Current Vacancies

You will provide support to our service users, promoting individuality, identity, rights, choice, privacy, independence, dignity and respect through informed choice.

There is a requirement for flexible working including evenings, weekends and sleep-in shifts.

Responsibilities

• To respond to the particular needs of individual service users in relation to the nature of their learning disability or other support need (including physical or mental health).
• When required, support service users with personal care, domestic tasks and maintaining their home.
• To complete and maintain written records as required.
• To contribute, develop and implement residents individual care and person centred plans.
• To communicate effectively and professionally with service users, their family members and external professionals. 
• Work in line with Freeways policies, procedures and values.

About You

Are you passionate about enabling people to have a meaningful life, to have new experiences or develop new skills?

We welcome applications from people with experience as well as those considering their first role in social care and have the right personal values. Staff will be fully inducted and trained. 

Benefits

• 28 days (pro-rata) annual leave entitlement (including public holidays), increases up to 35 days (pro-rata) with length of service
• Excellent induction and training programme that exceeds industry standards
• Opportunity to complete the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
• Prospects for progression within the company - many of our support workers have gone on to become Team Leaders, Assistant Managers, Trainee Managers and Service Managers with us
• Company sick pay
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance cover of twice your annual salary (subject to rules of the scheme)
• Family friendly/work-life balance policies
• Free DBS check every 3 years
• Occupational health provision
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24 hour access to a counselling and legal helpline

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS and Adult Barred List check.

K has her own mobility car and enjoys going out and taking part in lots of varied activities. She also likes swimming, dancing, trampolining, cooking and beauty care. She loves going for long walks, kicking a football around and visiting the local shops.
You will apply the principles of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) to enable K to flourish in her own home, develop her independence, learn new skills, live a good quality of life and have fun! PBS involves changing situations and events that people experience to increase their quality of life, and in doing so, decrease the likelihood that challenging behaviours will occur.
You will be supported by and working with a friendly and pro-active team and full training is provided as well as ongoing support from our PBS lead practitioner. The service is located close to the Clifton Suspension Bridge on a local bus route and is in a beautiful location.
Responsibilities:

• To provide support to our tenant, promoting individuality, identity, rights, choice, privacy, independence, dignity and respect through informed choice.
• To respond to the particular needs of the tenant in relation to the nature of their personality disorder or other support needs (including mental or physical health).
• Contribute toward the development and implementation of PBS plans, strategies and risk management.
• Support the tenant to achieve positive outcomes and to enable them to participate within their local community.
• Work within policies and procedures to administer medication as required
• When required, support the tenant with domestic tasks and maintaining their tenancy.

To complete and maintain written records.
About you:

• Are you passionate about enabling people to have a meaningful life, to have new experiences or develop new skills?
• Are you resilient to work with people who communicate through their behaviours and put the complex needs of the person first?

We support some of the most vulnerable and marginalised adults in our society, no day is ever the same; we are looking for passionate, resilient and committed individuals who are willing to share in some rewarding and challenging experiences.
We welcome applications from people with experience as well as those considering their first role in social care and have the right personal values and approach. Staff will be fully inducted and trained in a range of positive support approaches and the specific needs of the tenant.

Bank Support Worker (North Somerset)

About the Role

As a Bank Support Worker you will be working with and supported by an experienced team and will be covering our Residential, Supported Living and Community Support Services across Weston-Super-Mare, Worle and Clevedon (all areas). You will be working various shifts covering holidays, sickness and additional cover shifts to ensure our services are fully staffed, therefore flexibility for weekends is key in this role.

Responsibilities

To respond to the particular needs of individual service users in relation to the nature of their learning disability or other support need (including physical or mental health).

When required, support service users with personal care, domestic tasks and maintaining their home.

To complete and maintain written records as required.

To contribute, develop and implement residents individual care and person centred plans.

To communicate effectively and professionally with service users, their family members and external professionals.

Work in line with Freeways policies, procedures and values.

About You

Are you passionate about enabling people to have a meaningful life, to have new experiences or develop new skills? Are you available to work flexible including  evenings and weekends?

A clean drivers licence and access to own transport would be beneficial but not essential.

We welcome applications from people with experience as well as those considering their first role in social care and have the right personal values. Staff will be fully inducted and trained.

