Ever thought your job could change someone’s day or even their whole life? Join us as a full-time Support Worker and make a difference every single day.

We're a tight-knit team supporting six wonderful people with learning disabilities, aged 24 to 56, across three houses in Leicester. Each person brings their own personality, routines, and aspirations, making our time spent together truly meaningful. That's where you come in - your role is to unlock opportunities for people to live a gloriously ordinary life on their own terms, staying connected with their families, friends and communities, and exploring new experiences along the way.

A snapshot of your day

You might start your morning supporting a football-loving, trampoline-bouncing young man who’s bursting with energy and never turns down a throwback ‘90s playlist. Your enthusiasm and positive attitude could be just what he needs to start the day off right. Or maybe you’re helping someone get ready for the day, making sure they feel confident and put-together because looking good matters to them.

Take Sarah*, for example. She has a great eye for style and loves the little details. She’s autistic and thrives with calm, patient, and clear communication. Walking far isn’t easy for her, so your UK manual driving licence will help her enjoy the world beyond her neighbourhood from shops and salons, to parks and coffee spots. It's all about supporting her to live life in a way that makes sense to her: with style, independence, and joy.

Your days will be busy and you'll never be short of variety. Our goal is to make you feel right at home, too. You'll join an experienced, supportive team that's always ready to help each other out. We offer excellent training, and with our strong Positive Behaviour Support plans we create an inclusive environment where everyone's voice and needs matter. If you're compassionate, patient, and excited about supporting people to live life to the fullest, we’d love to hear from you. Apply now and be part of something truly rewarding!

You must be a driver with a clean UK manual licence & be prepared to drive adapted cars.

Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorships as we await further guidance from the Home Office. Applications requiring sponsorship cannot be considered at this time. We appreciate your understanding.

*Names changed for privacy

About you

We’re looking for someone keen to work full-time (37.5 hours per week) and flexible to cover a rota that includes mornings, evenings, and weekends.

While experience as a care assistant or support worker is welcome, it’s not essential. If you share our values, are warm, friendly, and eager to learn, you could be the perfect fit. We celebrate diversity and strive to make sure everyone on our team feels included, valued, and respected. You bring your enthusiasm we’ll provide the training.

Please note, due to the nature of this service, we can only accept applications from female candidates.

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About us

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

Pay and Rewards

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

• Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
• Workplace Pension scheme MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
• MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
• Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
• Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
• MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
• Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
• MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
• MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
• Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
• Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)

How to apply

If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.

Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call usand we will send an application form to you.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.

Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.

This post is exempt from the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1) which provides for the application of a genuine occupational requirement.