Job Reference:
1684
Location:
Homeworking
Hours of Work:
18.5 – 25 hours per week (part-time)
Salary:
£25,221 - £27,780 FTE per annum (pro rata for part-time hours), plus £480 FTE home-based allowance
Contract Type:
Permanent
Closing Date:
15 Feb 2026
ID: 1684 LifeSkills Support Worker
Service: LifeSkills
Salary:
- starting at £25,221 FTE per annum, rising to £27,780 FTE per annum (pro rata for corresponding part-time hours)
- Additionally, £480 home-based allowance FTE per annum
Location: Homebased Role covering a specific geographical location (Birmingham)
Significant travel required within the Birmingham area.
Hours: Part-time (between 18.5 and 25 hours per week)
We offer flexible working arrangements – but regular face to face delivery is required. Please see below for more details.
Contract: Permanent
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
This is an exciting opportunity for a Support Worker to join our friendly team and help support the continued work of our LifeSkills Plus team across Birmingham. You will provide intensive support to adults with complex needs who are further away from employment or training by using a strength-based approach, ensuring those accessing the programme receive appropriate practical and emotional support by visiting them at home or in the community.
The LifeSkills programme supports individuals and families to build their confidence, social networks, financial and employability skills. The LifeSkills Support Worker will work closely with the linked LifeSkills programme, entitled LifeSkills Open.
Main Responsibilities:
• Hold a caseload, delivering regular face-to-face support.
• Deliver a range of support and interventions to individuals with complex needs that focus on their strengths, and which enable them to consider options and think differently, helping them to feel more empowered and able to face new challenges
• Support and deliver activities that increase confidence, improve mental health, widen social networks, help with budgeting and enable individuals to seek training, work or volunteering opportunities.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Experience of working in services that deliver positive outcomes for individuals and their families
• Excellent interpersonal skills including the ability to present to a range of audiences and to communicate effectively; and proven ability to develop and sustain relationships with colleagues, partners and stakeholders.
• ability to work collaboratively with individuals to identify their support needs, plan, implement and monitor emotional and practical support.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Children and Adult Workforce, Enhanced with Children’s Barred List
Benefits:
- an annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days, rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
• Click the “Apply Now” link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: Sunday 15th February at 23:59
For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: claire.berwick@family-action.org.uk
Our commitment to Equa...
Skilled Maintenance Operative - Building
Skilled Maintenance Operative - Building
Salary: Grade 5 - £31,254 - £36,914 per annum (with potential to increase to £40,318 within discretionary points)
Contract type: Full-time, permanent
Location: Balliol College, Oxford, OX1 3BJ
Department: Maintenance
Reports to: Maintenance Supervisor
Hours: 37.5 hours per week, with flexibility to work longer hours during specific periods, and also Bank Holidays if necessary, for which time in lieu can be taken. Normal hours or work will be during office hours, Monday to Friday 8am to 4:30pm, however work outside these normal hours, including weekend work, may be required at busy times. Working hours will be mutually agreed between the post-holder and line manager.
Holiday: 6 weeks (30 days), plus Bank Holidays, during a complete holiday year, five of which are taken during the Christmas period when the College is closed. The College reserves the right to require staff to work on Bank Holidays during full term, receiving a day in lieu.
Probation period: 12 months
Notice period: 1 month on either side (during probation); 3 months on either side (after probation)
Balliol College
Situated in an historic site in central Oxford, Balliol has been a hub of learning and community since its foundation in 1263. As one of the larger colleges within the University of Oxford, it is home to roughly 860 students, with undergraduates making up just under half of the student body. The College also employs over 80 Fellows, 50 lecturers, and about 180 support staff, with Dame Helen Ghosh as its current Master. While academic excellence is at the core of Balliol’s mission, visitors are often struck by the College’s informal and welcoming atmosphere. Beyond its walls, Balliol has an active and engaged global community of over 8,000 alumni and donors.
Further information about the College is available at www.balliol.ox.ac.uk.
The Maintenance department is responsible for the effective maintenance and repair of the buildings ranging in date from 1425 to 2020, and as such, the staff need to have knowledge and experience of working with a variety of buildings. The team consist of skilled and unskilled post-holders who undertake a variety of maintenance work including reactive, planned and proactive maintenance.
The College operates over three sites and includes Fellows’ housing and properties owned by the College.