Benefits

28 days (pro-rata) annual leave entitlement (including public holidays), increases up to 35 days (pro-rata) with length of service

Excellent induction and training programme that exceeds industry standards

Opportunity to complete the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

Prospects for progression within the company - many of our support workers have gone on to become Team Leaders, Assistant Managers, Trainee Managers and Service Managers with us

Company sick pay

Company pension scheme

Life assurance cover of twice your annual salary (subject to rules of the scheme)

Family friendly/work-life balance policies

Free DBS check every 3 years

Occupational health provision

Employee Assistance Programme – 24 hour access to a counselling and legal helpline

About Us

Freeways is a local charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We are a highly regarded provider of supported living services and residential care. We are passionate about helping people to become as independent as possible by supporting them to make choices, learn new skills and make links with their local community.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS and Adult Barred List check.

Unfortunately Freeways is unable to sponsor employment of international workers in this role. You will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.

Please note, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we’re unfortunately unable to respond to each one individually. If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that, on this occasion, your application has not been successful. We wish you the best in your job search and appreciate your support for the work we do.

Community Support Worker – Adults with Learning Disabilities

Part time & Full Time (22.5hrs - 37.5 hours per week), Permanent

Salary range : £12.60 to £12.85 per hour

Are you a compassionate, patient, and proactive individual looking to make a real difference in people's lives? We are seeking dedicated Community Support Workers to empower adults with learning disabilities to live fulfilling, independent lives within their community.

This is a rewarding role where no two days are the same, and your ability to travel will be essential in supporting individuals to access various opportunities and appointments.

About the Role:

As a Community Support Worker, you will provide tailored, person-centred support to adults with learning disabilities in their own homes and out in the community. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Promoting Independence: Supporting individuals with daily living skills such as cooking, cleaning, budgeting, shopping, and managing appointments.
• Community Inclusion: Facilitating access to and participation in social events, leisure activities, education, and employment opportunities within their local community. This might involve accompanying individuals to clubs, classes, volunteer placements, or social gatherings.
• Building Relationships: Fostering positive relationships with the individuals you support, their families, and other professionals involved in their care.
• Advocacy: Championing the rights and choices of the individuals you support, ensuring their voices are heard and respected.
• Health and Wellbeing: Supporting individuals to make positive choices about their health, including diet, exercise, and attending health appointments.
• Documentation: Maintaining accurate and factual records of support provided, progress, and any incidents.

About You:

We are looking for individuals who are:

• Caring and Patient: A genuine desire to support and empower others, with a calm and understanding approach.
• Excellent Communicators: Able to adapt your communication style to effectively engage with individuals with varying needs and abilities.
• Proactive and Resourceful: Able to think on your feet, problem-solve, and identify opportunities for the individuals you support.
• Organised: Capable of managing your own workload, keeping accurate records, and adhering to care plans.
• Resilient: Able to remain calm and effective in challenging situations.
• Committed: Dedicated to upholding the highest standards of care and safeguarding.

Essential Requirements:

• Ability to Travel: A full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle with appropriate business insurance is essential, as this role involves supporting individuals in various community locations and potentially across different sites.
• Right to Work in the UK.
• Satisfactory enhanced DBS check with Adults barred list check (or willingness to obtain one).
• Previous experience in social care or working with individuals with learning disabilities is desirable but not essential. Full training will be provided.

The benefits of working with Freeways:

28 days (pro-rata) annual leave entitlement (including public holidays), increases up to 35 days (pro-rata) with length of service

Excellent induction and training programme

Opportunity to complete the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

Prospects for progression within the company - many of our support workers have gone on to become Team Leaders, Assistant Managers, Trainee Managers and Service Managers with us

Company sick pay

Company pension scheme

Life assurance cover of twice your annual salary (subject to rules of the scheme)

Family friendly/work-life balance policies

Free DBS check every 3 years

Occupational health provision

Employee Assistance Programme – 24 hour access to a counselling and legal helpline

About us:

Freeways are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a local charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We are a highly regarded provider of residential services and are passionate about helping people to become as independent as possible by supporting them to make choices, learn new skills and make links with their local community.

