Female support worker

Overview

• ID

  321990

• Salary

  £13.00 per hour

• Type

  Permanent - Part Time

• Location

  Peterborough

• Hours

  30 hours per week

• Closing Date

  04/09/2026

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Could you help someone communicate with the world around them?

Here at Sense, we support people with complex disabilities to live the life they choose. We're looking for a Support Worker to join our team at Newton Court in Paston, Peterborough for a permanent role working 30 hours per week on a two-week rota including mornings, evenings, weekends, and bank holidays, paying £13.00 per hour.

A BSL Level 1 or 2 qualification is essential for this role, as is a full UK driving licence. You'll be supporting someone with complex communication and mobility needs to live as independently as possible, both at home and out in the community.

Please note: this post is restricted to female applicants. This is a genuine occupational requirement under Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Confident using BSL to communicate
• Comfortable supporting people with mobility needs including walking, guiding, and wheelchair use
• Able to work on their own initiative and use good judgement when working independently
• Warm, caring, and empathetic
• Willing to attend training and develop in their role

This role might include supporting people with:

• Getting out into the community for shopping, gym, swimming, and social activities
• Accessing services such as GP surgeries, banks, and leisure facilities
• Personal care and hygiene
• Finances and medication
• Building and maintaining independence at home and in the community

Benefits:

• 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Free DBS Check
• Free access to over 100 online and face to face training
• On-going development opportunities
• Flexible working and family friendly policies
• Employee referral scheme
• Health and well-being support
• Pension Scheme
• Discount scheme
• Wisdom App- free access for all employees to mindfulness application

About Sense

If you need us to adjust our recruitment process to help you access our vacancies, then please get in touch with the talent acquisition team. We are a disability confident leader and commit to interviewing disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a role. More information on this can be found here Our commitment as an employer | Sense Careers

To apply

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: https://www.sense.org.uk/about-us/equality-and-diversity/ 

Closing Date

04/09/2026