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Support Worker

Job details
Posting date: 13 August 2025
Salary: £12.21 to £12.50 per hour
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 20 August 2025
Location: Newham, East London
Remote working: On-site only
Company: Choice Support
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: Herm08

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Summary

About the role:

We are seeking a Support Worker to support 5 individuals who live in a bungalow.
The people we support have a range of learning disabilities, mental health needs, as well as mobility needs – there will be a requirement to support with moving ang handling as well as personal care. As a Support Worker, you’ll deliver excellent care, celebrate achievements, encourage fun and creativity and engage directly with the wider community. This is more than just a job – you will be helping the people we support gain independence and live healthy, happy and fulfilling lives.
The people we support enjoy varied activities such as going to the farm, visit the cinemas, participate in bowling, engage in singing and dancing.

Hours:
We are currently seeking compassionate and dedicated Support Workers to join our team, providing 24-hour care and support.

Full-Time: 39 hours per week
Part-Time: 21–28 hours per week
These roles are ideal for individuals who are flexible, reliable, and passionate about making a positive difference in people’s lives.

Location:
Newham with the closest station: Canning Town, Star Lane.

About you:
We’re not looking for any kind of specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a good fit for the role and our organisation. We will train and develop you to become a great support worker if you:

have genuine empathy for the people we support, with the positivity, patience, and resilience to support them through difficult times.
enjoy teamwork and take pride in getting a job done well alongside your colleagues.
have excellent face to face communication skills and a good standard of literacy.
have good time management skills and the ability to prioritise your own workload.
are IT literate (there is a requirement to use laptops and tablets)
comfortable with Personal care, dressing and giving medication
hold a full UK manual driving licence
Please apply if you can attend an interview on 28th August

We may close this post early if we receive sufficient applications before the closing date. If you are interested in applying, we would ask that you do so as early as possible to avoid any disappointment.

At Choice Support, we care about getting to know the real you, what you care about, your experiences, and why you want to work with us. So please make sure your answers reflect who you are. If you have used AI to help with your application/CV, just let us know - It's not a problem! Please remember that giving false information could mean we may have to withdraw your application, as it goes against our values.

Explore our employee benefits, the good practices we've committed to, and our core values by visiting our website.

To learn more about Diversity and Inclusion at our company, by visiting our website and see how we foster a supportive and inclusive workplace for all.

Choice Support is Disability Confident which is a scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. If you consider yourself to have a disability or long-term chronic health condition or if you require any adjustments/support during the application/selection process, please contact us so that we can discuss your needs with you.

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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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