Temporary Support Worker - New Forest

The YOU Trust; Blackfield; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Enhanced holiday leave

Pension scheme

Professional training

Employee assistance

Blue Light card discounts

Job summary

The YOU Trust in Blackfield, New Forest, seeks a Temporary Support Worker to assist clients with learning disabilities in a Supported Living setting. You will help with daily tasks, provide person-centered support, and assist with personal care as required.

Training is provided; flexible shifts include evenings, weekends and bank holidays. This maternity cover role is based in New Forest and offers competitive pay with a market-competitive package.

Qualifications

• Experience of supporting people with a variety of needs.
• Ability to work shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays.
• Good communication skills: verbal, non-verbal, and written.
• Experience with learning disabilities is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Assist clients with daily tasks such as cooking and cleaning.
• Provide safe, person-centred support to promote independence.
• Assist with personal care where needed, including toileting.
• Support clients to engage in community activities and maintain wellbeing.

Skills

Shift work

Support experience

Communication skills

Learning disabilities experience (plus

Job description

Temporary Support Worker - New Forest

Posted 18 September 2026

Salary £15,894pa plus £900pa MRA (£26,490FTE plus £1,500pa MRA FTE)

LocationNew Forest

Job typeMaternity Cover Full Time

DisciplineCare & Support

Reference011562

Job description

Temporary Support Worker

Location: Blackfield, New Forest, Hampshire

Salary: £26,490pa plus £1,500pa New Forest MRA

Contract Type:temporary maternity cover - up to 12 months (40 hours per week)

The first suitable applicant will be appointed

YOUis a registered charity that has been providing care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people, working across Hampshire, Dorset, West Sussex, Wiltshire, Somerset and the Isle of Wight to give them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives. We also maintain an in-house pool of sessional workers, which we refer to as the ‘Premier Crew’.

“We are proud to be rated outstanding by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) for our commitment to exceptional care”

PLEASE NOTE: SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS POST

Essential Criteria:

The successful Support Worker applicant will need to have:

• Ability to work shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays
• Experience of supporting people with a variety of needs
• Skills to promote and encourage our clients, who have learning disabilities, independence and wellbeing
• Good communication skills: verbal, non-verbal, and written

The Role:

We're recruiting for a Support Worker to join our Learning Disabilities Service in Blackfield, located in The New Forest. This is a great chance to help clients with learning disabilities manage different parts of their lives in a Supported Living setting. You'll be helping out with daily tasks like cooking, cleaning, and getting out into the community. Some clients may also need help with personal care, including toileting.

Your role is to provide safe, person-centred support to boost our clients independence and help them live their lives the way they want to.

Every day is different in this job, so you'll need to be flexible, patient, caring, and kind. Having experience with clients who have learning disabilities is a plus, but it's not a must since we offer thorough training to help all our staff feel confident in their roles.

For this role, we're specifically looking for a Male Support Worker due to the personal care needs of our clients. However, we also have positions for Female workers in this service, advertised separately.,

We also have an in-house Bank Worker service called Premier Crew, and we're hiring Premier Crew workers for this service too, which is also advertised separately.

About You:

The YOU Trust has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.

You will need to be willing to learn, have a kind and caring nature, and communicate well with clients and colleagues. As mentioned above, experience working with people who have a learning disability is a plus, but it is not essential. You must be willing to work flexibly to help cover evening, weekend and bank holiday shifts. You need to be professional and proactive in all that you do, with a motivational, encouraging and supportive approach with clients and colleagues alike. We also want people who will share their successes and promote the excellence of the service wherever they go.

We are a disability confident employer

YOUis a registered charity that has been providing care, support and advice for over 30 years to vulnerable people, working across Hampshire, Dorset, West Sussex and the Isle of Wight to give them the tools and resources they need to live independent, secure and valued lives.

Our Benefits

If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:

• Competitive rates of pay including weekend enhancements.
• Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
• Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
• Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes and real opportunities to develop in your profession.
• Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
• Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites through the use of a Blue Light card.