Department:
Personal Support
Position:
Paid
Town/City:
Omagh
Salary Details:
£12.60 per hour.
Advertising End Date:
06 Aug 2025
Vacancy Type:
Permanent
Hours Per Week:
37.5

Job Advert

🌟 Join Our Team as a Support Worker – Make a Real Difference in Omagh! 🌟

πŸ“ Location: Omagh
πŸ•’ Contract Types: Fulltime and Part-time (various hours and shifts available)
πŸ’· Sponsorship: Unfortunately, this role does not meet the salary threshold for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship.


Are you a compassionate, patient, and dedicated individual with a passion for helping others? Mencap is looking for enthusiastic Support Workers to join our amazing team in Omagh, where your role will have a lasting impact on the lives of people with learning disabilities.

🌈 What You’ll Do:

  • Support people with learning disabilities in their daily lives and routines

  • Assist with personal care and medication, including showering/toileting and dressing

  • Help with finances and everyday tasks like shopping and bill payments

  • Encourage independence and social inclusion by supporting community activities and groups

  • Use Positive Behaviour Support strategies to enhance quality of life

  • Build trusting, meaningful relationships based on empathy and respect


πŸ’‘ What We’re Looking For:

  • A genuine passion for supporting others

  • Excellent communication skills

  • Flexibility to work a range of shifts including eveningsweekends, and overnight

  • A positive, patient, and empathetic attitude

  • Willingness to register with NISCC and undergo an enhanced Access NI check


πŸ“… Contract & Shift Details:

 Fulltime and Part-time Contracts Available 

Shifts:

  • Day Shifts: 12 hour shifts starting between 9:00am - 11:00am 

  • Night Shifts: 9:00pm – 9:00am
    (Rota prepared 4+ weeks in advance to support your work/life balance)

  Job ID: 34163

 

Benefits

 
  • 24 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata for part-time) + a variety of benefits including pension. 

  • Ongoing training and development opportunities to enhance your skills. 

  • A supportive and inclusive work environment where your contributions are valued. 

About Mencap

 

Our vision is for the UK to be the best place in the world for people with a learning disability to live happy and healthy lives. 

  

We're here to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carer’s. We fight for a kinder, fairer and more inclusive society for people with a learning disability to live in. 

 

At Mencap, everyone works with people with a learning disability either providing support or advice, or alongside one another as colleagues. 

  

Belonging at Mencap is for everyone, every day, everywhere. 

  • Everyone is expected to treat people well and make Mencap an inclusive organisation. 

  • Every day we grow and learn. It’s okay to make mistakes but we learn from them and make changes 

  • Everywhere people will feel respected, valued, and safe to be themselves. 

 

We have Belonging network groups that meet online and are open to all colleagues. The groups include people who identify as Black and Asian, LGBTQIA+, disabled or with a long- term health condition, women, parents and carers, and their allies. 

  

We want to encourage everyone to apply to work at Mencap and we offer a variety of different contract types and working patterns. We’re not looking for specific experience. It is your personality and values that will make you a great colleague. We will train and develop you to succeed in the role you’re applying for. 

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