Purpose of the Post
Balliol College seeks to recruit a dynamic individual to join our busy Maintenance team. We are looking for a multi-skilled maintenance operative with experience across the building industry with a good knowledge of all trades. This role will suit someone who is comfortable working on their own as well as within a team and has a positive ‘can do’ attitude.
Job duties and responsibilities:
The main duties are included below. This is not an exhaustive list and may be amended in line with College needs.
- Working with the Buildings Manager and Maintenance Supervisor to respond to reactive daily tasks
- Carry out planned, preventative maintenance activities, as assigned
- Work flexibly and support other trades within the department
- Plaster and carry out minor patch repairs
- Undertake small carpentry and joinery repairs including lock repairs and installation of new locks, replacement ironmongery and window repairs
- Adjust and rehang doors
- Carry out all works in a safe manner compliant with relevant legislation and college policies
- Working in a tidy and efficient manner at all times
- Participate in the call-out rota, one week per month plus provide cover for colleagues during absence
Person Specification – skills and experience
Essential
- Qualified minimum NVQ level 2 in a suitable discipline or evidence of time served experience
- Experience / knowledge of multiple trades, with a focus on carpentry, plumbing, painting and decorating
- Good time management skills
- Excellent team player with a positive attitude
- Able to work effectively alone, using own initiative, whilst also knowing when to seek advice
- Ability to quickly and effectively diagnose and problem solve
- Able to work effectively in a fast paced environment, prioritising and multi-tasking workload/a...
How to apply
Further details on the full role are attached below. When you are ready to apply, submit an online application form via this page.
If you would like to have an informal conversation about the role before applying, or require any accessibility support to apply, our friendly recruitment team is ready and waiting to help. Call them on 0118 3540345 or drop an email to recruitment@guidedogs.org.uk.
As part of your application ensure you provide evidence and examples of how your skills & experience meet the criteria as set out in the attached job description. You will also be asked to complete a few job-specific questions as part of this application process, so please be prepared to write your answers to these questions.
If you want to know more about the teams who work at Guide Dogs, you can find it on our Careers Page
Our Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
Guide Dogs welcomes applications from all sections of the community and actively encourages diversity to maximise achievements, creativity and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment, regardless of age, race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, disability or nationality.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are proud, whenever possible, to offer an interview to all candidates that meet our selection criteria, and who indicate they wish their application to be considered under our Disability Confident interview commitment. For more details, visit our careers site.
If you are successful you will need to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK via our digital ID checking supplier; in addition, we cannot offer visa sponsorship at this time.
Every day is different at Guide Dogs. And no person with sight loss is the same. We work side by side, on our sites and in the community, in schools and on our streets, supporting people to live the life they choose. Our staff therefore also work in different ways to support the delivery of our life changing work.
Safeguarding
Guide Dogs is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all children, young people and adults at risk of harm with whom we work. We expect all our employees and volunteers to fully share this commitment.
At Guide Dogs, we believe in fair and equitable hiring practices. A criminal record will not automatically disqualify an applicant from consideration for a position. Each case will be evaluated individually, taking into account the nature of the offense, its relevance to the role, and the time that has passed since the incident. We encourage all candidates to disclose relevant information, and we assure you that it will be handled confidentially and fairly.
Guide Dogs follow Safer Recruitment practices to ensure we are safeguarding the vulnerable people we work with. As part of this, we require a full work history with any gaps accounted for & a minimum of 2 professional referee details fully covering the past 5 years. If you are applying for a disclosure role, please note that you will be required to undergo an enhanced DBS check and sign up to the DBS update service.
For high volumes of applications, we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than advertised.
Autism Practitioner (Support Workers) - Clannalba
Autism Practitioners (Support Workers)
Clannalba
Full time & Part Time positions available – flexibility within contracted hours for suitable candidates.
Pay Scale: Starting at £13.61per hour, rising to £13.83 after engagement. Opportunity to progress to £14.31 at your own pace. Pay detail is inclusive of Rural Allowance.
Clannalba, Lamington Village, ML12 6HP
Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles
Reference: SA1135
Embracing difference, leading change
We’re currently recruiting Autism Practitioners to support autistic adults at our Clannalba service. You’ll be working alongside individuals with a wide range of interests, strengths, and support needs - helping them to live fulfilling lives in a way that works for them.
