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Support Workers
| Posting date: | 31 October 2025 |
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| Salary: | £12.60 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | Sleep in £60 ph and overtime rates £14ph |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 November 2025 |
| Location: | Canterbury, Kent |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | The Kent Autistic Trust |
| Job type: | Temporary |
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Summary
Support Worker Jobs with a difference-
Regrettably we cannot offer sponsorship for this role.
This is a fixed term contract until August 2026 or until the post holder returns.
Manual License required
On average our starting salary for a support worker is £25,812 per year (based on a 35-hour week and including one sleep in per week at £60 per night). Just working an additional 6 hours per week, i.e., 41 hours, will allow you to earn £29,844 per year (including holiday allowance). Indeed, our Support Workers can earn significantly higher salaries by picking up overtime, with many of our experienced workers earning more than £30,000 per year.
As an outstanding provider, we also look after our amazing staff too because they make an enormous difference every day. We value every staff member, celebrate our staffs' achievements, and make sure they contribute to steering the Charity, through many staff engagement opportunities.
Start making a difference and join our KAT family today!
Hours: 35
Shift: Rolling Rota including Earlies 7AM-4PM , Lates 4PM-10PM and Long days 7AM-10PM .
Location: Canterbury
If you are a positive, forward-thinking, and compassionate Specialist Support Worker (don't worry if you're not animal crazy as you soon will be) then we would love to hear from you.
Training Provided:
Care Certificate (can accept transferable evidenced certificate)
Company Induction
KAT Foundation Training Award
Specialist Pathway Training
Health and Safety and Compliance Training
On the job observation and assessments
Regrettably we cannot offer sponsorship for this role.
This is a fixed term contract until August 2026 or until the post holder returns.
Manual License required
On average our starting salary for a support worker is £25,812 per year (based on a 35-hour week and including one sleep in per week at £60 per night). Just working an additional 6 hours per week, i.e., 41 hours, will allow you to earn £29,844 per year (including holiday allowance). Indeed, our Support Workers can earn significantly higher salaries by picking up overtime, with many of our experienced workers earning more than £30,000 per year.
As an outstanding provider, we also look after our amazing staff too because they make an enormous difference every day. We value every staff member, celebrate our staffs' achievements, and make sure they contribute to steering the Charity, through many staff engagement opportunities.
Start making a difference and join our KAT family today!
Hours: 35
Shift: Rolling Rota including Earlies 7AM-4PM , Lates 4PM-10PM and Long days 7AM-10PM .
Location: Canterbury
If you are a positive, forward-thinking, and compassionate Specialist Support Worker (don't worry if you're not animal crazy as you soon will be) then we would love to hear from you.
Training Provided:
Care Certificate (can accept transferable evidenced certificate)
Company Induction
KAT Foundation Training Award
Specialist Pathway Training
Health and Safety and Compliance Training
On the job observation and assessments