Community Support Worker – BSL Essential – Permanent – Part Time

Community Support Worker – BSL Essential – Permanent – Part Time

: 320050
Job Specialism: Operations – Cymru
Location: Maesteg
Salary: £13 per hour
Closing Date: Friday, 28th August 2026

We’re looking for a Support Worker to join our community team in Maesteg
, providing 1:1 support to a deaf adult living in a supported living setting with their own house team. They have a brilliant sense of humour and a packed list of interests; watching sport, arts and crafts, getting out for a coffee, and exploring the community. Your role is to support their evening routine and help them stay connected to the social life they love and communicating through BSL.

This is a permanent role offering £13.00 per hour
, currently working one evening per week (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, 3:30pm–8:30pm) with the exact day to be discussed at interview.

Comprehensive training is provided from day one.

You’ll provide personalised 1:1 support within the home and in the community, helping with:

• Evening routine and day-to-day tasks
• Communication support using BSL
• Social groups and community activities
• Working alongside the existing house team

• Warm, kind and respectful; you put people at ease
• A good communicator who listens as much as they talk
• Enthusiastic about supporting someone to live life on their own terms
• Knowledge of sensory impairments or learning difficulties is beneficial
• BSL Level 1 or BSL as a first language is essential for this role

• Full UK driving licence with use of your own vehicle
• Willingness to drive the client’s vehicle
• Business car insurance
• BSL Level 1 or BSL as a first language is essential for this role

A full job description is attached at the bottom of this advert.

Sense is here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs. That’s why we’re committed to increasing the number of disabled people working across our organisation and creating an environment where everyone can thrive.

We actively encourage disabled people to apply for our vacancies and believe that a diverse range of perspectives, experiences and talents makes us stronger.

We know there’s always more we can do to become a truly inclusive employer, and we’re working together to achieve that. Join us and help create the change thousands of disabled people with complex needs and families told us they want to see: a world without limits.

If you need us to adjust our recruitment process to help you access our vacancies, then please get in touch with a member of the talent acquisition team. We are a disability confident leader and commit to interviewing disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a role. More information on this can be found here Our commitment as an employer | Sense Careers

Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check.

For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with. Everyone’s contribution is valued and we ensure they’re given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential.

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Location:

Community Based Wales, , Maesteg, Various Counties, CF34 9BY
, United Kingdom