Relief support worker

Relief Support Worker Are you looking for a rewarding job where you go home knowing that you have made a real impact on someone’s life? Sense has a great opportunity for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a Relief Support Worker based at our College in Peterborough. This is a casual position with flexible shifts, paying £13/hr. The working week operates Monday to Friday, with no weekend work.

About the role As a Support Worker you will support and enable people to live the life they choose. You will support individuals and encourage them to make choices, to express themselves and to develop independent living and life skills. Supporting people at college to learn new skills such as cooking, gardening, music or on trips to locations such as swimming pools, parks and shopping centres.

About you An awareness of multi-sensory and complex needs Able to demonstrate that you possess the right values and behaviours to enable you to make a difference to people’s lives A willingness to undertake personal care for our more vulnerable learners Flexibility, as working times do vary and may include weekends and evenings, we will however provide you with a rota in advance so you can plan your life accordingly

Benefits 24 days’ holiday + bank holiday entitlement; increasing with length of service Free DBS Check Free leadership and management development Free access to over 100 online and face-to-face training opportunities Ongoing development opportunities Flexible working and family-friendly policies Employee referral scheme Health and wellbeing support Pension Scheme Discount scheme Job Details Company: Sense Salary: from £13 an hour Hours: Part-time Location: PE7 8JB Working pattern: On-site Job type: Temporary Posting date: 21 Oct 2026 Closing date: 2 Nov 2026 Workplace

Requirements Sense is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable children and adults and expects all employees to share this commitment. Therefore, all offers of employment, where appropriate, are subject to an enhanced DBS check. About Sense Sense is here to break down barriers alongside disabled people with complex needs.

That's why we're committed to increasing the number of disabled people working across our organisation and creating an environment where everyone can thrive. We actively encourage disabled people to apply for our vacancies and believe that a diverse range of perspectives, experiences and talents makes us stronger. We know there's always more we can do to become a truly inclusive employer, and we're working together to achieve that.

Join us and help create the change thousands of disabled people with complex needs and families told us they want to see: a world without limits. If you need us to adjust our recruitment process to help you access our vacancies, then please get in touch with a member of the talent acquisition team. We are a Disability Confident Leader and commit to interviewing disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for a role.

More information on this can be found here Our commitment as an employer | Sense Careers Equality and Inclusion For this role we particularly welcome applications from candidates from underrepresented ethnic minority backgrounds and candidates with disabilities. Sense is committed to equality of opportunity, and to promoting and celebrating the diversity of staff, volunteers and the people we work with.

Everyone's contribution is valued and we ensure they're given the opportunity to realise their potential. We welcome applications from talented people from all sections of the community who share our values and belief that no one, no matter how complex their disabilities, should be isolated, left out, or unable to fulfil their potential. uk/about-us/equality-and-dmidiversity/ About Disability Confident Disability Confident is a government scheme.

It encourages employers to recruit and retain disabled people and those with long term health conditions. #J-18808-Ljbffr. 756000.