About You
We’re looking for caring, adaptable, and enthusiastic individuals who can follow the lead of the people they support. You’ll be calm under pressure, able to adjust to changing situations, and enjoy working as part of a team.
If you have a laid-back attitude, a proactive mindset, and a genuine passion for supporting others, you could be a great fit for this rewarding role.
We’re looking for people who are:
- Engaging, and able to inspire joy & happiness
- Resilient, with an understanding of transactional stress and reflective practice
- Committed to creating stress-free, low-arousal environments
- Willing to work as part of a close-knit, supportive team, including partnering with families and other professionals
- Motivated to be a part of someone’s life, actively looking for ways to support them to reach their goals and aspirations.
- Interested in supporting holistic wellbeing, including getting outdoors & close to nature
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning to enhance the lives of those we support.
Desirable Criteria
The following skills and experience would be advantageous:
- An understanding of wellbeing and human development
- Experience or understanding of different communication styles and strategies
- An awareness of developmental stages and how to support them
- Familiarity with low-arousal approaches
- Knowledge of stress and emotional regulation support
- Previous work with community-based settings (e.g. local scout halls or activity groups)
- A full UK driving licence
Read the full Job Description HERE
Scottish Autism offers you:
Scottish Autism is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
- 30 days holiday pro rata (which increases with your length of service)
- Sector leading training from day one, including fully funded support to complete your necessary SVQ
- Non-contributory life assurance scheme
- Workplace Pension (Employer matched up to 9%)
- Discount platform
- Employee Assistance Programme.
Read more about our colleague benefits HERE
For more information, please contact Jennifer Sommerville by email: Jennifer.Somerville@scottishautism.org
Please note that due to our location, access to reliable personal transport is highly recommended, as public transport options are limited.
This post is subject to a PVG Disclosure check. All new employees must have applied to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting in post and be registered within 6 months. Scottish Autism cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees.
Typical Shift Patterns include: 07:45-15:00 | 14:30-21:45
You'll ideally work two weekends per month, giving you a great balance of structure and flexibility.
Closing Date: 12 th February 2026
We value diversity and welcome applications fro...
Autism Practitioner (Support Workers) - South West
Autism Practitioners (Support Workers) – South West
Pay Scale: Starting at £12.60 per hour, rising to £12.82 after probation. Opportunity to progress to £13.30 at your own pace. Sleepover rate - £100.80
Full Time & Part Time positions available
Full UK Driving License Essential
Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles
Reference: SA1122
Embracing difference, leading change
Join our team in South West! Currently providing support to over 30 autistic people across Lanark, Biggar & Carluke. We encourage and empower individuals to access opportunities that matter to them including accessing work placements, voluntary projects and a variety of social opportunities.
At Scottish Autism we acknowledge the specialist support our staff provide to autistic individuals, therefore those doing support work are known as Autism Practitioners. We continuously improve to ensure all our Autism Practitioners are supported and have the skills to deliver a quality service. This post is a good opportunity for those with a generic support worker experience to specialise.
As an Autism Practitioner, experience of working within social care is desirable but not essential as we are seeking to appoint people who are willing to learn and develop into the role and share our organisational values: Collaboration, Compassion, Change Makers, & Contribution. We will support you to do this by offering an extensive autism specific training programme.
Autism Practitioners work as part of a team to:
- Develop, review and implement personalised support plans for the supported individual,
- Build positive relationships with the supported individual,
- Work in partnership with the supported individual, and their support network,
- Work with stakeholders to ensure the supported individual’s life goals and aspirations are at the centre of their support.
On a day-to-day basis, Autism Practitioners enable supported individuals:
- To take part in their chosen activities, and access local community opportunities,
- To help maintain their tenancies and support them to make the decisions that matter to them.
- To promote independence and active citizenship, community inclusion, support with household chores. Required support may include personal care.
As part of your role, you will be required to undertake shift work, including weekends and evenings, so flexibility towards working hours is key.
We encourage and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism.
View the full Job Description HERE
Scottish Autism offers you:
We are proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package for our colleagues including:
- 30 days holiday pro rata (which increases with your length of service)
- Sector leading training from day one, including fully funded support to complete your necessary SVQ
- Non-contributory life assurance scheme
- Workplace Pension (Employer matched up to 9%)
- Discount platform
- Employee Assistance Programme.
