Support and Inspire: Join our team as a Relief Support Worker in Warrington Are you a dedicated Support Worker seeking flexible hours and a meaningful role? We re looking for people with a passion for support work to join our friendly team at our welcoming supported living service. Why Work With Us? Flexible Hours: Enjoy the flexibility of relief hours that fit around your schedule, encouraging you to work when it suits you. Professional Development: Receive comprehensive training and support towards professional qualifications and personal development, just like our permanent staff. Career Progression: While we offer flexible contracts, over 95% of our team members are on permanent contracts, and we will support you to apply for one if the time is right for you. Job Security: As a Relief Worker, you ll help cover shifts due to annual leave and staff absences, with your manager balancing service needs and your work-life balance. About the Role: You ll be supporting adults with learning disabilities and autism, helping them lead fulfilling lives, supporting across the hub, where no two days are the same. What Our Team Says: Joanne, who made the leap from a different industry, shares her journey: I joined MacIntyre three years ago with no prior experience in support work, and it s been a whirlwind ever since Every day, I get to dive into fun activities with the incredible people who draw on MacIntyre's support. From laughter-filled outings to creative projects, I find fulfilment in every moment. It s not just a job; it s a passion, and I can t imagine doing anything else If you re ready to make a positive impact in the lives of others, we d love to hear from you. IND1 About you Experience isn t always necessary to become a Support Worker 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. You must be a driver with a UK manual licence 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. COVID-19 Information We will take every precaution to keep you and everyone involved safe during the recruitment process and your employment with MacIntyre. We encourage all our employees to follow Government advice and get vaccinated against COVID and flu. If you are a frontline care worker, you are on the priority list for vaccination.