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• City:Lee-on-the-Solent
• Vacancy type:Full Time
• Salary:£24,829
• Rate:per annum (pro rata)
• Plus:Benefits

Support Worker (5892)

Tired of Retail or Hospitality? Your Skills are Perfect for Social Care!

Full-time roles with various hours available

£24,829 per year pro rata 

Based in Lee-on-Solent, Hampshire                                                                                                                                                                           

Support Worker - people-person? Love making someone’s day? You already have what it takes to start a rewarding career in care — where your natural skills really make a difference.

In this service, which is based in Lee-on-Solent, we are looking for full time Support Workers who will be supporting male and female adults with learning disabilities, diabetes and Autism in their own home.

At Avenues, we believe supported people support others well. We create communities where people smile, laugh, grow, and achieve amazing things — and you could be part of that!

Why Social Care? Why now?

If you’re looking for:
•    More meaningful work
•    Job security and flexibility
•    Real career progression
•    A supportive, people-first team
We’ve got you covered — and we’ll provide all the training you need, completely free.

Your day might include:
•    Helping adults with learning disabilities, autism, or physical disabilities live independently,
•    Supporting with everyday tasks like shopping, cooking, or household jobs,
•    Encouraging social activities, community involvement, and family connections,
•    Providing respectful personal care where needed,
•    Making every day enjoyable — for the people we support, and for you!

No care experience? That’s OK. If you’ve worked in retail, hospitality, customer service, or childcare, you already have great transferable skills — we’ll teach you the rest.

Perks:
•    Early Pay – access wages before payday
•    Paid enhanced DBS (so no upfront costs)
•    Flexible hours to suit your lifestyle
•    Paid annual leave (pro rata)
•    Fully funded, award-winning training and qualifications
•    Pension scheme and life assurance
•    Shopping discounts via Blue Light Card and Bene£its website
•    Recommend a Friend scheme – earn up to £500
•    Free 24/7 wellbeing support, counselling, and advice

We’re an inclusive employer. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, if you have a disability and meet the basic role criteria, we’ll guarantee you an interview.

Ready to leave retail or hospitality behind? Apply now and start your feel-good career with Avenues!

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities. 

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• City:Margate
• Vacancy type:Full Time
• Salary:£27,969
• Rate:per annum (pro rata)

Assistant Service Manager (5925)

Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things.

We are seeking an Assistant Service Manager to join the team within our Beresford Gardens, Margate service.

Beresford Garden is a Supported living service which supports 2 people with complex needs, profound learning disabilities, autism and mild behaviours that challenge. One of the service users is able to use some Makaton signs. Both also require high level of personal care support.

This is a hands-on role. The candidate will play a key role in managing these changes and will have passion for driving improvement for the best interest of the people we support.

Willingness to be part of the On-call team.

The candidate will play a key role in managing these changes and will have passion for driving improvement for the best interest of the people we support.

We just ask that you share our values, and you have a fun, positive and can-do attitude!

Our ideal Assistant Service Manager looks like this! 

• Work with your Service Manager to manage and lead a successful and positive team.
• Understands the balance between keeping our people safe and positive risk taking.
• Have a good understanding of the social care sector and how these benefits and impacts the people we support.
• Stay up to date with policies and procedures to carry out and maintain safe and best practices.
• Support the Service Manager to recruit new employees and develop and manage your staff team in a fair and consistent manner.
• Work with your Service Manager to reinforce a positive culture of continuous improvement.
• Act as the Service Manager in their absence.
• To be flexible and be able to work shifts required: bank holidays, 7am – 2:30pm and 2pm – 9:30pm, no night shifts required. These hours may occasionally need to be extended to provide 1-1 support and guidance to Support Staff on duty as required and this may involve working past 21.30 to do night staff supervision.
• Late shift are 230-10pm.

For more details about the role, please have a look at the role profile.

Your values should match ours: 

Respect: We treat people as we would wish to be treated ourselves.