Click here to see more about our organisational benefits HERE
These posts are subject to a PVG Disclosure check. All new employees must have applied to register with the Scottish Social Services Council within 3 months of starting in post and be registered within 6 months. Scottish Autism cover all the costs of PVG membership and SSSC Registration for employees.
To register your interest for our information session please contact: Fiona.Lyon@scottishautism.org
Closing Date: 30 th January 2026
Information Session: 15 th January 2026
Interview Dates: 10 th and 11th February 2026
We value diversity and welcome applications from those with lived experience of autism.
Registered charity number is SC009068
Autism Practitioners (Support Workers)
West of Scotland Area Services
Springbank - Glasgow
Part Time positions available – can discuss options
Starting at £12.60 per hour, rising to £12.82 after engagement. Opportunity to progress to £13.30 at your own pace.
Please note that we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for these roles
Reference: SA1129
Embracing difference, leading change
Spring into a Fresh Opportunity at Springbank!
Looking for a rewarding role where you can make a real impact? Join our dedicated team at Springbank, a warm and welcoming housing support service in Glasgow. We support two incredible gentlemen to live happy, fulfilling lives, and we’re looking for compassionate, motivated individuals to help them thrive. This post is a good opportunity for those with a generic support worker experience to specialise. 🎯 The Role: ✔ Build meaningful relationships and create personalised support plans ✔ Encourage independence and community involvement ✔ Support activities like swimming, scenic walks, social outings & more ✔ Work across Housing Support & Outreach services in a varied and fulfilling role
🔍
We're Looking For:
Are you resilient, compassionate, and eager to make a difference? We want individuals who: View the full job description HERE
💡
Why Scottish Autism?
🔹 A values-driven organisation - Collaboration, Compassion, Change Making, Contribution 🌟 Join us and be part of something amazing!
See more about our colleague benefits HERE 💻 Want to learn more about life at Scottish Autism? Join our online information session on 16th February 2026
Closing Date: 10 th February 2026
Information session: 16 th February 2026
Interviews: Week commencing 16 th February 2026
We encourage and welcome applications from people with lived experience of autism.
Be Here, Be You, and Create Change.
Valuing diversity and promoting equal opportunities is at the heart of our vision, mission and values.
Registered Charity: SC009068
Autism Practitioner (Support Workers) - West Of Scotland Area
🔹 Extensive training & career progression - whether you're experienced or new to social care
🔹 A comprehensive benefits package supporting your wellbeing, learning & development and finances.
Job Title: Young People Support Worker Job Location: See Contract Accountable to: Line Manager Hours of Work: Will include working unsociable hours, to be part of a flexible rota to include weekends, Bank Holidays and sleepovers. Job Purpose: To provide support and advice around accommodation, basic life skills, welfare benefits, health and personal issues: all allowing service users to work towards independent living. Key Duties and Responsibilities • Work as part of a team being responsible to your Line Manager for the well-being of service users. • Provide service users with practical assistance, advice, advocacy and support in order that they might develop their skills and work toward maximising their independence. • To hold regular innovative activities by enabling a user led approach to managing the project. • To be proactive in building positive relationship with service users. To help create a “User led” project. • To work in accordance with the objectives of Alabaré Christian Care Centres, its policy and procedures at all times. • To be committed to safeguarding children and young people and vulnerable adults in line with Alabaré, Local Children’s Safeguarding Board and Adult Care guidelines. Service User/Support: To work with service users, to carry out assessment using Outcome Star Tool to develop their support needs, plans, and risk assessments. Work as a key worker for individual residents, following an agreed support plan. To implement and monitor support plans. To proactively work with all service users to ensure they are made aware of and understand their rights and responsibilities in relation to the scheme. Work with the service users to develop practical skill development such as budgeting, shopping, cooking, housework, laundry, health and hygiene etc. as detailed in the support plan. Assist with proactive prevention work with service users who may be in danger of losing their placement. To be actively involved with statutory and voluntary agencies, colleges, day services, training providers and employers to assist service users as appropriate. Encourage and support service users in experiencing social and leisure activities and in taking part in their local community. Assist service users in having the opportunity to voice their views and be involved in the management of service delivery. • • • • • • • • 