Unfortunately Freeways is unable to sponsor employment of international workers in this role. You will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS and Adult Barred List check.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person

You will provide support to our service users, promoting individuality, identity, rights, choice, privacy, independence, dignity and respect through informed choice.

There is a requirement for flexible working including evenings, weekends and sleep-in shifts.

Responsibilities

• To respond to the particular needs of individual service users in relation to the nature of their learning disability or other support need (including physical or mental health).
• When required, support service users with personal care, domestic tasks and maintaining their home.
• To complete and maintain written records as required.
• To contribute, develop and implement residents individual care and person centred plans.
• To communicate effectively and professionally with service users, their family members and external professionals. 
• Work in line with Freeways policies, procedures and values.

About You

Are you passionate about enabling people to have a meaningful life, to have new experiences or develop new skills?

We welcome applications from people with experience as well as those considering their first role in social care and have the right personal values. Staff will be fully inducted and trained. 

Benefits

• 28 days (pro-rata) annual leave entitlement (including public holidays), increases up to 35 days (pro-rata) with length of service
• Excellent induction and training programme that exceeds industry standards
• Opportunity to complete the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
• Prospects for progression within the company - many of our support workers have gone on to become Team Leaders, Assistant Managers, Trainee Managers and Service Managers with us
• Company sick pay
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance cover of twice your annual salary (subject to rules of the scheme)
• Family friendly/work-life balance policies
• Free DBS check every 3 years
• Occupational health provision
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24 hour access to a counselling and legal helpline

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS and Adult Barred List check.

Positive Behaviour Support Workers will identify the needs of the gentleman we support, who communicates his needs through his behaviours by working in a person centred way and finding positive and healthy means of fulfilling those needs

Responsibilities:

• To provide support to our tenant, promoting individuality, identity, rights, choice, privacy, independence, dignity and respect through informed choice.
• To respond to the particular needs of the tenant in relation to the nature of their personality disorder or other support needs (including mental or physical health).
• Contribute toward the development and implementation of PBS plans, strategies and risk management.
• Support the tenant to achieve positive outcomes and to enable them to participate within their local community.
• Work within policies and procedures to administer medication as required
• When required, support the tenant with domestic tasks and maintaining their tenancy.
• To complete and maintain written records.

About you:

Are you passionate about enabling people to have a meaningful life, to have new experiences or develop new skills?

Are you resilient to work with people who communicate through their behaviours and put the complex needs of the person first?

We support some of the most vulnerable and marginalised adults in our society, no day is ever the same; we are looking for passionate, resilient and committed individuals who are willing to share in some rewarding and challenging experiences.

We welcome applications from people with experience as well as those considering their first role in social care and have the right personal values and approach. Staff will be fully inducted and trained in a range of positive support approaches and the specific needs of the tenant. 

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time

You will provide support to our service users, promoting individuality, identity, rights, choice, privacy, independence, dignity and respect through informed choice.

There is a requirement for flexible working including evenings, weekends and sleep-in shifts.

Responsibilities

• To respond to the particular needs of individual service users in relation to the nature of their learning disability or other support need (including physical or mental health).
• When required, support service users with personal care, domestic tasks and maintaining their home.
• To complete and maintain written records as required.
• To contribute, develop and implement residents individual care and person centred plans.
• To communicate effectively and professionally with service users, their family members and external professionals. 
• Work in line with Freeways policies, procedures and values.

About You

Are you passionate about enabling people to have a meaningful life, to have new experiences or develop new skills?

We welcome applications from people with experience as well as those considering their first role in social care and have the right personal values. Staff will be fully inducted and trained. 

Benefits

• 28 days (pro-rata) annual leave entitlement (including public holidays), increases up to 35 days (pro-rata) with length of service
• Excellent induction and training programme that exceeds industry standards
• Opportunity to complete the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care
• Prospects for progression within the company - many of our support workers have gone on to become Team Leaders, Assistant Managers, Trainee Managers and Service Managers with us
• Company sick pay
• Company pension scheme
• Life assurance cover of twice your annual salary (subject to rules of the scheme)
• Family friendly/work-life balance policies
• Free DBS check every 3 years
• Occupational health provision
• Employee Assistance Programme – 24 hour access to a counselling and legal helpline

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS and Adult Barred List check.

