Caritas Care

Female Support Worker – Learning Disability Services

Creating chances, choices & opportunities for people
to live the best lives they can.

Call: 01772 732313

Female Support Worker – Learning Disability Services

Supported Living Services

Location: Bamber Bridge, Preston

 Permanent | 18 – 37.5 hours per week | 4 week rolling rota with sleep-ins

Salary £23,465 – £24,679 | £12.00 – £12.62 per hour

Sessional hours are also available

Job Description and Person Specification 

Application Form 


Are you looking for an exciting career, where you can make a positive difference?  If you would like to give a young lady with learning disabilities and other complex needs the chances, choices and opportunities to live her best life, then please get in touch.

Due to growth, we are looking for motivated people to join our Supported Living Services.  You will work within a team to support a young lady who has learning disabilities to live in her own home and the community.  You will play an important part in making sure she lives life to the full.

By providing personal care and support, you will promote maximum independence and social skills, whilst exploring positive opportunities for her to access community life.

Caritas Care offers a wide range of benefits including 32 to 37 days’ annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), sickness entitlement, ongoing support and training to expand your skills, supervisions with our dedicated Managers, auto-enrolment into a pension scheme and an employee assistance programme.

Some of your main duties will include:

  • Supporting a young lady to access agreed programmes as directed by their personal plans
  • Be part of a team to ensure her personal plans are delivered, monitored and evaluated
  • Enabling opportunities to develop activities in the wider community
  • Assisting her with personal care needs and contribute to regular health care assessments
  • Promoting positive practice of Safeguarding, Health & Safety and Mental Capacity within the workplace
  • Maintaining accurate and up to date records as required and assist in the monitoring and evaluating of the service provision and plans

More information about the day-to-day role can be found on our Job Description or by calling our Supported Living Service Managers on 01772 584999.

Applicants are restricted to ‘female’ applicants in accordance with a genuine occupational qualification as allowed under the Equality Act 2010.

If you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of people with learning disabilities, and strive to promote wellbeing, please apply HERE!

Previous applicants need not apply

Closing date for applications:    Friday 10th January 2025

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