1 • • • Maintain service user confidentiality within the policies and procedures laid down for the service. Ensure service users are treated with respect and their dignity is maintained at all times. To maintain appropriate professional boundaries at all times. Administration: • • • • Maintain all necessary records in accordance with service policy. Maintain administrative records and chronology on Harmonia (Data system), recording appropriate factual information accurately. Maintain timesheets, expense records and mileage logs in accordance with policies and procedures. Ensure confidentiality in relation to all service user documentation. Finance: • Assist the service users with their finances in line with their own personal plan and company policy. Property and Equipment Maintenance/Health and Safety: • • • • • Work with and support service users and other staff team members to ensure the maintenance of a clean and safe environment for service users, staff and visitors, ensuring all appropriate Health and Safety guidelines are adhered to in accordance with policy. Assisting service users with cleaning tasks as required. Report maintenance requests in accordance with service policy. At all times adhere to relevant legislation, good practice and policies and procedures, including Health and Safety, Confidentiality and Equal Opportunities, Anti –discrimination. To work at all times to maintain service policies. After young person has moved on, within 48 hours, ensure room is prepared for any new arrival. Personal: • • • • • individual personal support and supervision sessions, and Attend regular Appraisals. Attend regular staff team meetings. Attend relevant external meetings as requested by your Line Manager. Be committed to personal development through training, leading to a relevant level 3 or above qualification in line with the Regulated Qualification Network Attend training, conferences and workshops as required by Line Manager. Maintain My Learning Cloud ensuring training is up to date and kept up to date. Other:- • To foster the Mission, Vision, Values and Christian ethos of Alabaré in a responsible and positive way on all occasions. • Work towards the outcomes outlined in the Charity’s Strategy for Growth and Resilience 2025-30. 2 • We reserve the right to ask you from time to time to undertake any other reason...
Get in touch!
Here at Partners for Inclusion we welcome your call to help us understand what it is you need and how we can assist you. Call Dale Anderson or Zoe MacDonald, our Senior Service Leaders on 01563 825 555 who shall be happy to assist you.
"Everything is very centred around people and dealt with swiftly. Support is excellent and the family is always listened to and involved." - Parent of a person we support
Support Employment & IPS Employment Specialist - Essex
- Job Category
- Community Wellbeing
- Location
- Essex, United Kingdom
- Salary
- £29,556 - £35,413
- Closing date
- 30/01/2026
- Ref
- 0
- Contract type
- Permanent
- Total hours per week
- 37.5
- Description
- “Shaw Trust promotes team spirit, inclusiveness and it is an organisation where everybody is somebody. I am proud to be part of this great organisation.”
At Shaw Trust we believe everyone has the right to live a decent and dignified life and an opportunity for rewarding work. We are a social purpose organisation challenging inequality and breaking down barriers to enable social mobility.
For us being part of the solution is about creating the conditions for this to happen, advocating and delivering services that make a real difference. Working in partnership not competition, we are part of an eco-system of purpose-led organisations, striving for a fairer, more equal society centred on opportunity for all.
PurposeWorking with clients, health professionals, service providers and employers, as an Supported Employment or IPS Employment Specialist you will be focused on making sure a person’s journey into employment, with associated improved social inclusion and wellbeing is as easy as possible. You will work with clients (managing a caseload) who have mental health support needs, to assist them in securing sustainable paid employment in line with their preferencesThis is a performance-focused role, with clear targets aligned to our contractual commitments.
This is a community based role.
Essential:You will have: E = Essential. D = Desirable
- Trained in or knowledge of IPS and/or Supported Employment approach (D)
- Experience of working with people with health conditions / disabilities, substance misuse needs, or a similar client group within health, social services or the voluntary sector (E)
- Some knowledge of IPS or Supported Employment principles (E)
- Experience of generating programme referrals through local partnerships including GP’s, DWP, community groups. (D)
- Experience of working with someone on a one-to-one basis (E)
- Proven experience of meeting and exceeding outcomes and targets (E)
- Experience of supporting people to obtain or keep work (E)
- Experience of working in physical and/or mental health services or similar (D)
- Experience working with employers to develop job opportunities for clients and to support them whilst in work (D)
Download the Job Description for full details.
