Support Worker (Mat Leave Cover)
CAPTION: Job details
* Posting date: 26 August 2025
* Salary: £20,000 to £30,000 per year
* Additional salary information: £12.40 per hour + Excellent Benefits
* Hours: Full time
* Closing date: 23 September 2025
* Location: IP16 4ST
* Company: United Response
* Job type: Contract
* Job reference: UNIT195236
Summary
Support Worker
Salary: £12.40
Location: Leiston, Suffolk
Contract/hours: 37.5 hours per week on a temp contract, covering maternity leave
Are you ready to have a meaningful impact on someone's life?
Are you compassionate to others?
Are you dedicated to making a difference? Then we want to hear from you.
Our support workers are the heart of everything we do. We want you to empower the people we support to live their lives how they want to, whether that's travelling the world or spending time in their local park! All we ask is that you have the commitment and drive to encourage and guide the people we support to make this happen.
This would be a temporary position covering maternity leave, with the potential to become permanent at the end of the contract.
Who will you be supporting?
This position involves building relationships with the people you support while helping them with daily routines in line with their personal support plans, such as dressing, personal care, finances, medication, attending appointments, employment, volunteering, and hobbies.
In return, we offer a rewarding career with benefits including:
* Enhanced sick and maternity/paternity pay
* Time and a half for bank holiday work
* Two wellbeing days per year
* Blue Light Discount Card and Costco membership
* Free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling, and wellbeing services
* Fully paid training and nationally recognized qualifications
* Generous annual leave
* UR STARS recognition program
* Workplace pension scheme
* Long service awards
* Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
* Discounts from over 3,500 retailers through an online shopping platform
United Response is a respected charity dedicated to championing the rights of people with learning disabilities, autism, and mental health needs. Our mission is to empower individuals to live, work, and participate actively in their communities, free from discrimination and barriers. We foster an inclusive culture focused on health, wellbeing, and respecting all identities. We are committed to equal opportunity employment, supporting applicants with disabilities, and are a Disability Confident Leader.
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