Support Worker - Stowmarket
| Posting date: | 17 November 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £25,058 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 17 December 2025 |
| Location: | Stowmarket, Anglia, IP14 |
| Company: | Mencap |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 58492807 |
Summary
Job Advert
We are currently recruiting for someone enthusiastic and kind to join our Supported Living service in Stowmarket. Here, you will play a key role in helping individuals with a learning disability live happy and independent lives. In this role, you will support people when they are at home and out in the community, building positive relationships along the way.
Your day-to-day work will be varied. The people we support love getting out and about, so a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential. You will be accompanying individuals on shopping trips, visits to day centres where they enjoy various activities such as woodworking & gaming, supporting with their volunteering roles and much more. At home, you will also support them with hobbies they enjoy, this can include things like gaming, gardening and arts and crafts.
You will also play an important role in helping with everyday tasks around the home. This includes a person-centred care approach, supporting them with any personal care needs and medication requirements as well as assisting with household chores like cooking, cleaning, and laundry. Through everything you do, you will help create a safe, comfortable, and positive environment where each person can thrive and be as independent as possible.
We are looking for someone kind, patient, and genuinely committed to supporting others. You don’t need previous experience, as full training will be provided, but you do need the right values and a willingness to learn. Good communication skills and a supportive team attitude are essential.
We have full time, part time and relief contracts available, giving you flexibility. The shift patterns can vary from 7am-10pm, there is also a sleep in shift requirement (this comes with a flat rate of £63.70).
By joining Mencap, you will be joining an organisation that values its staff and provides excellent training, development opportunities, and a supportive working environment. You will have access to employee benefits including pension schemes, discounts, and wellbeing support, and most importantly, you’ll be making a real difference every day.
If you’re ready for a meaningful role where you can help people live the life they choose, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and start your journey with Mencap.
*All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check and suitable references.
Job ID: 35066
Benefits
Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.
Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday (excluding bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.
For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document with all of the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!
About Mencap
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.
At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.
Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.
· Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
· Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes
· Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves
We are currently recruiting for someone enthusiastic and kind to join our Supported Living service in Stowmarket. Here, you will play a key role in helping individuals with a learning disability live happy and independent lives. In this role, you will support people when they are at home and out in the community, building positive relationships along the way.
Your day-to-day work will be varied. The people we support love getting out and about, so a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle is essential. You will be accompanying individuals on shopping trips, visits to day centres where they enjoy various activities such as woodworking & gaming, supporting with their volunteering roles and much more. At home, you will also support them with hobbies they enjoy, this can include things like gaming, gardening and arts and crafts.
You will also play an important role in helping with everyday tasks around the home. This includes a person-centred care approach, supporting them with any personal care needs and medication requirements as well as assisting with household chores like cooking, cleaning, and laundry. Through everything you do, you will help create a safe, comfortable, and positive environment where each person can thrive and be as independent as possible.
We are looking for someone kind, patient, and genuinely committed to supporting others. You don’t need previous experience, as full training will be provided, but you do need the right values and a willingness to learn. Good communication skills and a supportive team attitude are essential.
We have full time, part time and relief contracts available, giving you flexibility. The shift patterns can vary from 7am-10pm, there is also a sleep in shift requirement (this comes with a flat rate of £63.70).
By joining Mencap, you will be joining an organisation that values its staff and provides excellent training, development opportunities, and a supportive working environment. You will have access to employee benefits including pension schemes, discounts, and wellbeing support, and most importantly, you’ll be making a real difference every day.
If you’re ready for a meaningful role where you can help people live the life they choose, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today and start your journey with Mencap.
*All roles are subject to an enhanced DBS check and suitable references.
Job ID: 35066
Benefits
Here at Mencap, we offer an impressive range of benefits designed to support and reward our employees to ensure that our teams feel valued and appreciated.
Our benefits package offers 24 days of paid holiday (excluding bank holidays, pro rata), along with a range of perks such as discounts at leading high-street retailers, access to health cash plans, interest-free loans, and many more exciting offerings.
For more details on what we have to offer, please see the attached document with all of the fantastic benefits available to you as a member of our team!
About Mencap
Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives.
We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in.
At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues.
Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere.
· Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation.
· Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes
· Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves
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About Disability Confident
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.