Support Worker at Thera East

Job Title: Support Worker
Agency: Thera East
Location: Lowestoft, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Salary/Rate: £13.30/hour

The Support Worker Role

As a valued Support Worker with Thera East, you will be part of an inclusive team supporting adults with a learning disability. You will help create innovative ways to support individuals in achieving their own personal goals, aims, and ambitions. The support you provide will change with everyone you work with because everyone is different.

Supporting people in their daily lives is varied and could include helping someone develop new skills, providing personal and emotional support, helping people plan and manage their own home, supporting with leisure, employment, individual interests and travel. This can be a fun and rewarding, but also at times challenging and demanding role.

You may be supporting people in their own home or out and about in their community.

Who are we looking for?

• No previous experience or qualifications required. Free, Skills for Care‑endorsed full training will be provided.
• Compassionate, caring, confident, and resilient.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Self‑starter with a high level of motivation.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; confident, articulate, and professional.
• Keenness to learn in a fast‑paced environment and creatively solve problems.
• Desire to embrace our values and vision and to have fun.
• Drivers preferred and sleep‑ins required.
• Permanently hired with relief hours available.

What are the Benefits?

• Annualised hours, guaranteed monthly salary for full and part‑time roles, regardless of shift patterns, plus overtime opportunities.
• Flexible working hours for work‑life balance.
• Immediate interview and quick start date (subject to pre‑employment checks).
• 28 days Annual Leave including bank holidays (pro Rata).
• Employee support line to support you and your family.
• Free nationally accredited training, and the opportunity to earn a qualification and progress your career.
• Contributory Pension Scheme.
• Free Enhanced DBS check.
• Refer a friend and earn up to £300.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Access to thousands of retail discounts, including a discounted Health Cash Plan.
• An Employee Council that represents the views of staff about matters relating to work.

About The Company

Our vision is to promote that people with a learning disability can be leaders in society.

Using a person‑centred approach, you will empower people with a learning disability to live the lives they choose.

Equal Opportunities

We are an equal opportunities employer.

This role is exempt from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974. For this act, you must declare any convictions or cautions that you have received, including those that would otherwise be spent. This role is subject to an Enhanced check should you be offered the position.

Call to Action

If you have a passion for making a difference to people’s lives, consider a career with Thera Group. For further information or to learn more about being a support worker in Thera, contact our friendly talent team.

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