Support Worker - Supported Living

Care Dorset Limited; Weymouth; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous annual leave

Enhanced Maternity Pay

Sick pay from day one

Blue Light discount package

Employee Assistance Programme

Training & development opportunities

Litmos online learning platform

Refer a Friend Bonus - up to £300 per/

Annual awards ceremony

Job summary

Care Dorset Limited is hiring a Support Worker to assist adults with learning disabilities and/or autism in our Weymouth community services. You will help people live as independently as possible, support daily living tasks, and promote safety and choice in a welcoming, homely setting.

No previous care experience is required—just a passion to improve quality of life. We provide full induction, ongoing training, and clear career progression within a friendly team, with a rolling two-week rota and

Qualifications

• No prior care experience required; passion to improve quality of life is essential.
• Strong empathy and communication skills are important for supporting adults.
• Ability to work as part of a small, caring team with a positive attitude.
• Willingness to learn and engage with training and development programmes.
• Commitment to safeguarding and promoting independence for people we support.

Responsibilities

• Support adults to live as independently as possible and make choices about daily living.
• Assist with personal care, daily living tasks, and cooking or household chores as needed.
• Promote safety, well-being, and inclusion within the local community.
• Provide compassionate, person-centred support in a community-based setting.
• Participate in induction, training, and career progression opportunities.

Job description

This role will be part of a team supporting Adults with a Learning Disability and/or Autism who are living in the community. Our Supported Living services in Weymouth & Dorchester offer support 24 hours a day 365 days a year.

Orchard Court:

Orchard Court provides Supported Living services based in Weymouth. These services allow adults who need some support to live within their own homes (fully fitted flats) without the need to move into a retirement home. Supported Living includes the benefit of support in any areas of their day-to-day lives that they require. We can support with anything from Personal Care to food preparation to household chores.

About you:

Female applicants only. Due to the nature of the role, which includes providing personal care to a female person we support, we are only able to consider female candidates for this position. This is to meet the individual's assessed care and support needs.

As a support worker your role is to support people to do things that matter most to them. The role focuses on supporting people to live their lives as independently as they can, keeping them safe, helping them to make choices and ensuring that they lead full and rich lives in their community.

Working as part of a small but caring team in our Supported Living services, you will have a dedicated management team to support you and equipped you with the skills and ongoing mentoring to enable you to do your role to the best of your ability.

The Support worker role is incredibly rewarding and you will go home at the end of your day with the knowledge that you have supported someone with something meaningful.

You don’t need to have experience to be a Support Worker, you just need the passion for increasing or further improving people’s quality of life. You will be encouraged to grow and develop as part of the organisation through our excellent training programmes which starts with a full induction, through to training that offer you career progression and job security. You will become part of a team that is supported by a welcoming and inclusive employer, where all colleagues feel they belong.

The position is for 22.5 hrs pw , rolling two week rota to include alternate weekends:

Week 1
Tuesday - 09:00-14:00
Wednesday - 07:30-13:00
Thursday - 08:30-14:00
Friday - 12:00-19:00
Week 2
Thursday 07:30-14:00
Friday - 17:00-19:00
Saturday - 12:00-19:00
Sunday - 07:30-13:00

• Generous Annual leave entitlement - starting at 27 days, rising to 31 after 5 years (exc. Bank holidays)
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Occupational Sick pay entitlement from day one
• Funded Blue Light discount package (superb discounts on travel, leisure, entertainment and more)
• Access to Employee Assistance Programme
• Excellent training & development opportunities supporting career progression.
• Access to Litmos online learning platform – our one stop shop for learning & development
• Refer a Friend Bonus - up to £300 per person you refer (Uncapped and paid on successful appointment)
• Celebrated success through annual awards ceremony

About Us

Care Dorset launched in October 2022 as a new provider supporting adults across a range of support models and in different settings including reablement, day services, supported living, and residential care.

We are a local authority trading company, wholly owned by Dorset Council, with strong ambitions to innovate and transform our existing services to deliver better outcomes for people as well as growing commercially.

We are people focused . We are genuine . We have integrity . We will develop . We are a team .

These values define our personality. They are our statement about what we stand for and what we believe in, and they are the basis behind the decisions we make every single day. They are the Care Dorset way.

Are you looking to make a difference to people's lives and want to work in an environment where no two days are the same? If you do, then we have a fun and exciting opportunity for you to work within your local community supporting people to live independently. Whether you come from a Retail, hospitality, or a service industry background, or you are looking to find your career with your first job, choosing a role as a support worker will be the most satisfying decision you will make.

Sometimes people aren’t able, or don’t want to completely live on their own. But they don’t want to live in a residential care home either. That’s what Supported Living is for.