits

• Enhanced company sick and maternity/paternity pay
• Time and half for bank holiday working
• 2 wellbeing days per year
• Access to Blue Light Discount Card
• Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling, wellbeing and advice services
• Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications/apprenticeships
• Generous annual leave allowance
• UR STARS recognition programme
• Workplace pension scheme
• Long service awards
• Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
• Online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers

United Response is a well-respected charity dedicated to championing the rights of people with learning disabilities, Autistic people and those with mental health needs. Our mission is to empower these individuals to live, work, and actively participate in their communities, free from discrimination and unnecessary obstacles. In everything we do, we strive to be Creative, Strong, Honest, Responsive, and United.

United Response's culture of inclusion, and our focus on health and wellbeing and working models helps ensure that everyone, regardless of background, feels included and can be the best they can be. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect and we want to recognise all parts of a person's identity. We believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our organisation and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realise their full potential.

Equal opportunities

United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader, providing support to applicants with mental and or physical disabilities including guaranteeing an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.

Our Organisation is currently unable to sponsor any new visas.