Support Worker
Sixth Avenue Hub
Pay: £12.75 per hour
Hours: 30 hours per week
Days: Tuesday to Friday, 9am to 5pm
Location: Cosham
Are you caring, patient, and passionate about supporting others? We’re looking for a Support Worker to join our friendly and supportive team at our Sixth Avenue Hub in Cosham.
In this rewarding role, you’ll provide high‑quality, person‑centred support to individuals with learning disabilities. You’ll help people develop independence, confidence, and life skills while ensuring they feel safe, respected, and valued.
Support may include personal care, mealtimes, activities, community engagement, and emotional support, all tailored to each individual’s needs, preferences, and goals. You’ll work closely with colleagues and families to create a welcoming, inclusive environment where everyone can thrive.
Key details:
- Supporting with personal care, mobility, meals, and medication
- Encouraging participation in activities and community sessions
- Promoting independence using positive, active support approaches
- Keeping accurate records and following care and support plans
- Working collaboratively with colleagues, families, and professionals
About you:
- Caring, reliable, and compassionate
- Strong communication skills (verbal and non‑verbal)
- Able to stay calm and flexible in challenging situations
- Committed to dignity, respect, and high‑quality care
- Full training provided. Experience is welcome but not essential.
Apply today and make a real difference.
What benefits can we offer you?
- 33 Days’ Holiday (Pro Rata)
- £250 welcome bonus for those with an adult social care DBS on the update service (paid after successful probation completion)
- Refer-a-Friend scheme worth £750!
- A Celebration Day’s Leave for Your Birthday (Pro Rata)
- Death in Service Insurance
- Company Pension
- An easy access health and well-being scheme
- Cycle to Work
- Blue Light Card Eligibility
- Company Sick Pay
- Enhanced Maternity and Paternity Pay
Please click here to apply for this role.
Our Vision at Minstead Trust is to live in a society where people with learning disabilities enjoy fulfilling lives of their own choosing.
As a trust, our mission is to support people with learning disabilities to fully develop their individual potential by providing opportunities, enhancing life skills, ensuring informed choice, and influencing society.
- We appreciate each person. Everyone is different – we respect and celebrate this.
- We’re always learning. We all have something to offer and more to learn.
- We’re always improving. Striving to give our best and to have more impact.
- We push for change. We will challenge society to be fully inclusive.
- We find the joy in everyday life. We have the freedom to be ourselves and enjoy what we do.
We are not licensed to sponsor employees for visas; therefore, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. You need to have, or be able to obtain, the right to work in the UK in order to take up this position.
All staff working for, or on behalf of Minstead Trust, understand their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults at risk and know who to escalate concerns to within Minstead Trust.
Due to the nature of this employment sector your application is subject to a successful Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).
No terminology in the advert you have seen is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we will gladly accept applications from all sections of the community.
