Support Worker Days/Nights - Personal Support Service

City of York Council; York and North Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

City of York Council is recruiting for full-time and part-time Support Worker roles in the Personal Support Services, delivering personal care to customers in their own homes across York and helping them maximise independence. You may have limited experience, as we will provide training to reach required standards.

You will be supported by the organisation in safeguarding, continuing professional development and compliance with regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Good communication skills.
• Ability to record defensible documentation.
• Work within a team/able to use your own initiative.
• Able to administer medication.
• Confidence to work with other professionals and families.
• Commitment to identifying personal development and mandatory training.

Responsibilities

• Deliver personal care and support to customers in their own homes in York.
• Promote living skills to maximise independence.
• Duties are varied and shifts may differ.
• Work within the safeguarding and CQC frameworks with training provided.

Skills

Good communication

Documentation

Teamwork

Medication administration

Professional liaison

Training commitment

Job description

Are you looking for a rewarding role in social care supporting customers in their own home as part of our Independent Living Communities?

The City of York Council’s Personal Support Services are now recruiting for some great full time and part-time day and night posts

You may have limited experience or qualifications in this field, but we are happy to work with you to reach the standard required to develop into an excellent Support Worker.

As a Support Worker, you will be supporting customers living in their own homes within York delivering personal care and promoting living skills to enable customers to maximise their independence. The duties are varied, so no two shifts will be the same.

Key Skills And Experience Required

• Good communication skills
• Ability to record defensible documentation.
• Work within a team/able to use your own initiative.
• Able to administer medication.
• Confidence to work with other professionals and families.
• Commitment to identifying personal development and attend mandatory training.

You will be supported by the organisation to work within the legal framework i.e. safeguarding/CQC and given the training and support you need, such as obtaining a desired qualification in health and social care.

In return we offer a generous rate of pay with enhancements for shift work, evenings and weekends. We also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Sarah Benton, Registered Manager at [e-mail] or on 01904 551869.

This post is suitable as a job share opporunity.

Please note, we do not have a sponsorship licence to sponsor individuals for visas to work in the UK, therefore we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.’

As this role is public facing, applicants will need to demonstrate, at interview, their competency to converse and provide advice and guidance to members of the public, in spoken English to CEFR level C2: Can express themselves spontaneously at length with a natural conversational flow, avoiding or backtracking around any difficulty so smoothly that the person with whom they are conversing is hardly aware of it.

City of York Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We require the successful candidate to undertake an enhanced Criminal Record check via the Disclosure and Barring Service.

The Council is committed to investing in the talent and wellbeing of our staff and can offer a generous annual leave allowance, access to the Local Government Pension Scheme, comprehensive Health & Wellbeing initiatives and a reward package which recognises your contribution. We can offer flexible working practices, community engagement and volunteer activities and, as part of our commitment to you, promote continuous Learning & Development. In addition we also offer a growing range of discounts, rewards and savings.

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Sarah Benton, Registered Manager at [e-mail] or on 01904 551869.

Closing date: Sunday 25 October 2026 at 12 midnight

Interview date: TBC