Location:Community based (Peripatetic) role in the Essex area. Delivery areas include: Basildon, Braintree, Brentwood, Castlepoint, Chelmsford, Colchester, Maldon, Rochford & Tendring
.Employee BenefitsAs an employee of Shaw Trust as well as positively impacting people’s lives, you will have access to the following benefits:
- 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years’ service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday
- 2 days paid volunteering leave each year
- An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months
- Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate
- Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid for apprenticeship and masters’ levels qualifications, and management development programmes
- Opportunities to connect with our employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Women’s Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Menopause Peer Support Group, The MANaging Network, The Young Professionals Network and Back to Work Support Group)
- Health and Wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan
Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment, where every employee, regardless of their background or lived experience, feels that they belong and can progress in their career.
In addition;
- We are proud to be certified as an employer who meets the National Equality Standard, the accepted standard for inclusiveness in business across the UK.
- We are Disability Confident Leaders, support the guaranteed interview scheme and use of the government’s Access to Work scheme.
- We are proud to hold the menopause friendly accreditation, hosting a regular Menopause Peer Support Groups providing a safe space for colleagues share e...
We are recruiting for a Family Support Practitioner at HMP Millsike.
Here at Forward Trust, we deliver a complex range of drug and alcohol services in the unique prison environment. Our support includes providing advice, health and wellbeing, motivational work, clinical services, and a wider range of group work and treatment programmes.
The Forward Trust services which are delivered within prison settings are commissioned by NHS England and are delivered in partnership with primary healthcare providers and HMPPS. Integration and partnership are integral to the work we do.
We believe that everyone can live a fulfilling life, whatever their past. Our work in prisons aims to support those affected by drug or alcohol issues to create lasting change and reduce dependency, homelessness, unemployment and re-offending.
Roles Responsibilities
Part of the Family Support and Specialist Programmes department, the Family Support Practitioner role will work in both their allocated prison and local community, providing specialist support to clients and family members through the delivery of effective 1:1 and group interventions. The role is also required to work closely with other Forward staff and external partners to ensure a holistic package of care and support is provided.
Recognising the importance of relationships in the lives of the people we support is crucial to providing the best possible treatment and services. This role will focus specifically on supporting clients to recognise healthy and unhealthy relationships, build new relationships and understand the role relationships play in their addiction, offending, mental health and other areas of need.
The Family Support Practitioner will also directly support family members and affected others, helping them to improve their health and wellbeing and help them to support clients to make positive changes. This role may be expected to work directly with children and young people, to promote whole family recovery and rehabilitation.
All prison based roles will require enhanced DBS and HMPPS security vetting. Please note this process can take up to 3-6 months. All offers are subject to receiving both HMPPS vetting and DBS clearances.
Checks will require you to provide information on the below:
- Yourself (personal information, financial information, police information, criminal history)
- Your family (parents, parents’ partners, siblings, partner(s), children)
- Co-residents
- Associations that may cause a conflict of interest with your role or the prison service.
- Background checks across police information systems on you, your family and other associates
- Credit reference checks
- Social media and Open-Source checks (these are checks on content about you that's publicly available on the internet to ensure there's nothing linked to you that could undermine public trust and confidence in the prison service)
- Other government and overseas agency or police checks.
The Ideal Candidate
Below is a list of the qualities that we are looking for in applicants to this post.
- Experience of providing family related support to clients with a history of addiction, offending and mental health problems.
- Experience of providing support directly to family members/affected others.
- Experience of working with complex families and facilitating family meetings.
- Experience of delivering group interventions/facilitating group work with clients.
- A flexible and adaptable approach to meet the needs of the service as it develops.
- A positive problem-solving approach with the ability to focus on key issues quickly and clearly.
- Excellent communication skills.
- The ability to engage effectively with the client group.
- Understanding of the voluntary sector.
- Understanding of and sensitivity to diversity, equality and inclusion.
- A good understanding of adult and child/YP safeguarding responsibilities.
Join Our Caring Community at Fairlawn!
Role: Care & Support Assistant
Location: Fairlawn, St Mary's Road, Ferndown, BH22 9HB
Pay: £13.05 – £13.30 per hour
Hours: Full-time - Part-time & Bank (to include alternate weekends)
Are you someone who genuinely wants to make a positive difference in people’s lives? At Fairlawn, we’re looking for caring and compassionate people to join our Care Team.
You don’t need previous experience in care — if you’ve worked in customer service, supported your community, or simply have a natural empathy for others, we’d love to hear from you. What matters most is your kindness, understanding, and commitment to helping others feel safe and valued.
