Support Workers Ely in Cambridge

Larkfield and Bedford House are vibrant and welcoming day services based in Ely, Cambridgeshire. We support adults with learning disabilities and older people to live full, meaningful lives – helping them to learn new skills, build confidence and develop and maintain their independence whilst having some fun along the way.

As a Support Worker, you’ll play a key part in creating a positive, inclusive environment where people feel valued, empowered, and supported, helping them to achieve their goals. Whether it’s leading and running creative activities, encouraging new skills, or supporting someone to engage with their community, you’ll help make every day purposeful and rewarding. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a passionate, supportive team where your enthusiasm, ideas, and compassion can make a difference.

The successful candidate will be subject to the outcome of an Enhanced Disclosure obtained through the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Our benefits:

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family.
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro‑rated) through our salary sacrifice scheme (subject to operational considerations).
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances.
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings.
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth.
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day.
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards.
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in‑store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes.

What will you be doing?

Every day will bring something new, but your role will centre around supporting and empowering people to live as independently and confidently as possible. You will:

• Build positive, trusting relationships and support people to achieve their personal goals and outcomes.
• Create and deliver engaging activities both within the centre and out in the community, promoting life skills, wellbeing and social inclusion.
• Encourage people’s independence by helping them to maintain and develop everyday skills and support them to make their own choices.
• Provide person‑centred support tailored to individual needs. This will include supporting people with their personal care and medication where required.
• Work as part of a collaborative team, contributing to support plans, risk assessments and reviews.
• Use IT systems to keep accurate records and ensure high‑quality care delivery.
• Promote dignity, respect and equality in everything you do, helping people feel safe, heard and valued.

About you:

You will be caring, enthusiastic and ready to make a real difference to people’s lives. You must be passionate about supporting others to thrive. You will have a commitment to supporting older people and people with disabilities to live independent, fulfilling lives. You will be a great communicator, with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive relationships. You will also be a team player who can use initiative and adapt to changing situations, and can be positive and motivated when working alone. You will have a Level 2 qualification in Health and Social Care (or equivalent) and a commitment to further training, and you will also be confident using IT systems for recording and communication. You will also be someone able to demonstrate a strong understanding of equality, diversity, inclusion and a person‑centred approach, be flexible, reliable and committed to delivering high‑quality support. Most importantly, you’ll bring empathy, positivity and a can‑do attitude, because the impact you make every day really matters.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

Cambridgeshire County Council is proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager to discuss any adjustment needs. Through a Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we will offer an interview to all applicants who disclose a disability and meet the essential criteria for a vacancy. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of applicants and monitor any trends, so that we can take meaningful action. We are proud to serve diverse communities and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse.