Senior Support Worker

Senior Support Worker

Job reference: 005326

Salary: £25,652.88 per annum

Closing date: 13/07/2026

Location: St Albans

Job Description

Join Our Team and Help People Live Glorious Ordinary Lives

At MacIntyre, we know that the best support starts with meaningful relationships, listening well, and believing in people's potential. We're looking for a passionate Senior Support Worker to join our team and play a key role in helping people live the life they choose.

You'll be supporting adults with multiple learning and physical disabilities, aged from their mid-twenties to mid-sixties, to enjoy everyday moments, build connections, and experience the things that matter most to them. Whether that's sharing a meal, spending time with friends, enjoying a favourite hobby, exploring the local community, or simply having a relaxed day at home, you'll help make those moments possible.

About the Role

As a Senior Support Worker, you'll lead by example, helping to create a warm, welcoming and person-centred culture where everyone is valued and heard.

Working closely with the Frontline Manager, you'll:

• Develop and manage staff rotas
• Complete supervisions and support staff development
• Deputise for the Frontline Manager when required
• Coach and mentor colleagues through day-to-day guidance, reflection and encouragement
• Identify learning and development opportunities within the team
• Promote high-quality, person-centred support in everything you do

Alongside your leadership responsibilities, you'll provide hands-on support tailored to each person's individual needs. This may include:

• Medication administration and support
• Supporting people with eating and drinking, including PEG feeding
• Encouraging independence and choice in everyday life
• Supporting people to enjoy activities they love, such as swimming, arts and crafts, meals out, community events and day trips in our minibus

Our homes are places where people live, not services where people are placed. Staff and the people we support share meals, celebrate achievements, build relationships and enjoy life together.

Why This Role Matters

Many of the people we support communicate in ways beyond words. You'll learn to understand individual communication styles, recognise subtle cues, and respond with curiosity, patience and respect.

The impact of your support can be seen in the smallest moments—a smile, a laugh, a look of recognition, the confidence to try something new, or the comfort of feeling understood.

At MacIntyre, we are ambitious for the people we support and for each other. We believe everyone should have the opportunity to live a life that is rich in relationships, choice, belonging and purpose.

What You'll Need

We're looking for someone who:

• Shares our values and commitment to person-centred support
• Has experience supporting people with learning disabilities and complex needs
• Enjoys developing and supporting others
• Can lead with compassion, confidence and positivity
• Is committed to helping people live fulfilling lives on their own terms
• Held a UK manual or automatic Licence for 2 years or more

Working Pattern

• Full-time: 37.5 hours per week
• Working on a rota basis including days, evenings, weekends and bank holidays

Be Part of Something Meaningful

Join MacIntyre and become part of a team that values people, relationships and community. Together, we'll support people to live glorious ordinary lives—filled with choice, connection, purpose and the everyday moments that matter most.

Every day is different. Every person is unique. Every moment matters.

*names have been changed for privacy

"Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorships as we await further guidance from the Home Office. Applications requiring sponsorship cannot be considered at this time. We appreciate your understanding."

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About you

You'll need experience working with vulnerable people, ideally those with a learning disability. Perhaps you have been a Support Worker or Care Worker and are now looking to step up to a more senior role.

You'll need to be patient and resilient, with loads of common sense. Perhaps you have an interest in psychology or counselling, or want to specialise in autistic spectrum conditions. Either would be a good fit for this job.

We’re looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.

You must be a driver with a manual or automatic UK driving licence.

About us
MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

Pay and Rewards

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

• Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)

How to apply
If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.

Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call usand we will send an application form to you.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

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