Support Worker, Healthcare Nursing

Mac Intyre, a national charity supporting people with learning disabilities or autism, is recruiting a support worker to help people live the way they choose. Daily work covers routines, health needs, appointments, outings and encouraging hobbies. The post is for a woman under a genuine occupational requirement and needs a manual driving licence; full training is given, so no experience is needed.

Visa sponsorship is not offered, so applicants must already have the right to work in the UK.

• Help with daily routines, getting ready for the day and health needs
• Accompany people to appointments, shops and cafés
• Encourage hobbies and meaningful activities
• Be a calm, friendly presence who listens and respects each person's pace

• Social Care Wales registration within 6 months of starting, if working in Wales and not already held

• Kindness, reliability and a positive attitude
• Empathy and a genuine desire to help people with learning disabilities
• Good customer service skills
• Willingness to learn
• Shares Mac Intyre's values, including celebrating differences

• UK manual driving licence
• Right to work in the UK
• Satisfactory pre-employment checks, including DBS

• Female, as a genuine occupational requirement

• 6 weeks' annual leave a year including public holidays
• Pension scheme
• Paid DBS check
• Health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Shopping discounts through Blue Light Card and the staff discounts scheme
• Full induction, mix of online and face-to-face training, and mentoring
• Ongoing training, professional qualifications where relevant, and career progression