Support Worker – Part Time Hours

Aster Group; Andover; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

EAP & counselling

Mental health training

Health cash plan

Pension & life cover

Volunteer hours

Discounts & savings

Recognition schemes

Job summary

Enham Trust is recruiting a part-time Support Worker for the Care at Home Service in Andover. The role focuses on person-centred care, promoting independence and dignity for residents while working closely with the team.

The successful candidate will work two 7.5-hour shifts each Saturday and Sunday (7:00–22:30) at Enham Trust, earning £13.06 per hour. A DBS check (or Update Service) is required, and Care Certificates support is available.

Qualifications

• You’ll need strong communication skills and basic literacy/numeracy.
• Compassionate and patient approach is essential.
• Experience in a caring environment (e.g. hospitality, education or similar) is preferred.
• Pass an Enhanced DBS check or be registered with the Update Service.

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality, person-centred care to residents.
• Champion independence, choice and dignity in every interaction.
• Work closely with residents and colleagues to support daily needs.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Basic literacy and numeracy

Compassionate and patient

Experience in caring environment

DBS check / Update Service

Job description

Salary: £13.06 per hour

Location: Enham Trust, Andover, Hampshire

Hours: 15 hours per week

We’re looking for a part-time Support Worker to join our dedicated team at Enham Trust’s Care at Home Service. In this rewarding role, you’ll work closely with residents and colleagues to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. You’ll champion independence, choice, and dignity, always guided by the Skills for Care Code of Conduct for Adult Social Care Workers in England.

As a Support Worker, you’ll play a vital role in improving lives and making a meaningful difference every day. You’ll embody the values of Enham Trust and the Aster Group, promoting motivation, participation, and compassion in everything you do.

The shift pattern is as follows:

• 15 hours per week, working two 7.5-hour shifts each Saturday and Sunday. Shifts are between 7:00am and 10:30pm.

We’re passionate about supporting your growth, so we support our Care colleagues with achieving their Care Certificates if required.

About you

We’re looking for individuals who bring warmth, empathy, and reliability to the role. You’ll need:

• Strong communication skills
• Basic literacy and numeracy
• A compassionate and patient approach
• Ideally, experience in a caring environment (e.g. hospitality, education, or similar)
• Pass an Enhanced DBS check or be registered with the Update Service

About us

We are Enham! Together we have been making a difference to the lives of disabled people for over 100 years and we are looking forward to continuing this for the next 100 years! Together we explore opportunities with people so they can live the lives they choose by overcoming limitations and expanding possibilities. Through first class care, personal development, housing options, and employment, we support people to exercise individual choice and control in their lives.

We live by our values, TOGETHER we do amazing, we WOW people every day and we dare to be DIFFERENT!

We invest in our colleagues because we know if they have a better day at work, the service our customers receive will be better. The Aster Offer is our offer to our colleagues to ensure they have a great day at work and includes things like:

• A focus on colleague wellbeing – workshops, an employee assistance programme offering counselling and support, mental health training and a health cash plan
• We invest in colleagues’ careers and development through our leader and colleague development frameworks
• Defined Contribution Pension and attached life assurance
• Volunteering hours available to all colleagues to enable them to give back
• Savings at cinemas, gyms, holidays, days out, various shops and eateries and lots more
• We celebrate colleagues who go above and beyond with a range of personalised recognition initiatives.

All candidates will be required to verify their right to work in the UK prior to commencement of employment with the Aster Group & it’s subsidiary brands.