Support worker

Overview

• ID

  320406

• Salary

  £13.00 per hour

• Type

  Permanent - Part Time

• Location

  Malone

• Hours

  20 hours per week

• Closing Date

  26/08/2026

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Do you believe everyone deserves to live life to the full?

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 established, close-knit team in Malone, Belfast. This is a permanent, part-time role working 20 hours per week on alternate weekends, paying £13.00 per hour.

You'll be supporting six individuals full of personality. In fact, one of the people we support was recently named Sense Person of the Year. Every day brings something different, and your priority will be empowering the people you support to live the life they choose.

No experience needed. We don't hire based on a CV, we hire based on your values. If you're caring, positive, and ready to learn, we'll give you all the training you need to feel confident and empowered in your role.

A full manual driving licence and willingness to drive a resident's vehicle are essential for this role.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Positive, with a can-do attitude
• Caring, empathetic, and passionate about enhancing other people's lives
• Available to work alternate weekends
• Willing to attend training and develop in their role

This role might include supporting people with:

• Everyday tasks like cooking, cleaning, and managing finances
• Personal care, hygiene, and medication
• Getting into Belfast for shopping, social clubs, and nights out
• Their hobbies, interests, and work

Benefits:

• 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Free Access NI 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 a member of 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

If you require any further assistance, please contact the Recruitment Team on 0121 393 4529  or recruitment@sense.org.uk

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced ACCESS NI check.

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/

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Closing Date

26/08/2026