Female Support Worker

E Confuer; Attleborough; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A supportive care agency in Attleborough, Norfolk, is seeking a part-time Support Worker. The role involves providing care for a 30-year-old female client with special needs, focusing on promoting independence and assisting with daily living activities. Candidates should possess strong communication skills, compassion, and experience with emotional and behavioral support. The position offers flexible hours, with a pay rate of £14.31 per hour for weekdays and £16.25 for weekends.

Benefits

Annual leave

Employer's sick pay

Ongoing training and support

Qualifications

• Genuine compassion, patience, and respect for choice and dignity.
• Experience supporting adults with complex emotional and behavioural needs.
• Punctuality and strong professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Support the client's development of independence.
• Assist with mobility using safe techniques.
• Transport the client in her adapted vehicle.

Skills

Compassion

Experience with adults with complex needs

Reliability

Behaviour management

Full UK driving licence

Job description

Join My Team! Support Worker Needed in Attleborough, Norfolk

Current vacancy

We are looking for a part‑time support worker to join our team working with our client in her home, in Attleborough, Norfolk. The role is for 13 hours per week with flexibility to also cover overnight and staff annual leave. Shifts and availability will be discussed at interview. Typical shifts are 8am-9pm, 8am-4:30pm and 4:30pm-9pm and overnights are 9pm-8am.

About Our Client

She is a 30‑year‑old lady who is happy, sociable with a great sense of humour. She enjoys basketball and football in the garden, puzzles, games, preparing her meals, dancing to music, swimming, and going on adventures in the community or on holiday. She also loves spending time with her family and friends. She lives at home in an annexe attached to the main house with her parents and two small dogs.

She has an acquired brain injury and is a wheelchair user and also uses a walking frame to get around and has a therapeutic support plan in place. She requires a rest in the afternoon to recharge. We are looking for a confident, compassionate, caring, and positive person with good communication skills and able to make decisions and use your initiative as you will be working on your own.

The Role and Responsibilities Of The Jobh3>

• Supporting the development of independence with all activities
• Daily exercises to support her activity programme including rehabilitation and hydrotherapy
• Deliver personal care tailored to her individual needs
• Assisting with her mobility, using moving and handling techniques and equipment safely (eg wheelchair, standing frame, bike etc)
• Transporting our client in her own adapted Motability vehicle
• Promoting purposeful, structured time both at home and out in the community
• Assisting/supporting with medication administration
• Maintain accurate digital/paper records

You will be working as part of a small friendly team guided by Team Leader, and parents daily and supported by a Case Manager.

Job Details

• Location: Attleborough, Norfolk
• Hours: 13 hours per week (rota‑based, flexible)
• Start Date: ASAP (after pre‑employment checks)
• Interviews: As applications come in

Pay and Other Benefits

• Weekdays: £14.31 per hour
• Weekends: £16.25 per hour
• Sleeping Nights: National Living Wage currently £12.21 per hour
• 5.6 weeks annual leave per annum (pro‑rata)
• 2 weeks employer’s sick pay after probation
• Ongoing training and support (including the Care Certificate)
• Free DBS Check
• Full induction
• Regular supervision and support from Team Leader, Parents, Case Manager & HR team

Essential skills & Qualities

• Genuine compassion, patience and respect for choice and dignity
• Experience supporting adults with complex emotional, behavioural, and attachment needs
• Reliability, punctuality and strong professional boundaries
• Confident in behaviour management and de‑escalation techniques
• Teamwork and lone‑working confidence; follows instructions, and uses initiative
• Confident in water
• Full UK driving licence

Desirable

• Experience of working with adults with special needs
• Experience of carrying out therapy programmes
• Ability to work additional hours, sometimes at short notice

Our Values

• Supportive – matters to us that our clients and staff know that we care
• Integrity – we work in a professional, honest, and transparent way
• Client Centred – my goals and aspirations are at the centre of your support
• Quality Focussed – we set high standards and aim to exceed them
• Positive – we find solutions and empower others

Safeguarding

We’re committed to keeping everyone safe.

You will need

• Proof of your right to work in the UK
• Satisfactory references (including your last employer)
• An enhanced DBS check (a conviction won’t necessarily stop you from working with me)

If you’re someone who’s patient, warm, and enthusiastic and you’d like to help me live my best life, I’d really like to receive your application.

We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, sex, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, marriage and civil partnerships and religion and belief.

Where a specific gender is stated as essential, gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance to paragraph 1, of the schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 for a female or male worker to work with our client.