Casual Support Worker in Wantage

Location: Wantage, Witney and Banbury in Oxfordshire

Reference: 4848

About The Role

Advance is looking for Casual Support Workers in and around Wantage, Witney and Banbury to support customers with learning disabilities, autism, complex needs, and mental health conditions to live the lives they choose. We offer great benefits, flexible working, and all the training and support you need to kick start a rewarding career in Social Care. You must have a full UK/International driving licence, must have access to a vehicle, mileage will be paid for at 0.45p per mile.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Ensuring the premises are secure and safe during the night
• Supporting with meal times and food preparation (if required)
• Supporting with regular checks on the customer to ensure their safety

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, your passion, and determination to make a difference in the lives of people with autism or learning disabilities. If you think a Casual Support Worker role sounds right for you, you will need to be:

• Good at working on your own and within a team
• Excellent at communicating with people
• Able to complete quality support records
• Able to work every other weekend
• Ability to follow a Support Plan and Risk Assessments and maintain customer records
• Need to be literate and numerate in English
• willingness and ability to achieve the Care Certificate

Benefits

• Flexible hours to fit around you and the needs of our customers
• Paid mileage and travel time between appointments
• 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 on cinema tickets, shopping vouchers, and much more
• Long service awards payable in 5 year increments
• Golden Hello/refer a friend receive up to £500
• 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)

Safeguarding

Safeguarding is embedded in our organisational culture. 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.

E-Equal Opportunity

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 in Advance. As an organisation, we will not tolerate it. 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.

For more information about the role please contact Susan Lines on email: susan.lines@advanceuk.org between Monday – Friday 9am – 5pm.