Part time & Full Time (22.5hrs - 37.5 hours per week), Permanent

Salary: up to £12.85 per hour

Have you ever wanted to ‘give something back’ to your community? Freeways are definitely the charity for you. We are currently looking to recruit support workers in our Worle service.

The service support adults with learning disabilities to enable them to live their best lives. The staff teams are flexible and supportive of each other as well as offering an excellent service to the people they support.

As one of our support workers you would be supporting the activities that everyone enjoys as well as caring for those with less mobility and understanding. The rota is flexible and does include evenings and weekends and we can work with you to take into consideration a healthy and happy work/life balance. An anti-social enhancement is provided to those who work evenings and weekends and an excellent rate for sleeping in.

All training is provided within your first six months of employment. After this there is the opportunity to work towards your Diploma 3 in Health and Social Care.

Things we would expect you to do during a day:

· Supporting people to access the local community

· Support to travel on public transport

· Attend health appointments with the people we support

· Domestic duties, such as light cleaning

· Personal care for individuals

· Supporting to maintain family relationships

· Activities within the house – such as arts and crafts, gardening

The benefits of working with Freeways:

28 days (pro-rata) annual leave entitlement (including public holidays), increases up to 35 days (pro-rata) with length of service

Excellent induction and training programme

Opportunity to complete the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

Prospects for progression within the company - many of our support workers have gone on to become Team Leaders, Assistant Managers, Trainee Managers and Service Managers with us

Company sick pay

Company pension scheme

Life assurance cover of twice your annual salary (subject to rules of the scheme)

Family friendly/work-life balance policies

Free DBS check every 3 years

Occupational health provision

Employee Assistance Programme – 24 hour access to a counselling and legal helpline

About us:

Freeways are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. We are a local charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We are a highly regarded provider of residential services and are passionate about helping people to become as independent as possible by supporting them to make choices, learn new skills and make links with their local community.

Unfortunately Freeways is unable to sponsor employment of international workers in this role. You will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS and Adult Barred List check.

Bank Support Worker (Bristol and surrounding areas)

About the Role

As a Bank Support Worker you will be working with and supported by an experienced team and will be covering our Residential, Supported Living and Community Support Services across Bristol, Keynsham and Yate areas (all areas). You will be working various shifts covering holidays, sickness and additional cover shifts to ensure our services are fully staffed, therefore flexibility for weekends is key in this role.

Responsibilities

To respond to the particular needs of individual service users in relation to the nature of their learning disability or other support need (including physical or mental health).

When required, support service users with personal care, domestic tasks and maintaining their home.

To complete and maintain written records as required.

To contribute, develop and implement residents individual care and person centred plans.

To communicate effectively and professionally with service users, their family members and external professionals.

Work in line with Freeways policies, procedures and values.

About You

Are you passionate about enabling people to have a meaningful life, to have new experiences or develop new skills? Are you available to work flexible including  evenings and weekends?

A clean drivers licence and access to own transport would be beneficial but not essential.

We welcome applications from people with experience as well as those considering their first role in social care and have the right personal values. Staff will be fully inducted and trained.

Benefits

28 days (pro-rata) annual leave entitlement (including public holidays), increases up to 35 days (pro-rata) with length of service

Excellent induction and training programme that exceeds industry standards

Opportunity to complete the Level 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care

Prospects for progression within the company - many of our support workers have gone on to become Team Leaders, Assistant Managers, Trainee Managers and Service Managers with us

Company sick pay

Company pension scheme

Life assurance cover of twice your annual salary (subject to rules of the scheme)

Family friendly/work-life balance policies

Free DBS check every 3 years

Occupational health provision

Employee Assistance Programme – 24 hour access to a counselling and legal helpline

About Us

Freeways is a local charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We are a highly regarded provider of supported living services and residential care. We are passionate about helping people to become as independent as possible by supporting them to make choices, learn new skills and make links with their local community.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all backgrounds. This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS and Adult Barred List check.

Unfortunately Freeways is unable to sponsor employment of international workers in this role. You will be required to provide evidence of your right to work in the UK.

Please note, due to the high volume of applications we receive, we’re unfortunately unable to respond to each one individually. If you haven’t heard from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that, on this occasion, your application has not been successful. We wish you the best in your job search and appreciate your support for the work we do.