Job Description

As a Day Opportunities Support Worker, you'll be supporting young adults with learning disabilities, each with their own unique needs, abilities and interests. You'll help them engage in fun, personalised activities that build social networks, promoting choice and inclusion whilst ensuring they are safe and well.
Main duties of the job

• Engage in fulfilling personalised activities: Support service users to take part in activities tailored to their individual physical, mental, social and emotional needs, such as sensory experiences, cooking, arts and crafts, gardening, bowling, trips to the cinema and sharing their hobbies.
• Help with daily living activities: Support service users with eating, drinking, mobility, personal care and medication, ensuring everyone is treated with dignity and respect.
• Provide tailored support: Support wheelchair users with moving and positioning activities, as well as supporting service users who present challenging behaviours through positive behaviour support, following robust induction and training.
• Promote community involvement: Support service users in their involvement in local community projects, helping them to integrate and develop important social networks.
• Build relationships: Establish positive connections with service users, celebrating their achievements and milestones.

You may already have experience of providing care, but its not essential - we provide all the training you need to be a great Day Opportunities Support Worker. Whats more important to us is that you have the right values, skills and motivations to enable people to lead full and active lives as independently as possible.
About us

• Rewarding work: Make a real difference in the lives of our service users, knowing that you can create a lasting impact while building a great career.
• Career growth and development: We invest in your future. With ongoing development opportunities, youll have the chance to enhance your skills and your career.
• Supportive environment: Work in a friendly and collaborative team who feel proud of the work they do to support people in our community.
• Employee support: Access to Health Assured's comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme to support your physical and mental wellbeing, including 24/7 telephone support, a suite of online resources, and legal and financial advice.
• Competitive benefits package: Including generous annual leave entitlement, occupational sick pay, and access to the Local Government Pension Scheme.

Details
Date posted
16 July 2025
Pay scheme
Other
Salary
24,405 to 25,430 a year 24,405 - 25,430 per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
F0017-25-0051
Job locations
Elizabeth II Court
The Castle
Winchester
Hampshire
SO23 8UB
Hexagon Centre
Suffolk Close
Chandler's Ford
Eastleigh
Hampshire
SO53 3GZ
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Qualifications
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• Please refer to the link provided for the Candidate Pack, which contains further information and details regarding this role

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Please refer to the link provided for the Candidate Pack, which contains further information and details regarding this role