Support Worker

Support Worker

Job reference:005215

Salary:£12.30 per hour

Closing date:14/04/2026

Location:Bury

Job Description

Do your friends describe you as outgoing, enthusiastic and resilient?Do you believe everyone deserves the chance to live a full and meaningful life?

At MacIntyre, we’re looking for someone who shares our values—someone who sees the person first, builds genuine connections, and brings energy, compassion and creativity to their work.

Working pattern

This is a 24/7 service, so flexibility is essential. You will be working 37.5 hours a week, a range of:

• Early shifts

• Late shifts

• Weekends

• Bank holidays

About the role

You’ll be supporting four vibrant people across four homes in the Bury area, each with their own personalities, routines and goals. This includes three gentlemen and one lady aged between 35 and 55, all of whom live active, social lives and enjoy making the most of their local area.

This is part of our Forensic services, where we support people who have experienced the custodial system and are now working towards building positive, meaningful futures with the right support around them.

About the people you’ll support

The people we support are full of life, humour and character. They love:

• Getting out and about

• Walking (especially with dogs 🐾)

• Playing pool and football

• Listening to music and going to discos

• Sharing laughs, banter and good conversation

They’re looking for someone who can match their energy, encourage their interests, and support them to keep doing the things they love—while also exploring new opportunities.

What you’ll be doing

This is a truly person-centred role where no two days are the same. You will:

• Build strong, respectful relationships based on trust and understanding

• Support people to develop independence in everyday life (cooking, cleaning, managing money, pet care)

• Assist with

  medication supportand promote health and wellbeing, including mental health

• Enable people to access places they enjoy and take part in meaningful activities

• Work flexibly across four homes, adapting your approach to suit each individual

What matters most

At MacIntyre, it’s not just about what you do—it’s about how you do it. We’re looking for someone who:

• Sees potential, not labels

• Is positive, patient and resilient

• Can bring fun, creativity and consistency to each day

• Is comfortable around animals and enjoys being active

Why join us?

You’ll be part of a supportive team that is passionate about making a real difference—helping people take control of their lives, achieve their goals, and feel valued every single day.

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About you

Experience isn’t always necessary. If you have the right attitude, good customer service skills, share our values and are willing to learn, you’re likely to be a great fit. We are looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.

"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."

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 us 01908 357 016 and 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.

MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.