Community Support Worker – Kippax (Butt Hill)
Req # 707 · 37 Butt Hill, Leeds, United Kingdom · Posted Wednesday 10 December 2025 at 01:00
Salary: £12.75 per hour + £1 extra on Bank Holidays and weekends · Hours: 35 hours per week
Community Support Worker ** DRIVER PREFERRED**
Why join us? Brainkind is a charity that aims to improve the lives of people with brain injuries in the UK. Our assessment centres, rehabilitation units and hospitals use expert neurorehabilitation to support people to regain the skills they have lost. We treat people with a range of brain injuries – sustained through trauma, illness, substance abuse and more – to recover and meet their personal goals. Our employees are incredibly passionate, you’ll find a strong team spirit across our services and amazing colleagues who always pull together and look out for each other.
The Role We will train you to provide personalised support to our adult residents. You will follow individual support plans to meet the needs and aspirations of each person. The focus is developing independent living skills: personal hygiene, meal preparation, exercise, leisure activities, socialising – the daily routine of regular life. You’ll get huge job satisfaction from seeing the people you support do more for themselves and live the life they want to live. If you’re interested in building a career, we’re here to support you all the way on your own journey.
Main Duties
* Establish and maintain professional working relationships with service users, contributing to a homely and pleasant living environment for each user.
* Participate in the development of service user support plans, risk assessments and programmes; complete written records as necessary and in accordance with the guidelines provided.
* Providing care and support for service users during daily tasks.
* Provide personal care as and when required.
* Creatively support service users to reach their full potential, achieve their goals and live their best lives.
* Accompany service users in activities and visits as and when required.
Skills & Experience Required
* Previous experience of working within a care/support environment.
* Excellent communication skills (written and oral).
* Good IT skills.
* A full UK driving licence.
* Good time management.
* Ability to prioritise own workload.
* Patience and resilience.
* Flexibility and commitment.
Benefits
* A competitive rate of up to £13.75 per hour.
* 33 Days Annual Leave (pro Rata).
* Buy/Sell up to 5 days Annual Leave per year.
* Health Cash Plan.
* Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP).
* Excellent training and support.
* Company pension.
* Group life assurance.
* Eye voucher scheme.
* Long service and staff awards.
* Free parking.
Apply today by clicking the Apply Now button. We will be shortlisting and interviewing candidates on a rolling basis until the role is filled, so we recommend applying as soon as possible.
All successful candidates are subject to compliance checks including 3 years of checkable references and DBS/PVG checks.
Brainkind is a Disability Confident Employer. We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy. Brainkind is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive organisation.
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