Support Worker Purpose Hours

Support Worker Purpose Hours

Job reference:005253

Salary:£12.82 ph

Closing date:30/04/2026

Location:St Albans

Job Description

Join Our Team and Make a Difference Every Day at MacIntyre!

At MacIntyre, we believe in the power of individual voices and creating a space where everyone feels heard, valued, and understood. We're looking for a caring, compassionate individual to join our team and help create a truly person-centred environment for an adult with multiple learning and physical disabilities.

Position Details:

• Part-time role: 5 hours per week
• Tuesday evenings: 5:00pm – 7:00pm
• Friday mornings: 9:30am – 12:30pm
• No driving licence required

About the Role:
In this role, you’ll be an integral part of enabling the person we support to enjoy their glorious ordinary life through meaningful, fulfilling experiences. Whether it's swimming, arts and crafts, or getting out into the local community, you’ll be supporting them to engage in the activities that matter most to them.

You’ll share everyday moments together—preparing meals, spending time together, and building a strong, trusting relationship. Working in line with MacIntyre’s DNA, you’ll ensure the person’s voice is always at the centre of everything you do, supporting choice, independence, and dignity.

About the Person You’ll Support:
You could be supporting Matt* to live his fullest, most independent life. Matt loves swimming and enjoys getting out and about on local outings. You’ll support him with daily living tasks such as medication, personal care, and eating (including PEG feeding), while ensuring every interaction is respectful, empowering, and led by his preferences.

Matt communicates in his own unique way, so being attentive to non-verbal cues and building a deep understanding of his communication style will be essential. The role is about much more than practical support—it’s about creating moments of joy, connection, and meaning every day.

Join us at MacIntyre, where we’re creating a world where everyone is valued, and together, we can make every day meaningful.

"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."

*names have been changed for privacy

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About you

Who is this Role For?
You don’t need previous experience to become a Support Worker—what matters most is your values. We’re looking for someone who:

• Is kind, patient, and empathetic
• Values person-centred support and individuality
• Listens well and builds strong, trusting relationships
• Is motivated to learn and grow

We’ll provide full training and ongoing support to help you succeed.

About us
MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. 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 staff 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 this job 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, call usand 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.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

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