Community Support Worker

About the Role

At Positive Futures, we support people with learning disabilities, acquired brain injuries, and autism, helping them live fulfilling and independent lives.

As a Community Support Worker, you’ll be at the heart of this mission, providing essential support and making a real impact. These 15 hours per week will be supporting children and young people aged 5-18 years old to take part in community based activities. Hours of support will be throughout the week, it could be pick up from school from 2.30pm onwards, early afternoon, later evenings and during the weekend. Candidates will be required to get business class insurance onto their policy if successful. 

What You’ll Be Doing

To provide high quality support to children and young people. To mentor, coach and act as a strong role model for other staff in delivering high quality support to deliver our Mission: “POSITIVE FUTURES FOR PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY, ACQUIRED BRAIN INJURY OR AUTISM - WORKING TOGETHER TO ACHIEVE DREAMS AND TRANSFORM LIVES”…through fulfilling your role in line with our organisational values.

What We’re Looking For

We want to hear from people who share our passion! To be successful in this role, you’ll need:

Essential Criteria

• Personal or work experience of providing care or support for someone in the last 2 years.

You can meet this criteria, if you can tell us about experience such as caring or supporting a child, family member, relation or friend, OR volunteering or completing a work placement where you provided care or support.

• Hold a full and valid UK Drivers Licence and have access to a car insured for business purposes (or willing to amend insurance) to transport the people we support and fulfil the demands of the role.

Why Join Positive Futures?

We know that looking after our team is just as important as looking after the people we support. That’s why we offer amazing benefits, including:

• Training & Career Development Opportunities
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• 24/7 UK GP Access & Counselling Line
• Enhanced Maternity Pay
• Enhanced Sick Pay (after probation) 

Ready to Make a Difference? 

We’re an inclusive, diverse workplace where everyone is welcome. If you’re excited about this opportunity but don’t quite meet every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply. We’d love to hear from you!

Apply now and start your journey with Positive Futures.

We are an equal opportunity employer.