Specialist Community Support Worker

Posting date:	09 June 2026
Salary:	£26,000 to £27,000 per year
Additional salary information:	Exceeds National Minimum Wage
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	08 July 2026
Location:	Stepping Hill, Stockport, SK2 7PN
Company:	The Together Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	togethertrust/TP/666/444

Summary

Location –Great Moor, Stockport.

Working Pattern– 37.5 hours per week, worked flexibly over five days. Weekend working will be required.

Shift timings are (early’s) 07:50 - 15:50 or (lates) 15:30 - 22:30.

Salary – £26,230 per annum (£13.45 per hour).

Time and a quarter enhancement for all weekend hours worked.

Sleep-in payment of £107.60 for any sleep shifts worked.

Together we make a difference, develop and learn, and support each other. Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same: To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them and we work together for change.

Whether that’s helping people to live independently, or creating spaces to learn, work and play, you’ll be making sure adults with disabilities or complex health needs have a chance to thrive, right in the heart of their local communities.

The Together Trust is one of the North West’s leading charities, offering individual care, support, and education to hundreds of Children, Young People, and Adults each year. We are a not-for-profit charitable trust, so every penny goes back into benefiting the people that we support.

We have a rewarding opportunity for a Specialist Community Support Workerto join our supported living service in Great Moor, Stockport. We aim to provide care and support and promote independence and inclusion within the local community through methods including positive behaviour support.

What can you bring to the service...?

We are looking for a Specialist Community Support Worker with a positive and enthusiastic approach, who is friendly, a great communicator and eager to provide high levels of support.

Do you have the ability to work as part of a team or independently, maintaining and encouraging open and honest lines of communication?

Lone working is a major requirement of this role. Are you happy to support a service user alone in the community undertaking the activities of the day including shopping, visiting places of interest and eating out?

Can you undertake the full range of tasks as outlined in our attached Job Description, in a well-planned way that respects and values children and their families?

Help us make a change to the people we support.

Benefits include:

• Annual Leave27-day holiday plus 8 days bank holidays rising to 30 after 5 years, 33 days after 10 years
• Generous pension schemeand death in service benefit, an initial contribution of 4% company pension contributions and up to 6 x basis salary death in service
• Occupational sick payand family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoptive leave.
• Reward and Discount platformoffering discounts at high street shops, travel, insurances etc.
• Eligibility to apply for Blue Light card
• Proud to be a real living wage employer
• Refer a friend scheme, be rewarded for recommending a friend to work with us
• Comprehensive training and development opportunities, including apprenticeship qualifications
• Long service awardsincluding cash gifts and extra holiday.
• Promotion of Wellbeingacross the organisation including Mental Health First Aiders offering wellbeing support from trained colleague and free weekly yoga session in person or online
• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme for you and adults at your home

To discover the full details of this rewarding role within the Together Trust look at our Job Description.

If this sounds like the place for you and you think you have the relevant skills and experience we are looking for, please apply now.

We welcome applications from those with a right to work in the UK. We do not currently sponsor overseas staff.

We may remove this vacancy prior to the expiry date if a suitable candidate is found therefore early applications are encouraged.

Shortlisting will take place throughout the duration of the advert.

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.

If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.

Together Trust has committed to paying all staff a significantly higher wage than the government minimum. By officially registering as a Living Wage employer, we are showing our commitment to our employees, now and in the future.

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).

This role will involve regulated activity.

Skills:

Positive Behavioural Support; PBS; autism; autism awareness; learning disabilities; emotional behavioural disabilities; behaviours of concern;

Qualifications:

General level of education including maths and English

Keywords:

Positive Behavioural Support; PBS; autism; autism awareness; learning disabilities; emotional behavioural disabilities; behaviours of concern;