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Support Worker - Complex Care

Job details
Posting date: 03 December 2025
Salary: £12.75 per hour
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 31 December 2025
Location: East Sussex, BN1
Company: Active Prospects
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: ORG2530-JP1454568BriSWCC

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Summary

Become a Support Worker with Active Prospects!

Location: Brighton, East Sussex
Salary: £12.75 per hour
Service Type: Adult Complex Care Service
Speciality: Mental Health, Autism, Learning Disability

Active Prospects is a not-for-profit care provider supporting people with learning disabilities, mental health needs, autistic people and physical disabilities. Our mission is to help people to live full and aspiring lives. Each year, we support over 300 people across various residential and support living services in Surrey, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove.

We are proud to be recognised as 2025 Best Place To Work and have also been accredited for the following Best Places listings: For Development, Wellbeing, Healthcare and for Women.

Working at Active Prospects | Great Place to Work® UK

At present all the people we support have several hours of 1:1 support during the day as well as some shared support day and night. The ideal people will have a passion for working with people with enduring mental health, a keen interest in the psychology behind complex behaviours that challenge and the willingness to learn and practice Positive Behaviour Support It's important to note that some people being supported may self-harm, have anxiety or on occasion show behaviours of concern.

In return for your dedicated service you can expect


Competitive rate of pay of £12.75 per hour with additional pay on some of the Bank holidays
Enhanced pay when you leave to have a baby (maternal, paternal or adoption)
Employee Assistance programme with various aspects of free legal support and counselling
Support with gaining further qualifications in Social Care (levels 3 and 5),
Career progression opportunities which have seen 80% of our management progress into their current roles since they’ve started with us as Support Workers
Financial awards for successful recruitment referrals and most importantly inclusive, friendly and supportive environment for you to grow and thrive in.


Get in touch to find out what flexible working opportunities are currently on offer.

What are you waiting for?

Apply today or contact us directly on recruitment@activeprospects.org.uk

Please note: all offers are subject to satisfactory completion of our pre-employment compliance standards



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