Support Worker

MacIntyre; Wigan; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Job summary

A national charity supporting individuals with disabilities is seeking a compassionate Support Worker to assist in promoting independence for those with learning disabilities. This role offers extensive training, with no prior experience required. The ideal candidate will be warm, friendly, and committed to celebrating individuality. Competitive benefits include training development support, six weeks' annual leave pro-rated, and workplace savings schemes, making it an opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the community.

Benefits

Six weeks' annual leave

Workplace Pension scheme

Employee Assistance Plan

Life assurance scheme

MacIntyre Rewards Scheme

Access to the Blue Light Card

Qualifications

• Must align with company values of honesty, respect, and kindness.
• Willingness to support individuals with learning disabilities.
• No prior experience necessary; full training provided.

Responsibilities

• Support Andrew in his goal to live independently.
• Encourage independence and manage challenging behavior.
• Work collaboratively with a team supporting multiple individuals.

Skills

Compassion

Resilience

Communication

Job description

“Meaningful Career, No Experience Needed”

30 hours per week

Looking for a career that makes a real difference?

Are you honest, respectful, fun, compassionate, and kind? If so, you might be exactly who we’re looking for.

At MacIntyre, we support adults with learning disabilities in Wigan to live meaningful, fulfilling lives. We recruit based on values, not experience because we believe the right attitude matters more than a CV. Full training is provided.

Why a Support Worker role?

Many people join us from retail, hospitality, care, admin, or customer service often because they want something more rewarding and stable. While many sectors are changing or shrinking, the social care sector continues to grow, offering:

• Long-term job security
• Clear career progression
• Recognised qualifications & full training
• Truly meaningful work

What does the role involve?

You will be supporting Andrew in his goal to live more independently. He has made good progress towards this. Recent steps include taking on a few volunteer roles and being able to go away on holiday. He is currently working on improving how he manages his own money.

He is in his mid-forties. He enjoys having a good chat about films, TV, music, football and horse racing.

There is no personal care required in this role, but when feeling unsettled, Andrew's behaviour can be challenging, and part of your job will be to work with him to manage his verbal aggression. We will give you full specialist training around this.

It’s about being there, encouraging independence, and celebrating individuality.

Whilst mainly focussed on supporting Andrew, you will also work with a team that support two other gentleman who live locally.

About you

Of course we welcome you if you've been a care assistant or support worker, but experience isn’t necessary. If you share our values, are warm, friendly and willing to learn, you’re likely to be a great fit.

We’re looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.

This is a specialist service and it may be of particular interest to you if you are keen on psychology, or making a career supporting Autistic people. If your friends would describe you as imaginative, resilient and calm, then you probably have exactly the right personality to do a great job supporting Harry.

About us

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and / or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

Pay and Rewards

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

• Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays (pro rata for part-time roles)
• Workplace Pension scheme MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry / PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)

How to apply

If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.

Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, phone us 01908 357 016 and we will send an application form to you.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

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