Community Support Worker - Permanent - Part Time

We're looking for a Support Worker to join our community team in Maesteg , providing 1:1 support to a deaf adult living in a supported living setting with their own house team. They have a brilliant sense of humour and a packed list of interests; watching sport, arts and crafts, getting out for a coffee, and exploring the community. Your role is to support their evening routine and help them stay connected to the social life they love and communicating through BSL.

This is a permanent role offering £13.00 per hour , currently working one evening per week (Wednesday, Thursday or Friday, 3:30pm–8:30pm) with the exact day to be discussed at interview.

Comprehensive training is provided from day one.

You'll provide personalised 1:1 support within the home and in the community, helping with:

• Evening routine and day-to-day tasks
• Communication support using BSL
• Social groups and community activities
• Working alongside the existing house team

• Warm, kind and respectful; you put people at ease
• A good communicator who listens as much as they talk
• Enthusiastic about supporting someone to live life on their own terms
• Knowledge of sensory impairments or learning difficulties is beneficial
• BSL Level 1 or BSL as a first language is essential for this role

• Full UK driving licence with use of your own vehicle
• Willingness to drive the client's vehicle
• Business car insurance

A full job description is attached at the bottom of this advert.

At Sense, we believe every disabled person deserves the opportunity to connect with others and be truly included in the world. We draw on our knowledge and expertise to deliver personalised, creative, and flexible support at every stage of life. We're proud to be a disability confident leader .

Working at Sense can be incredibly rewarding; we offer the opportunity to work in a large, diverse and successful charity where people can develop their skills, knowledge and careers in a supportive and flexible environment. In addition, we have excellent training and development, the opportunity for you to join our Group Personal Pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

To apply, please complete the supporting statement section of your application thoroughly as managers use this to shortlist candidates for interview against the Person Specification. We recommend reading the candidate guidelines, job description, and person specification (found at the base of this advert) before applying.

To avoid disappointment, we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close vacancies early.

No agency submissions please, any submissions made without prior authorisation from the Sense Recruitment Team will be treated as our own, and no fee will be payable.

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Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults, and expects all employees to share this commitment. All offers of employment are therefore subject to an enhanced DBS check, where appropriate.

We particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity and to celebrating the diversity of our staff, volunteers, and the people we work with. Everyone's contribution is valued, and we believe that no one — no matter how complex their disabilities — should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. For more information please visit: