Making Space Charity
Support Worker - Supported Living
How your CV stacks up
Upload your CV to see how well it fits this job role
?%
Support Worker – Supported Living The Academy, Warrington (WA1 2RU) Contracts: 20hr & 30hr (flexible shifts, including early, late, and weekends)
Apply Online (It’s quick—just one minute!)
About the Role <!-- omitted about the service description as it’s a long subject line and would better sit directly in job post -->
MKM is looking for Support Workers—people who understand the power of small moments to transform lives. This isn’t just another routine job. You’ll be part of a purpose-driven team where everyday decisions make a real difference.
We don’t require formal qualifications for this role but do value candidates who share our core values and can build genuine relationships. If you can bring a smile to someone’s day and stay grounded with patience and humour, we’d love to hear from you.
What You’ll Do
As a Support Worker, your role is at the heart of making independent living achievable. No two days will be the same, but here’s what your typical day might include:
- Providing person-centred support to help residents live independently in their own homes
- Supporting with medication management, domestic tasks (cleaning, laundry, meals), and budgeting
- Helping to plan and access community activities, ensuring residents can engage with local opportunities
- Being flexible and troubleshooting on your feet—this isn’t a recorded script, so your initiative matters!
- Promoting a happy, inclusive environment where each resident feels valued
Tasks & Responsibilities
- Assisting residents with daily living skills to build confidence and autonomy
- Ensuring medicines and appointments are correctly managed for all service users
- Sustaining a healthy, safe living environment by conducting household checks
- Collaborating with colleagues and commissioners to tailor support to individual needs
- Alleviating isolation through engaging in community activities, social outings, and accessible fun
- Maintaining accurate records of daily activities to track resident wellbeing
Reasons to use Rodeo
Start with a chat, not a search bar
Grad scheme, placement, apprenticeship? Not sure what you want yet — that's fine. Your agent talks it through with you and turns "I have no idea" into a shortlist.
It searches the market for you
Every day your agent scans the market matching roles against what actually matters to you, not just keywords on a CV.
Only hits
No noise. No "maybe this fits." Just roles with a clear explanation of why they're right — and where to focus when applying.
Our Must-Have, Have-to-Live-By Values
We live by these five pillars. To thrive here, you’ll be able to embody these every day:
- Kind Hearts – Compassion and empathy in everything we do
- Tailor Making – Bespoke support designed around the needs of individual people
- Dreaming Big – Challenge norms to create revolutionary change
- Having Courage – To be pushing boundaries, experimenting, and learning continuously
- Being Ready – We rethink and adapt swiftly when needs evolve
What We’re Offering
Girls That Travel Companies We Love You—Not glycosylation lawz (but seriously:)
- Salary: £13.12/hour
- Holidays: Up to 28 days per year (including bank holidays—prorated for part-timers)
- Flex time payments: Buying and selling up to 2 weeks of holiday (within legal limits)
- Sick pay – With a minimum of 3 pay days when you’re unwell
- Financial benefits:
- Stream token scheme – Up to 30% of your wages as you earn
- Electric car scheme (conditions apply)
- Fetch discount cards – Lifestyle, health, and retail vouchers
- Continuous development: Professional upskilling opportunities from Level 2 to 6 qualifications, including Health & Social Care and Management
- Pension: 3% employer contribution – the very least we’ll meet
- Career growth: Over half our senior roles start internally (we’ll support you every step)
- Travel support:
- £0.55/mile travel expenses
- Car maintenance schemes
- Limited cycle-to-work support
- Employee engagement: Monthly and annual colleague awards and a hub designed to celebrate and refine workplace culture
Get help with your application
Your very own career expert that helps elevate your application to the next level.
Requirements
We’re scouring for lias-human beings who crav havisham not zoomies. Basically:
-
No strict qualifications needed—qualities are more important than degrees
-
The ability to connect honestly with people who haven’t socialised in years process-safe
-
Patience and humour in even the most frustrating situations
-
A dedication to promoting independence where there appears to be none
-
Should you take the job, a trial of vices che King query: You must unconditionally agree to:
- Passing enhanced DBS checks and providing satisfactory references
- Completing mandatory safeguarding training before starting
Just as a recap: Be a person who’s legally entitled to live and work in the UK, and you’re off and running!
Missed your tone yet? Apply now before someone else puts their hand up! Apply Online
“It took my CV and asked me questions relevant to understanding what kind of jobs to suggest for me. Suggestions were almost perfect. Jobs were exactly what I’ve been looking for.”
Jessica, London
Skills