Position: Support Worker
Location: Worting Road, Basingstoke
Hours: 37.5 contracted hours per week (Mon-Sun, including weekends, days, evenings, holidays and sleep inns)
Salary: £26,058.65 per annum (£13.33 p/h)
Job reference: 5081
About the Role
Advance is looking for Support Workers in Worting Road, Basingstoke to support customers with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs and mental health conditions so they can live the lives they choose. This role involves a variety of tasks including personal care, medication administration, meal preparation, medical appointments, social activities, independent skill development, domestic duties, record keeping and ongoing training. A full UK driving licence is required and you will need to be able to work weekends and shifts up to 10:30pm, including overnight sleep-ins.
Day to Day Activities
- Assisting with personal care and hygiene (if required)
- Medication administration (if required)
- Support with preparing and cooking meals
- Support with attending medical appointments
- Support with social activities
- Support with independent skills
- Support with domestic duties such as cleaning and laundry
- Keeping accurate records and updating care plans as required
- Keeping up to date with your training
About the Candidate
You don’t need to have previous experience working in care or support to be successful in this role. What matters are your values, passion and determination to make a difference in the lives of people with autism or learning disabilities.
Qualifications and Skills
- Must have a clean UK driving licence to use a customer vehicle
- Good at working on your own and within a team
- Excellent communication skills
- Able to complete quality support records
- Able to work weekends
- Able to work shifts between 7am and 10:30pm, including overnight sleep-ins
- Ability to follow a Support Plan and Risk Assessments and maintain customer records
- Literacy and numeracy in English
- Willingness and ability to achieve the Care Certificate
Contact Information
For more information about the role please contact Donnagh Drew on 07710713172 or Email: donnagh.drew@advanceuk.org, between Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm.
Please note, no walk‑in applications. Only applications made online will be considered.
About the Organisation
Advance is a national, not‑for‑profit provider of housing and support services for people with disabilities and mental health conditions. Our vision is to transform lives by providing high‑quality housing and support services so that people can live the lives they choose, achieve their personal goals, feel valued and have their voices heard.
We recognise that our people are our greatest asset and are passionate about making Advance a great place to work. We invest in our staff, providing training and support to succeed in your role, gain industry‑recognised qualifications and realise your career aspirations.
We are an equal opportunities employer who values its staff and the difference they make to their customers. There is no place for racism or discrimination of any kind. We are firmly committed to recruiting the best colleagues regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation and to supporting customers from similarly diverse backgrounds.
Benefits
We value our staff and the difference they make to the lives of our customers, which is why we offer the following benefits:
- Flexible hours to fit around you and the needs of our customers
- Paid mileage and travel time between appointments
- Paid holiday (from 25 days up to 30 days with long service, in addition to bank holidays, pro rata for part‑time hours)
- Sector specific training is provided as part of induction plus opportunities for professional development
- Access to Perks at Work where you can obtain great discounts of cinema tickets, shopping vouchers and much more
- Long service awards payable in 5‑year increments
- Golden Hello / Refer a friend receive up to £500
- Cycle to work scheme
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Free DBS (Disclosures and Barring Service)
- Excellent opportunities to progress your career within Advance
- Enrolment in a pension scheme with matched contributions above the statutory minimum (if you work enough hours to meet the threshold for enrolment)
Advance is regulated by the Regulator of Social Housing and the Care Quality Commission. You will be required to provide evidence of right to work. An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Advance.
Safeguarding
At Advance, Safeguarding is embedded in our organisational culture — it’s reflected in our values, our behaviours, and the way we work together. We believe that creating a safe environment is not just about compliance, but about cultivating trust, openness, and accountability at every level.
As the organisation’s Safeguarding Lead, Ryan Brummitt, Executive Director of Support, oversees our safeguarding arrangements and ensures that concerns are acted upon quickly, sensitively and in line with national legislation and local safeguarding procedures.
We believe that safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility. Whether you are a customer, family member, colleague or partner organisation, if you have any concerns about the welfare or safety of someone we support — or of any member of our team — please don’t hesitate to get in touch.
Email: Ryan.Brummitt@Advanceuk.org
Together, we can ensure that Advance remains a safe, supportive and inclusive organisation for all.
We value diversity and therefore welcome applications from everyone interested in working at Advance. We are a Disability Confident Leader.
Advance Housing & Support Ltd reserves the right to close this job once sufficient applications have been received.
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