Support Worker

Support Worker

Job reference: 005323

Salary: £12.88- £13.38 per hour

Closing date: 30/06/2026

Location: Wingrave

Job Description

Make a Difference. Have Fun. Change Lives!

Support Worker | Children’s Homes

Location: Wingrave | Hours per week: 38 | Experience: None needed as full training provided

What You’ll Be Doing

Working often one-to-one, you’ll be a steady, encouraging presence in a young person's life inside their home and out in the community.

Take Maple House, for example: mornings here start at each young person’s own pace. Some prefer a quiet cup of tea, while others are raring to head out the door for activities or school attendance. You'll be there to support them individually helping them make choices, try new things, and celebrate the "small wins" that are actually massive milestones.

“One young person joined our home feeling incredibly anxious and bound by strict routines. With consistent, patient support from our team, they gradually built the confidence to manage everyday situations independently and form meaningful friendships.” That’s the MacIntyre impact.

The Nitty-Gritty: Shift Patterns

We believe in full transparency so you can plan your life! To give our young people consistency, our teams work a mixture of Early and Late shifts, including every other weekend (with a dedicated day off during the week to keep your work-life balance in check).

Our shift times generally look like this:

Early Shifts • 7:00am – 14:00pm • 7:00am – 14:30pm • 7:00am – 15:00pm

Late Shifts • 14:00pm – 10:00pm • 14:30pm – 10:00pm • 15:00pm – 10:00pm

Are We A Match?

You don’t need a background in care to thrive here. If you have patience, compassion, a sense of humour, and a willingness to learn, we will teach you the rest.

Why You’ll Love Joining MacIntyre:

• A Supportive Crew: You’re never on your own. We operate with strong teamwork and clear guidance.
• Top-Tier Training: Fully funded, comprehensive training and ongoing development

Ready to swap a boring job for something with real purpose?

If you want a career where you are supported to grow while helping incredible young people do the same, we’d love to meet you.

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About You

You don’t need a background in care to thrive, here, we hire for attitude and train for skills! If you are naturally positive, love helping people, and genuinely care about inclusion, you are exactly who we are looking for.

Because we believe in backing our team, we will fully fund and support you to gain your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare as you work.

One quick requirement: Because our beautiful Wingrave homes are located in a rural village with no public transport links, and because you will be driving our service vehicles to take the young people out and about, you must hold a manual UK Driving Licence.

Who are we?

We have four modern houses within the school campus adjacent to the heart of the village of Wingrave. Each house accommodates up to five young people in their own bedrooms, decorated and equipped to their individual tastes. The homes are registered in pairs, which means you will work over two homes supporting up to ten young people with the support of a large staff team and experienced home managers.

We’re absolutely delighted to announce that following our recent Ofsted inspection, our children's homes were awarded a glowing 'Good' rating! The inspectors had some truly wonderful feedback, including:

"Staff value children's voices and use individualised communication aids creatively to gain children's views. For example, one child is helped to express their views through story telling. Staff work with the organisations' therapists to help children to develop their vocabulary. Children can regularly give their views on the home including activities, room décor and foods."

"Staff are attentive to children, and they respond promptly to help children calm when they are upset. Staff use known calming strategies, such as fragrances and massage, to help children feel better. Staff seek out ways to reduce restrictions for children, such as replacing a mechanical walking restraint with an object of reference. One professional said, ‘Staff have good insight into the underlying reasons for a child’s distress and work well to reduce incidents for them.’"

We celebrate the successes and personal gifts of each child – we want our staff to be aspirational for the young people we support. When presented with new challenges, our teams collaborate to ensure the homes remain a supportive place to come to work.

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development to become the best Support Worker you can be. 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 Support Workers 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 becoming a Children's Support Worker at our Children's Home in Wingrave 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, phone us onand 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.

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.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. 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.