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Support Workers
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Posted 3 weeks ago
The people who help others live well — at home, in the community, on their own terms.
The role
Support Workers provide practical and emotional support to adults and young people living with disabilities, mental health needs, learning differences, or the effects of age. You'll work in supported-living homes, community settings, and increasingly in people's own homes as the NHS and local authorities push care closer to where people live. The role is part care, part coach, part advocate — and the best Support Workers are the ones who genuinely enjoy the people they support.
Who it suits
You'll thrive here if you're patient, person-centred, and genuinely interested in the people you support. A good listener. Comfortable holding both the everyday — meals, medication, appointments — and the bigger conversations. Equally good for career carers and for students in nursing, social work, or psychology building practical experience.
A typical shift
Shifts vary widely by service. You might support someone through their morning routine, get them out to college or work, help with cooking and medication, support a community activity in the afternoon, and document the day before handover. Some shifts are sleep-ins, some are waking nights, some are 1:1 community-based. The role is part care, part coach, part advocate.
Requirements & expectations
- Care Certificate completed or willingness to complete before first placement
- Level 2 Adult Social Care Certificate or Level 2 Diploma in Care preferred
- Level 3 Diploma in Adult Care for senior placement
- Right to work in the UK and Enhanced DBS on the Update Service
- Up-to-date mandatory training, including safeguarding adults, MCA & DoLS, medication, manual handling, fire and infection control
- Driving licence preferred, depending on the placement
- Patience, emotional steadiness and good listening
- Reliability — consistency builds trust
Skills you’ll gain
- Person-centred care planning and positive behaviour support
- Medication administration and recording in community settings
- Safeguarding, mental capacity and best-interest decision-making
- Communication skills across a wide range of needs and abilities
- A path into Senior Support Worker, Team Leader and Service Manager roles
Where you could work
Conifer places Support Workers across supported-living services, community outreach, residential homes, day services, and one-to-one home care. Tell us the needs you've supported, the settings you work best in, and the shift patterns you can offer — we'll match you carefully.
About Conifer
Conifer isn't another agency. We're the partner businesses call when reliability matters, when fit matters, and when "good enough" isn't good enough. We look after our people, take care of the compliance behind the scenes, and pick up the phone when you need us — every shift, every site, every time.