We provide a comprehensive induction and training programme, so you’ll be fully supported every step of the way.
If this sounds like you, come and be part of a team that truly makes a difference!
Make a Real Difference Every Day
Everyone working at Care South is dedicated to providing the best quality care to all our residents. We all share and work hard to uphold our HEART values, ensuring that throughout the delivery of care, we consistently demonstrate Honesty, Excellence, Approach, Respect and Teamwork.
Our care homes don’t just provide companionship and social interaction, they provide a happy and fulfilling lifestyle for residents, delivering Food, Fun and Friendship, as well as compassionate person-centred care. Our fantastic facilities, exciting social activities and exceptional care teams all help to enhance the health and happiness of our residents.
No two residents are the same and we love to learn about their amazing life stories, hobbies and interests. This allows us to tailor our activities to suit their likes and favourite pastimes, as well as really get to know them and build strong relationships.
Food, Fun and Friendship is at the HEART of everything we do!
Why You’ll Love Working with Us
You'll receive a comprehensive induction including;
- Ongoing training and development.
- Receiving support from a friendly, experienced team and colleagues.
- Delivering person-centred care that truly makes a difference.
- Encouraging residents to stay independent and active.
- Assisting with personal care and mobility needs.
- Building genuine friendships with residents.
- Creating a positive, team-focused atmosphere within the home.
Your Rewards and Benefits
At Care South, we really value all our staff, whatever the role. We offer a stimulating and incredibly rewarding career. We celebrate all our staff every year through the Care South Stars Awards.
As a not-for-profit charity, our focus isn’t on our owners or shareholders its very firmly on those in our care and those that care for them. We are constantly looking at ways to improve the reward and recognition of all our amazing people within the Care South Team. Our current benefits package includes: -
- Online/retail discounts – Blue Light Card.
- Paid induction and training.
- Employee referral bonus scheme.
- Free DBS check.
- Contributory pension scheme.
- Life insurance.
- NMC pin fees paid by us.
- Staff association.
- Local staff reward programme.
- Onsite learning and development tea...
Join Our Caring Community at Marjorie House!
Role: Care & Support Assistant
Location: Marjorie House, Poole, BH14 8LT
Pay: £12.50 – £12.75 per hour
Hours: Full-time and part-time positions available
Are you someone who genuinely wants to make a positive difference in people’s lives? At Marjorie House, we’re looking for caring and compassionate people to join our Care Team.
You don’t need previous experience in care — if you’ve worked in customer service, supported your community, or simply have a natural empathy for others, we’d love to hear from you. What matters most is your kindness, understanding, and commitment to helping others feel safe and valued.
We provide a comprehensive induction and training programme, so you’ll be fully supported every step of the way.
If this sounds like you, come and be part of a team that truly makes a difference!
Make a Real Difference Every Day
Everyone working at Care South is dedicated to providing the best quality care to all our residents. We all share and work hard to uphold our HEART values, ensuring that throughout the delivery of care, we consistently demonstrate Honesty, Excellence, Approach, Respect and Teamwork.
Our care homes don’t just provide companionship and social interaction, they provide a happy and fulfilling lifestyle for residents, delivering Food, Fun and Friendship, as well as compassionate person-centred care. Our fantastic facilities, exciting social activities and exceptional care teams all help to enhance the health and happiness of our residents.
No two residents are the same and we love to learn about their amazing life stories, hobbies and interests. This allows us to tailor our activities to suit their likes and favourite pastimes, as well as really get to know them and build strong relationships.
Food, Fun and Friendship is at the HEART of everything we do!
Why You’ll Love Working with Us
You'll receive a comprehensive induction including;
- Ongoing training and development.
- Receiving support from a friendly, experienced team and colleagues.
- Delivering person-centred care that truly makes a difference.
- Encouraging residents to stay independent and active.
- Assisting with personal care and mobility needs.
- Building genuine friendships with residents.
- Creating a positive, team-focused atmosphere within the home.
Your Rewards and Benefits
At Care South, we really value all our staff, whatever the role. We offer a stimulating and incredibly rewarding career. We celebrate all our staff every year through the Care South Stars Awards.
As a not-for-profit charity, our focus isn’t on our owners or shareholders its very firmly on those in our care and those that care for them. We are constantly looking at ways to improve the reward and recognition of all our amazing people within the Care South Team. Our current benefits package includes: -
- Online/retail discounts – Blue Light Card.
