Supported Living Support Worker

Supported Living Support Worker – Portsmouth

Would you love a role where you can make a genuine difference every day?

Join Minstead Trust and support adults with learning disabilities to live happy, healthy and independent lives.

As a Support Worker, you’ll work directly with individuals in their homes and the community, helping them build skills, confidence and independence. No two days are the same, but your impact always is.

• Daily living tasks (cooking, cleaning, shopping)
• Personal, social and healthcare needs
• Attending university, education and activities
• Achieving goals around health, wellbeing and independence
• Community involvement and social opportunities
• Key working responsibilities and accurate record‑keeping

You’ll work both as part of a team and independently in the community.

• Motivated, caring and approachable individuals
• Experience supporting people with learning disabilities (desirable)
• Great communication skills and a team‑player attitude
• Flexibility to work across a 24/7 rota
• Level 2 Health & Social Care (desirable) – training provided
• Full UK driving licence preferred (in‑work travel paid)

• £250 welcome bonus for those with an adult social care DBS on the update service (paid after successful probation completion)
• Refer‑a‑Friend scheme worth £750!
• A Celebration Day’s Leave for Your Birthday
• Death in Service Insurance
• Company Pension
• An easy access health and wellbeing Scheme

Our Vision at Minstead Trust is to live in a society where people with learning disabilities enjoy fulfilling lives of their own choosing.

As a trust, our mission is to support people with learning disabilities to fully develop their individual potential by providing opportunities, enhancing life skills, ensuring informed choice, and influencing society.

• We appreciate each person. Everyone is different – we respect and celebrate this.
• We’re always learning. We all have something to offer and more to learn.
• We’re always improving. Striving to give our best and to have more impact.
• We push for change. We will challenge society to be fully inclusive.
• We find the joy in everyday life. We have the freedom to be ourselves and enjoy what we do.

We are not licensed to sponsor employees for visas; therefore, we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. You need to have, or be able to obtain, right to work in the UK in order to take up this position.

All staff working for, or on behalf of Minstead Trust, understand their responsibilities in relation to safeguarding adults at risk and know who to elevate concerns to within Minstead Trust.

Due to the nature of this employment sector your application is subject to a successful Disclosure and Barring Service check (DBS).

No terminology in the advert you have seen is intended to discriminate on the grounds of age, gender, race, colour, religion, disability or sexual orientation, and we will gladly accept applications from all sections of the community.