Foxes Academy
Somerset
£23, £25,960.16 per year
Job type:
Full Time, Permanent
Start date:
27 October 2025
Apply by:
24 October 2025
Job overview
Overview and Responsibilities
Care Support Worker
Location: Minehead, Somerset
Salary: £23, £25, FTE £25, £28,059.20)
Hours: 40 Hours per week
Contract: Term time plus additional days and training (42 weeks per year)
**There is a requirement for shift work including working every other weekend**
Welcome to Aurora Foxes, a specialist college and training hotel for young people with learning disabilities, situated in the friendly seaside town of Minehead. Foxes is a very special place.
We believe in changing lives and giving our students the skills, knowledge, and confidence to successfully shape their own future. Our aim is to equip our young adults with the life and hospitality skills to become work ready, life ready.
The main purpose of the role:
As a Care Support Worker, you will ensure you meet the personal care needs of service users in a way that respects the dignity of the individual and promotes independence.
As an employee of The Reynard Care and Support Agency your absolute priority is to safeguard the service users in our care. You must work professionally, effectively and sensitively with your team to ensure that all service users are safe and feel safe with any concerns listened to and acted upon appropriately.
Key duties:
Assist service users who need help with getting up in the morning, dressing, undressing, washing, bathing and the toilet.
Help service users with mobility problems and other physical disabilities, including
Incontinence, and help in use and care of aids and personal equipment.
Comply with the agency's guidelines and policies at all times.
Encourage service users to remain as independent as possible.
Carry out duties in accordance with the Personal Service User plan (care plan).
Complete medication record, if applicable.
Ensure all paperwork is appropriately completed and kept up-to-date.
Support individuals in attending planned activities in the community whilst promoting individual interests.
Skills and Qualifications
Successful Candidate Qualities:
Level 2 English and Maths or prepared to work towards
Care work experience (Desired)
Level 3 Health and Social Care or working towards
Benefits and Additional Information
What's on offer?
Full training and continued support
Opportunity to gain qualifications, which will be funded by us
10% off accommodation, hot drinks and food at Foxes Hotel
Life assurance and pension
Health cash back plan
Car lease scheme
Bike to work scheme
Perk box
Free parking
If you are interested in this role then please apply on-line and complete our application form.
Successful applicants will be subject to pre-employment safeguarding checks including an enhanced disclosure and barring service (DBS) check.
The post is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and the Aurora Group is therefore permitted to ask job applicants to declare all convictions and cautions (including those which are "spent" unless they are "protected" under the DBS filtering rules) in order to assess their suitability to work with children.
The Aurora Group is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the children and young adults in our care and is a disability confident and equal opportunities employer.
This advert could be taken down at any point in time without prior notice if the position is filled.
Please note that candidates that are shortlisted might be subject to an online search.
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About Foxes Academy
Foxes Academy
The Esplanade, Selbourne Place, Minehead
Somerset
TA24 5TY
United Kingdom
Aurora Foxes Welcome to Aurora Foxes, situated in Minehead, Somerset
If we had to capture the essence of Aurora Foxes, it would be employability and independence for adulthood. We strive daily to be the very best and we will continue to do so, to ensure that graduates from Aurora Foxes are: work ready, life ready.
Mark Costello - Principal
Our College
"I think people should come to Foxes to work on their independence skills. I have been learning about shopping and budgeting. I can now travel to Taunton on the bus, which is 24 miles away to get to my work experience. My work experience is amazing, I serve customers and do the drinks. I hope to live in a supported living flat when I graduate, because I have all the skills I learnt at Foxes." — George
"I love Foxes because it is an amazing place to be. I love all of the sessions. I like 'Moving On' because you learn to cook and to do your personal shopping. There are so many activities to choose from. The activity I like to do the most is Mindfulness, because I like to do the yoga. I really like Ballroom Dancing, my favourite is the Waltz. I like Minehead Eye because I love the singing. You should come to Foxes because you'll like all the sessions and activities that we do" — Rebecca
"I like working on going out independently. I like to go shopping independently and I have been on the bus to Dunster to go to the cafe with my friends. I am now travel training to get to my work experience, which is really good. You will learn to do things independently that will help you in the future." — Zac
Accommodation
Aurora Foxes has residential accommodation throughout the safe community of Minehead. Each student has a fully furnished room, as part of a comfortable, caring and happy home.
Each house has a highly experienced Team Leader, Deputy Team Leader and Learner Support Practitioners. There is a wide range of accommodation to meet individual needs. The accommodation ranges from bedrooms. The students are carefully placed in their accommodation following a robust risk assessment process.
By their final year, students can be living in a small group in one of our independent flats where they have to do as much as possible for themselves; getting themselves up, washing, dressing, travelling to work experience independently, shopping, cooking and cleaning. Just like any young person in further education
Foxes Hotel
Foxes Hotel is a delightful Victorian seaside hotel in Minehead on the Exmoor coast and is the UK's only fully operational training hotel for young people with learning disabilities. From day one, our students have the opportunity to gain valuable practical work experience, learning all the skills needed to have a successful working life in the hospitality sector.
To learn more about our hotel, please click
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The Flying Fox
Aurora Foxes has been in a partnership with Hilton for 8 years. The Hilton Global Foundation donated a grant to Aurora Foxes, which facilitated the purchase of The Flying Fox catering truck.
This has expanded our vocational training space, and has provided our students with the opportunity to transfer their work skills within this unique environment.
Our Community
An important and unique quality of Foxes, which is often remarked upon by visiting parents, is our location. Foxes is located right in the heart of the community. Students are therefore prepared every day for engaging in town life. This valuable experience helps to shape our students and prepare them for life after Foxes, as well as helping to reinforce independent living skills. As the second-biggest employer in Minehead, Foxes forms a signification proportion of the population of the town and is held in high regard by the community for the valuable part we play in shaping the culture of our town and community. This is especially helpful for students who may initially struggle with being out in unfamiliar spaces, as students become more familiar with being able to seek out a safe and friendly face. Over the course of their time with us, students become more confident in accessing the many facilities and events that are on offer and these experiences will form a solid foundation for life beyond their time with us.
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