Job Description

Be the Difference. Help Children Grow, Learn, and Shine.

Are you looking for a role where your compassion, patience, and dedication truly matter? Join a team where every day brings the opportunity to support young people in discovering their strengths, building confidence, and experiencing joy.


We're looking for full-time (38 hours per week) Support Workers to join our committed team in St Albans, working with children and young people who are curious, active, and love trying new things. These young people blossom through connection, encouragement, and structured support and you'll be an essential part of that experience.

About the Role

As a Support Worker, you'll provide consistent, caring support to children with learning disabilities. You'll help create a safe, nurturing environment where they feel secure, valued, and able to thrive. Your week will include a mix of early shifts (7am3pm), late shifts (2pm10pm), and alternate weekends.


From morning routines and school drop-offs to preparing meals and supporting with homework, your day-to-day interactions will help build trust and independence. Your calm and encouraging approach will guide them through life's routines, challenges, and achievements.


While the children are at school, you'll help prepare their home for a relaxed and welcoming return. This might include tidying, organising activities, or planning an engaging evening. You'll also support with personal care and medication so they feel their best and ready to enjoy their day.


You'll receive tailored training and the opportunity to work towards your Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare, ensuring you're supported in your own professional development too.

What the Days Look Like

Weekends and school holidays bring even more opportunities for fun, adventure, and connection. You'll help the young people enjoy memorable outings and pursue their own interests:

Laura

enjoys creative activities like painting nails, colouring, and taking part in weekly drama classes that help build her self-expression.

Samantha

is full of energy and imagination. She loves baking, exploring the local parks, and is especially inspired by the Olympics.

Ben

enjoys simple pleasures like taking the bus to town for hot chocolate, bouncing at trampoline parks, and watching animated films.

Why Work With Us?

You'll be joining a supportive, professional team that works closely together with a shared sense of purpose. We believe in creating a warm and stable environment not just for the children, but for every team member too. This is a place where your work is appreciated, your skills are nurtured, and your commitment makes a genuine difference.


If you're someone who truly cares about helping young people reach their potential, we'd love to hear from you.

Ready to be the difference? Apply today and help children grow, learn, and shine.

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"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."

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About you

Experience isn't always necessary. If you have the right attitude, good customer service skills, share our values and are willing to learn, you're likely to be a great fit. We are looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected. We provide full training for aspects of the role you may be unfamiliar with, like administering medication.

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.

Requirements

Female applicants only (Occupational Requirement under the Equality Act 2010) A full UK driving licence (manual or automatic) is essential, as you'll be using service vehicles Your own vehicle insured for business use is also required

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.