Salary
£23,807.45 FTE
£12.34ph Mon-Fri | £13.82ph Sat-Sun
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Full time
Package
Salary + Benefits
Job category/type
Adult Social Care
Date posted
01/09/2025
Job reference
OPR0000696
Optalis is the Adult Social Care delivery partner on behalf of Wokingham Borough Council and the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead Council. Optalis is owned and funded by the two councils - it is not a private provider or an employment agency, and we do not offer sponsorship.
Support Worker – Homeside SL6
Full-Time 37hpw - from £12.34 per hour
Our teams provide individualised care and support for people with learning disabilities, autistic people and people with physical disabilities living in their community. Homeside is located a short walk from Furze Platt railway station and is one of our two residential care homes, providing support to eight people with learning disabilities and autism. Everyone who lives at Homeside has their own room, which we encourage them to decorate and personalise to reflect their tastes. We have a shared living room, dining room and kitchen, and the large accessible garden allows our customers to enjoy the outdoors.
We are recruiting support workers to work full-time covering a mix of mornings, afternoons and weekends.
Your role will be to support our customers in their day-to-day lives and could include assistance with personal care, managing medication, shopping and meal preparation, and supporting with emotional and physical wellbeing. We also provide support with life skills such as improving confidence, managing finances and being part of the local community to maintain important relationships.
Experience in the care sector would be beneficial but is not necessary as full training is provided, including classroom-based learning, shadowing experienced staff and online sessions.
Unless local, this role would be best suited for people with access to their own transport due to the location and limited public transport services.
Working for Optalis you will also receive a range of benefits, including:
* Perkbox - rewards package offering discounts on cinema, shopping, health, travel and insurance.
* 25 days annual leave increasing annually to a maximum of 30 days (pro rata), as well as 8 bank holidays
* An extra day off for your birthday.
* Health and wellbeing support, including an additional wellbeing day.
* A comprehensive paid training and development programme.
* Excellent career progression opportunities and support.
* A generous pension scheme.
We anticipate this will be a popular role and reserve the right to close applications early.
Optalis is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our staff and customers. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a DBS check and will need to provide proof of their right to work in the UK.
This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 – the DBS clearance level required is Enhanced with Adult Barred list. For advice and information on disclosing criminal records, you can contact Nacro's support service on or