Casual Support Officer
| Posting date: | 08 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £13.47 to £13.90 per hour |
| Additional salary information: | £13.47 - £13.90 an hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 January 2026 |
| Location: | Devizes, SN10 3AF |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | F0041-6203 |
Summary
To provide excellent quality Care Quality Commission (CQC) registered respite services to customers. Such services need to be delivered in a business-like manner, promoting independence, responding to crisis and delivering good outcomes for people using the Think Local Act Personal principles of a good life. The services in the Provider Services function include: 3 respite services Shared lives services Day services Intensive Support Service Enablement & Outreach Service The post holder will ensure that services are delivered to the highest standards, providing robust quality assurance, compliant with all legal and statutory requirements and within an effective and efficient performance management and budgetary framework The Day Service mainly operates from smaller community bases in shared community buildings across towns in Wiltshire. These include Riverbank (Chippenham), The Yarn (Devizes), The Meadows (Salisbury), The Medley (Trowbridge), and The Wave (Warminster). Day Services support people with a learning disability who may in addition have complex physical / health needs, challenging behaviour or autism (customers). We work with customers to look at how they would like to spend their time taking part in meaningful community focused activities or activities that are completed in one of the adult care service bases. We work with families, paid and unpaid carers to ensure that they are also involved and listened to, we will support the customer in the most appropriate way to enable them to maximise their independence. The service will work as part of the Multi-Disciplinary Team with existing crisis support, psychology, psychiatry and Learning Disabilities nursing providing wrapround support. The Enablement & Outreach services will offer support for those with a learning disability, customers with a diagnosis of mental health and ASD to develop skills and independence. The team will promote independence in daily living and enable individuals to access a range of opportunities in their own and wider community.