Job profile
The job requirements are detailed below. Essential qualifications, skills and experience are listed in the Job Descriptions/Person Specification which can be found under the attachments section below.
Job details
Job reference
REQ001764
Date posted
11/09/2025
Apply by
02/10/2025
Salary
£13.90 per hour
Contractual hours
0
Basis
Casual
Job category/type
Social Care - Adults
Casual Daytime Opportunities Support Worker
Job description
Mae'r ddogfen hon ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is also available in Welsh.
Learning Disability Daytime Opportunities East (Cynon and Taf Area) and West (Rhondda Area)
The Learning Disabilities Daytime Opportunities Service is seeking to recruit self-motivated, enthusiastic team members to work across the East and West areas of Rhondda Cynon Taf, on a casual basis. You will cover staff absences across either the East or West areas of Rhondda Cynon Taf.
The service has a number of centres/projects that provide care, support, and meaningful daytime opportunities to individuals with learning disabilities, including autism, and complex health needs.
Provision meets a wide range of needs from personal care to engaging people in structured activities both in groups and on a one-to-one basis. Active participation and the involvement of the individual with a learning disability are central to all delivery.
Experience of providing care and support in a respectful manner to people with a learning disability is desirable, as is the ability to support people to access a range of community-based opportunities.
You will be required to use ICT resources effectively and have excellent written and verbal skills to maintain records. Also, to communicate effectively with individuals in receipt of the service and with health and social care professionals.
You will be provided with an induction, the provision of Social Care qualifications, ongoing training, and supervision to support you to conduct your work to the expected standard in a person centred, outcome focused manner.
Due to the nature of the post, you will be required to travel independently to workplace settings throughout the RCT area.
For further information please contact:
* RCT East: Tracey Davies, Day Service Manager on
* RCT West: Julie Richards, Day Service Manager on
Protecting children and vulnerable adults is a core responsibility of all staff appointed to the Council.
In addition to this safeguarding responsibility, the successful applicant for this role will also be subject to an enhanced disclosure and barring service check.
The Council values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to ensuring that no unlawful discrimination occurs in the recruitment and selection process on the grounds of age, sex, race, disability, sexual orientation, transgender, including those with non-binary identities, religion or belief or pregnancy and maternity. We offer a number of staff networks for employees including the Allies Network, a Disability and Carers Network and Perthyn our LGBTQ+ Network.
An application submitted for this post in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
As part of the Council's longer term objectives in relation to the Welsh language and its Workforce Planning Strategy, it is committed to a guaranteed interview scheme for Welsh-speakers of Level 3 and above. If you meet the essential criteria as identified in the person specification for the job and are a Welsh-speaker of Level 3 and above, you will be invited to interview if you choose to participate in the scheme.
In view of the large number of Application Forms which are currently being submitted individual applications are not acknowledged. Consequently if you do not hear from us within four weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application is unsuccessful on this occasion. In which case you are thanked for the interest you have shown in applying for a position within the Council.
In support of the Council's voluntary pledge to support the Armed Forces, the recruiter must always be prepared to ensure that applicants who have identified themselves as members of the Armed Forces including Service Leavers, Veterans or Reservists and who meet the essential criteria of the person specification, are offered an interview.