Excellence: We don’t settle for okay, we are determined to achieve more.

Integrity: We do the right thing, even if it takes more time and effort.

Pride: The work we do is something we want to tell others we are part of.

Contact us! 

If the role appears and you don’t quite meet all the above criteria, but share our values and are willing to learn please do get in touch with us. We believe that a good Assistant Service Manager with the right values can be supported to develop the skills needed. We will support you with excellent training, ongoing coaching and other benefits.

As part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident Scheme”, candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview stage.

We’re there for you, from your first conversation with our recruitment team, to day one of your induction, and throughout your career.

Apply or get in touch with us today – we look forward to hearing from you. 

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• City:Lee-on-the-Solent
• Vacancy type:Full time and Part time
• Salary:£24,829
• Rate:per annum (pro rata)
• Plus:Benefits

Support Worker (5922)

Looking for a job that feels good? Become a Support Worker with Avenues – Lee-on-the-Solent, Hampshire

Full-time and part-time roles available

Shift times: 7am-2pm, 2pm-10pm or a long day 7am-10pm£24,829 per year (pro rata)

If you’re ready for a career where you can make a real difference, meet amazing people, and go home knowing you’ve helped someone live life their way — we’d love to hear from you!

At Avenues, people smile, laugh, grow, and achieve together. We believe happy, well-supported staff help people live their best lives — and that’s what we’re all about.

What You’ll Be Doing:

Every day’s different, but your role could include:

• Supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, epilepsy, or physical disabilities to live independently
• Helping people with everyday tasks like shopping, cooking, or managing money
• Encouraging people to connect with friends, family, and the community
• Providing personal care (with dignity and respect)
• Making each day meaningful — and having fun while you do it!

You will be supporting male and female adults with learning disabilities, in their own homes.

New to care? Don’t worry! We’ll give you all the training you need — including free, nationally recognised qualifications to help your career grow.

What You’ll Get:

• Early Pay – access your wages before payday
• Paid enhanced DBS (so no cost to you)
• Flexible working to suit your lifestyle
• Paid annual leave (pro rata)
• Award-winning training to boost your skills
• Pension scheme and life assurance
• Discounts on shopping, holidays, and more (Blue Light Card & Bene£its site)
• Recommend a Friend bonus — up to £500
• 24/7 wellbeing support and counselling

We believe everyone deserves the chance to shine. If you have a disability and meet the basic job criteria, we’ll guarantee you an interview under the Disability Confident Scheme.

Sounds good? Apply today — your feel-good career starts here!

We reserve the right to close a vacancy before the closing date in the event of an overwhelming response or a change in business priorities.

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• City:Blackfen
• Vacancy type:Full time and Part time
• Salary:£37,080
• Rate:per annum (pro rata)
• Plus:Benefits
• Closing Date:26 December 2025

Service Manager (5964)

Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things.

Service Manager, Fen Grove, Blackfen

Position can be full time (39 hours per week) or part time (30 hours per week)

Salary is £37,080 per annum pro rata

A driver with a full UK licence would be ideal

If you are looking for your next social care role, long-term stability, career growth and a feel-good reward, then this is the role for you, and we would love to hear from you!

We have a unique opportunity which has become available for a Service Manager to join the team at Fen Grove in Blackfen.

Fen Grove supports 4 adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities and who are all wheelchair users and require full support with moving and handling, eating and drinking and personal care. All the individuals enjoy a variety of activities like shopping, cooking, going to a football match, and much more! The current staff team has an Assistant Service Manager and 10 support staff.

Due to the role, a majority of the working week will be Monday-Friday 9-5; however, there is some flexibility to adjust these hours across the week to suit the service. There could be some occasional evening and weekend work where you will need to observe practices and ensure standards are being maintained across the services.

There is a few task's which the hiring manager would like all candidates to complete prior to interview - This can be discussed further at shortlisting stage.

Our ideal Service Manager looks like this!

