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Support Worker/Sports Enabler

Job details
Posting date: 12 June 2025
Salary: £20,000 to £30,000 per year
Additional salary information: 12.40 per hour
Hours: Part time
Closing date: 10 July 2025
Location: TQ4 5JR
Company: United Response
Job type: Contract
Job reference: UNIT192703

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Summary

Role: Support Worker / Sports Enabler
Salary: £12.40 per hour
Location: Torbay
Hours: Part time and relief hours available

We are looking for energetic, enthusiastic individuals to join our dynamic ROC Active service in Torbay as a Support Worker/ Sports Enabler

Find out more about us here

The role of a Support Worker / Sports Enabler

At ROC Active, we focus on delivering high-quality, person-centred support through active and engaging sessions that promote physical, emotional, and social wellbeing. As a Support Worker / Sports Enabler, your role is all about helping people with learning disabilities to take part in physical activities, sports, and community-based sessions that improve their confidence and quality of life.

You will:

  • Support individuals to participate in sports, exercise, and recreational activities

  • Encourage and enable people to try new physical challenges and set personal goals

  • Help with the planning and running of group sessions and community outings

  • Promote independence, inclusion, and positive wellbeing through active support

  • Work flexibly across different settings, including indoor and outdoor environments

What we need from you

ROC Active is about energy, innovation, and creating inclusive fun. No previous experience is necessary – we provide full training. What matters most is that you're:

  • Passionate about people

  • Enthusiastic about sports, exercise, and inclusive activity

  • Flexible, creative, and able to think on your feet

  • A team player who’s also confident working independently

Access to your own transport is desirable due to the variety of session locations across Torbay and the surrounding areas.

Your pay and benefits

  • £12.40 per hour

  • 20 days annual leave plus bank holidays

  • Extra 12.7% pay for relief staff (in place of paid holiday) for relief only

  • Additional annual leave after 3 and 5 years’ service

  • Pension contribution

  • Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling, and advice services

  • Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications

  • Online discounts with over 3,500 retailers

  • x2 wellbeing days a year

Please note: This role may include occasional weekend or evening sessions. All successful candidates will be subject to a full DBS check.

United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader. We guarantee interviews to all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. If you require support with your application, please contact: tamsin.kirby@unitedresponse.org.uk

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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.

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