Support Worker (Health Needs)

Codi Group; Swansea; Remote; GBP 12,000 - 17,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Sleep-in rate £62.64/8h shift

Waking night rate 20% uplift

Full UK driving licence essential

Enhanced DBS paid for

Social Care Wales registration reimb

Job summary

Codi Group is seeking a dedicated Support Worker in Swansea (St Thomas) to help individuals live fuller lives in their homes and community. This part-time role involves day and night shifts, 20 hours weekly, with training provided for manual handling and PEG feeding.

You’ll join a warm, supportive team and play a key part in empowering people to enjoy independence and meaningful activities. Applicants should be caring and reliable, with the ability to work flexible hours, including sleep-ins and

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with physical or mental health needs is desired.
• Experience working as part of a team and with people or customers.

Responsibilities

• Enable independence through community access and day trips.
• Build strong relationships and support one individual with communication needs.
• Provide personal care, full manual handling, and PEG feeding support (training provided).
• Collaborate as part of a supportive team with limited lone working.
• Support structured routines and flexible, person-led activities.

Skills

Teamwork

People skills

Caring

Manual handling

Job description

As part of our not-for-profit organisation, whatever your role, you’ll play a unique part in making a remarkable difference to the lives of thousands of people in communities across Wales.

A hands-on care role supporting individuals to live full lives in their home and community. 20 hours per week, part-time, permanent with both day and night shifts in the St Thomas area of Swansea.

In this role, you’ll be helping the people we support enjoy an active and fulfilling lifestyle. Their days are shaped by their interests and choices.

You’ll play a key part in enabling these experiences, creating opportunities for independence, fun, and connection.

This is a dynamic, hands-on role where no two days are the same.

The service is based in a bungalow setting, where you’ll work as part of a strong and supportive team. There is a balance of structured routines, such as attending day services, alongside more flexible, person-led activities. The role also involves providing personal care, full manual handling support, and supporting with PEG feeding, with training provided where needed. You may also have the opportunity to accompany individuals on UK holidays, helping to create memorable experiences and maintain continuity of care.

This role is ideal for someone who is caring, reliable, and physically able to support manual handling tasks. In return, you’ll be welcomed into a warm and supportive team environment where you can build meaningful relationships and develop valuable skills in complex care.

What You’ll Be Doing:

As a Support Worker, you’ll be involved in all aspects of day-to-day support, including:

• Enable independence through community access, including day trips, beach walks, meals out, football, and bowling.
• Build strong, trusting relationships, including supporting one individual with unique communication needs.
• Provide personal care, full manual handling, and PEG feeding support (training provided).
• Work collaboratively as part of a strong, supportive team with limited lone working.
• Support structured routines such as day services alongside flexible, person-led activities.

Skills and Experience Needed

A background of working with people with physical or mental health needs is desired, but not necessary as full training and support from senior staff and management is provided.

Please ensure your application evidences experience of the following:

• Experience working as part of a team and with people or customers

We’re looking for someone who is caring, reliable, and physically able to support manual handling, but above all, someone who is passionate about empowering others to live as independently as possible.

Due to the specific needs of the individuals we support and current legal guidance, this role is open to female applicants only.

Values

At Codi, our values are Compassionate, Authentic, and Progressive. When you join us, you’ll embrace these principles and thrive in an environment shaped by them.

Pay and Benefits

• 20 hours per week, part time, permanent
• Sleep-in rate: £62.64 per 8 hour shift - approx. 1 per week
• Waking night rate: 20% Enhancement from 11pm to 7am
• Being a confident manual car driver with a full UK licence is essential.
• You’ll work a varied shift pattern including day shifts (7:30am–3:00pm or 3:00pm–9:00pm) and waking nights (8:00pm–8:00am), with enhanced rates for night work.
• Enhanced DBS which we will pay for
• Social Care Wales registration is fully reimbursed

At Codi Group we are guided, in all that we do, by a group of principles that we call FREDIE, these are: Fairness, Respect, Equality, Diversity, Inclusion, Engagement. This means that whatever your background, you will have an equal opportunity to rise with us and we encourage you to apply now: FREDIE Video

Codi is a not-for-profit with a big heart and an even bigger mission. As Wales’ largest provider of housing, care, and support, we’re here to help people live well, feel supported, and rise to their full potential.

Every day, our teams support nearly 17,000 individuals across Wales with services that make a real and uplifting difference to their everyday lives.

Our name says it all: ‘Codi’ means rise in Welsh. It reflects who we are, where we come from, and our ambition to lift expectations, lift communities, and lift each other.