Support Worker

Overview

• ID

  317709

• Salary

  £13.00 per hour

• Type

  Permanent - Full Time

• Location

  Seaton

• Hours

  various hours available, up to 37.5

• Closing Date

  05/08/2026

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Could this be the role you've been looking for?

Here at Sense, we support people with complex disabilities to live the life they choose. We're looking for Support Workers to join our small, close-knit residential team in Seaton - one of Devon's most beautiful coastal towns, where the seafront is just minutes from the door.

This is a permanent role with flexible hours available up to 37.5 per week across a varied shift pattern including mornings, afternoons, and weekends, paying £13.00 per hour. You'll be supporting six adults with learning disabilities and complex needs to live full, independent lives; whether that's a morning stroll along the seafront, a trip to a favourite café, or a day out exploring the Devon countryside.

Full training is provided, so no previous experience is needed - just the right values and a genuine desire to make a difference.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Warm, caring, and empathetic
• Positive, with a can-do attitude
• Passionate about supporting people to live the life they choose
• Comfortable working a varied shift pattern including weekends
• Willing to attend training and develop in their role

This role in Seaton might include supporting people with:

• Everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning
• Personal care and hygiene
• Finances and medication
• Getting out into the community for trips, shopping, and social activities
• Encouraging independence and wellbeing in everything you do

Benefits

• 24 days’ holiday + bank holidays; increasing with length of service
• Matched pension contributions up to 5%.
• Free life assurance
• Cashback and discounts on high street brands (including 10% off Sense shops)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Travel season ticket loans
• Enhanced sick pay
• Free DBS check (if required)
• £350 refer-a-friend scheme
• Access to 100+ online and face-to-face training courses (including the Care Certificate)
• Free access to the Wisdom wellbeing app

If you’re looking for a role that’s active, meaningful, and full of heart; we’d love to welcome you to the team.

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

Please use the link below to complete your application. Managers will use your supporting statement to shortlist candidates for interview; in relation to the Personal Specification. Therefore, it is very important you complete this section thoroughly. We would recommend that you read the candidate guidelines, job description and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

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

05/08/2026