- Paid induction and training.
- Employee referral bonus scheme.
- Free DBS check.
- Contribut...
Being a Support Worker at AFG is a hugely rewarding role and could be your first step on a long and happy career in Health & Social Care.
So, what does a Support Worker do?
We have a vision to create a world where amazing people do amazing things every day. Our skilled and experienced teams work with every person we support to create a personalised, outcome-focused plans to achieve their aspirations.
Our Support Workers work in a variety of settings including community-based services (often supporting people in their own homes) to our Independent Hospitals or Adult Care Homes.
One thing that is common across all of our services is a focus on personalised support and tailoring our services to the needs and aspirations of the people we support with a diverse range of care needs (including Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health Concerns, Complex Care, Substance Misuse issues to name a few).
We value the people that work with us…
At AFG we recognise the contribution and value that our staff make. We would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do without people like you! In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development (including opportunities to undertake vocational qualifications) and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.
Being a Support Worker at AFG is a hugely rewarding role and could be your first step on a long and happy career in Health & Social Care.
So, what does a Support Worker do?
We have a vision to create a world where amazing people do amazing things every day. Our skilled and experienced teams work with every person we support to create a personalised, outcome-focused plans to achieve their aspirations.
Our Support Workers work in a variety of settings including community-based services (often supporting people in their own homes) to our Independent Hospitals or Adult Care Homes.
One thing that is common across all of our services is a focus on personalised support and tailoring our services to the needs and aspirations of the people we support with a diverse range of care needs (including Learning Disabilities, Physical Disabilities, Mental Health Concerns, Complex Care, Substance Misuse issues to name a few).
We value the people that work with us…
At AFG we recognise the contribution and value that our staff make. We would not be able to provide the life changing support that we do without people like you! In return for your contribution we will support you throughout your career and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development (including opportunities to undertake vocational qualifications) and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.
Sessional Support Worker
Shawburn (Residential Service)
Expiry date: Friday 13 February 2026 at 12:00
Salary: £12.60 per hourRequirements: Manual Driving License essential, Female only*Hours: Sessional hoursLocation: Monkton Road, Prestwick, KA9 1AR
Shawburn is a residential service based in Prestwick, Ayrshire and is home to up to nine residents who are supported in many different ways to lead the life they choose and our team are dedicated to ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to realise their full potential and achieve their ambitions.
Many of the people living in Shawburn have active social lives and are supported to access community resources such as college, voluntary work, local shops, restaurants, pubs, Hansel services, theatre and the cinema.
We are currently looking for Sessional Support Workers to join our team.
A current driving license is preferred but not essential for this post. Flexibility to work a rota, which includes 12-hour shifts, evenings, nights, sleepovers, and weekends, is required.
Other essential criteria for the all posts include:
- Effective verbal and written communication skills
- Basic IT skills
- Excellent people skills, good team worker and problem solver
- An enthusiastic attitude to developing skills in Social Care
- The ability to accept peoples’ differences and treat everyone as equals
- The ability to support people in a person-centred way to offer choice and promote inclusion.
- An enthusiastic attitude to developing skills in Social Care
- Work in line with Hansel’s values with the ability to accept peoples’ differences and treat everyone as equals
- The ability to support people in a person-centred way to offer choice and promote inclusion.
- An enthusiastic attitude to developing skills in Social Care
- The ability to attain registration with regulatory bodies
- Candidates must be 18 years old or over for insurance purposes
The following criteria are also desirable but not essential:
- Experience working with people with additional needs
- Experience of supporting people with complex health, mobility and communication support needs
- Understanding of social care legislation and best practice
- Experience of contributing effectively to support plans and risk assessments
- A Social Care qualification or equivalent
In return we offer a competitive compensation and benefits package which includes sleepover allowance (currently the equivalent of £12.60 per hour) plus other benefits including a 24/7 employee assistance program, full induction and comprehensive ongoing training and personal development opportunities.
These posts are considered to be Regulated Work with Adults as specified in the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) (PVG) Act 2007. Accordingly, the preferred candidate will be required to become a member of the PVG Scheme or undergo a PVG Scheme Record Update if already a Scheme member prior to any formal offer of employment being made.
Hansel is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all who believe they fit the essential requirements for the job.
*Qualifies under the Equality Act 2010