Support worker

Overview

• ID

  318088

• Salary

  £13.00 per hour

• Type

  Permanent - Full Time

• Location

  Dover

• Hours

  37.5 hours per week

• Closing Date

  27/07/2026

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Could you be the difference in someone's everyday life?

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 Supported Living service in Dover, an eight-bedroom service where each person lives in their own individual flat and is supported on a one-to-one basis.

This is a permanent, full-time role working 37.5 hours per week, paying £13.00 per hour. The role includes regular sleep-ins and a varied shift pattern, full details can be discussed at interview.

You'll be working one-to-one with people with a wide range of disabilities, helping them access their community, build daily living skills, and grow in independence. No two days will be the same.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Positive, with a can-do attitude
• Caring and empathetic
• Passionate about enhancing other people's lives
• Willing to work towards a Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent, or already holds one

This role might include supporting people with:

• Everyday tasks like cooking and cleaning
• Personal care and hygiene
• Finances and medication
• Going into the community for shopping, trips, and social activities

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/

Closing Date

27/07/2026