• Have a genuine desire to help, develop and maintain high quality service provision for the people we support in this service appropriate to their assessed needs.
• Have experience supervising/managing a small to medium team within a social care environment.
• Have the skills and commitment to coaching and developing a new team, with an emphasis on Practice Leadership to develop and align best practices.
• Understands the balance between keeping people safe and positive risk taking.
• Has knowledge of the legal framework that applies in this service (e.g. DoLS, capacity and best interest requirements).
• Qualification to NVQ level 3, QCE level 5 or be willing to obtain this.
• Able to look at budgets and financial information to support the service remain financially viable.

Your values should match ours:

• Respect: We treat people as we would wish to be treated ourselves.
• Excellence: We don’t settle for okay; we are determined to achieve more.
• Integrity: We do the right thing, even if it takes more time and effort.
• Pride: The work we do is something we want to tell others we are part of.

For more details about the role, please have a look at the role profile.

Benefits you can expect:

• £37,080 per annum pro rata
• Paid Annual leave.
• High quality training that supports your career development.
• Paid enhanced DBS check.
• Flexible working.
• Shopping discount via Blue Light Card and The Bene£its website.
• Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
• Free and confidential 24/7 access to a health portal, counselling and support.
• Recommend a Friend scheme – earn up to £500.

About us:

Avenues Group is a specialist charity provider of supported living, residential care and outreach services for people with autism, learning disability and complex needs.

We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to be an active citizen and engaged in the community where they live. We work across Kent, London, Surrey, Sussex, Hampshire, Essex, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Shropshire.

We know that well-supported people support people well, and we invest in our employees so everyone can thrive. We offer excellent career and development opportunities across the organisation.

Contact us!

You’ll become part of our strong Avenues community, which is there to support you each day.

As part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident Scheme”, candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview stage.

We’re there for you, from your first conversation with our recruitment team, to day one of your induction, and throughout your career.

Apply or get in touch with us today – we look forward to hearing from you.

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• City:Sevenoaks
• Vacancy type:Full Time
• Salary:£37,080
• Rate:per annum (pro rata)

Registered Service Manager (5961)

Registered Service Manager

Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things, we know that well-supported people support people well, which makes them want to do their very best for the people we support, and achieve our vision.

We are seeking a new Registered Service Manager to lead this residential care service in the heart of Sevenoaks. This is an exciting opportunity for someone that wants to make a tangible impact on people’s lives, supporting a good team to provide good support.

Our team are supporting 18 male and female adults across three bungalows in a quiet cul-de-sac who have learning disabilities, physical disabilities and communication difficulties. You will be working with, and leading, a large team of Support Workers as well as three Assistant Service Managers to support you in managing this service 24/7.

The service is close to Sevenoaks train station and provides good local bus routes. The local town centre is within walking distance and there are numerous local supermarkets.

It is very important for the new Registered Service Manager to have a fun, positive and can do attitude!

Your values should match ours:

Respect: We treat people as we would wish to be treated ourselves.

Excellence: We don’t settle for okay, we are determined to achieve more.

Integrity: We do the right thing, even if it takes more time and effort.

Pride: The work we do is something we want to tell others we are part of.

The ideal Registered Service Manager looks like this:

• Have a genuine desire to help, develop and maintain high quality service provision for the people we support in this service appropriate to their assessed needs.
• Work with the Senior Operations Manager and be the Registered Manager with CQC to deliver safe, high quality services for the people supported.
• Has the skills and commitment to coaching and developing a team, with an emphasis on Practice Leadership with to develop and align practice.
• Understands the balance between keeping the person safe and positive risk taking.
• Deliver best practice based on Positive Behavioural Support principles, adopting Active Support and delivering high quality person centred support.
• Level 5 diploma or equivalent experience.
• Desirable to hold a valid driving license and have access to own vehicle.

If you would like to know more details about the role, please have a look at the role profile.

Why to join us! 

