Home Care Support Worker Learning Disability

**Home Care Support Worker Learning Disability (Children and Young People)**: Posted on 30 July 2025 Apply
- Directorate BHCC: Families, Children and Wellbeing
- Salary £28,142 - £28,598 full time without relevant qualification (£14.59 -£14.82 per hour) £29,064 - £31,022with relevant qualification (£15.06- £16.08) plus enhancements for evenings, weekends and bank holidays
- Contract Permanent

**Location**:
55 Drove Road, Hove

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**Job Summary**:
- Job reference

orbis/TP/303802/45406- Positions available

2- Working hours

37- Closing date

12 August 2025- Job category

Care - Children and Young People- Organisation

Brighton & Hove City Council

**Job introduction**:
Do you have a background of working with children with learning disabilities? Are you someone who enjoys working in a rewarding, supportive, and a challenging environment? Can you work with a diverse range of stakeholders in an inclusive and accessible way?

We have an exciting opportunity within our Families, Children and Learning Directorate where you will get to make a real difference in the lives of children with learning difficulties. Every team member plays a vital part in helping our young people to thrive, and as a highly successful team we support each other to deliver our service with fairness and inclusivity. We are committed to delivering an outstanding service and to making Health and Disability Services accessible to everyone.

**About the role**:
At Drove Road, we provide a mixture of short breaks and full-time placements for young people with learning disabilities and behaviours that challenge between the ages of 8 and 18. Many of our young people have Autism with associated complex needs. Our dedicated team of staff works hard to create a positive, safe, stimulating, and homely environment in which each young person’s specific needs are met and they are supported to develop and learn new skills while having fun. Particular emphasis is given to those skills that promote independence. As a Home Care Support Worker, you will:

- Support our young people from diverse backgrounds with intimate personal care when required.
- Use a range of inclusive and accessible communication tools to help our young people express themselves.
- Undertake a range of domestic tasks including cleaning, shopping, providing freshly prepared meals.
- Support your colleagues and yourself to stay safe during times of challenging behaviour.

You will be someone with:

- the experience of looking after children with learning disabilities.
- Inclusive and accessible communication skills for interaction with service users, families, social workers, and medical professionals.
- a clear Enhanced DBS Certificate

**Benefits**:

- Funding and support within two years for a Level 3 Diploma in Residential Childcare (or equivalent qualification).
- Support with in-house training to improve skills and knowledge.
- An opportunity to increase your skill and experience for future roles within social care, education and childcare.
- Enhancements over weekends, evenings, and bank holidays.
- Extra shifts are available.

You will need to be able to work a 4-week rolling rota as follows:

- Early shifts: 7.00am to 2.30pm (until 11.00am in term time)
- Late shifts: 2.00pm to 9.30pm or 10.00pm
- Work two weekends per month.
- Sleep-in duty once per month.

For more information about the organisation and the specific tasks required, please download the job description / person specification.

**Additional information**:
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

**Company information**:
As part of Brighton & Hove City Council's ongoing commitment to redeployment, please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any stage of the recruitment process, without prior notice if a suitable redeployee (internal employee at risk of redundancy) is identified.