Support worker

Overview

• ID

  320310

• Salary

  £13.00 per hour

• Type

  Permanent - Part Time

• Location

  Caerphilly

• Hours

  16 - 30 hours per week

• Closing Date

  19/08/2026

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Could you help someone live an active and fulfilling life?

TouchBase Wales is Sense Cymru's community support base in Caerphilly, supporting adults with multi-sensory or single sensory impairment and additional needs. Our support is designed around the choices and wellbeing of each individual, with meaningful activities that promote life skills, communication, creative expression and independence.

We have multiple Support Worker positions available on a permanent basis, working between 16 and 30 hours per week on a flexible shift pattern, at £13.00 per hour.

A full UK driving licence and use of your own vehicle are essential for this role.

We are looking for someone who is:

• Warm, caring and genuinely passionate about supporting others
• Reliable and consistent, with a positive can-do attitude
• A strong communicator who builds trust with ease
• Committed to enabling people to live life on their own terms

This role might include supporting people with:

• Meaningful activities that promote independence, creativity and wellbeing
• Accessing their local community and pursuing their interests
• Personal care and daily living tasks
• Communication and building social connections

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.

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

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

19/08/2026