If the role appears and you don’t quite meet all the above criteria, but share our values and are willing to learn please do get in touch with us. We believe that a good manager with the right values can be supported to develop the skills needed. We will support you with excellent training, ongoing coaching and other benefits.

We’re there for you, from your first conversation with our recruitment team, to day one of your induction, and throughout your career.

As a not-for-profit organisation, we’re driven by strong ethics, and invest everything back into our staff and the people we support, and you’ll become part of the strong Avenues community, which is there to support you each day.

Benefits you can expect! 

• We are offering a salary of £36,000 per annum which will increase to £38,000 per annum subject to registration.
• Paid enhanced DBS.
• Flexible working.
• Up to 28 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Access to high quality training that supports your career development.
• Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
• Free and confidential 24/7 access to the health portal and employee assistance programme.
• And more.

As part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident Scheme”, candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview stage.

The role may close earlier than stated if a successful applicant is found.

 

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Job description

• City:Sevenoaks
• Vacancy type:Full Time
• Salary:£37,080
• Rate:per annum (pro rata)

Registered Service Manager (5961)

Registered Service Manager

Avenues is a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things, we know that well-supported people support people well, which makes them want to do their very best for the people we support, and achieve our vision.

We are seeking a new Registered Service Manager to lead this residential care service in the heart of Sevenoaks. This is an exciting opportunity for someone that wants to make a tangible impact on people’s lives, supporting a good team to provide good support.

The successful candidate will be willing able to be the become registered as the manager of the service , if not already registered,

Our team are supporting 18 male and female adults across three bungalows in a quiet cul-de-sac who have learning disabilities, physical disabilities and communication difficulties. You will be working with, and leading, a large team of Support Workers as well as three Assistant Service Managers to support you in managing this service 24/7.

The service is close to Sevenoaks train station and provides good local bus routes. The local town centre is within walking distance and there are numerous local supermarkets.

It is very important for the new Registered Service Manager to have a fun, positive and can do attitude!

Your values should match ours:

Respect: We treat people as we would wish to be treated ourselves.

Excellence: We don’t settle for okay, we are determined to achieve more.

Integrity: We do the right thing, even if it takes more time and effort.

Pride: The work we do is something we want to tell others we are part of.

The ideal Service Manager looks like this:

• Have a genuine desire to help, develop and maintain high quality service provision for the people we support in this service appropriate to their assessed needs.
• Work with the Senior Operations Manager and be the Registered Manager with CQC to deliver safe, high quality services for the people supported.
• Has the skills and commitment to coaching and developing a team, with an emphasis on Practice Leadership with to develop and align practice.
• Understands the balance between keeping the person safe and positive risk taking.
• Deliver best practice based on Positive Behavioural Support principles, adopting Active Support and delivering high quality person centred support.
• Level 5 diploma or equivalent experience.
• Desirable to hold a valid driving license and have access to own vehicle.

If you would like to know more details about the role, please have a look at the role profile.

Why to join us! 

If the role appears and you don’t quite meet all the above criteria, but share our values and are willing to learn please do get in touch with us. We believe that a good manager with the right values can be supported to develop the skills needed. We will support you with excellent training, ongoing coaching and other benefits.

We’re there for you, from your first conversation with our recruitment team, to day one of your induction, and throughout your career.

As a not-for-profit organisation, we’re driven by strong ethics, and invest everything back into our staff and the people we support, and you’ll become part of the strong Avenues community, which is there to support you each day.

Benefits you can expect! 

• We are offering a salary which will increase per annum subject to registration.
• Paid enhanced DBS.
• Flexible working.
• Up to 28 days paid annual leave (pro rata).
• Access to high quality training that supports your career development.
• Contributory pension scheme with life assurance.
• Free and confidential 24/7 access to the health portal and employee assistance programme.
• And more.

As part of our commitment to the “Disability Confident Scheme”, candidates who declare a disability, and meet the key criteria for this role, will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at interview stage.

The role may close earlier than stated if a successful applicant is found.