Female Driver Support Worker | Ashington

  • Category: Driver Jobs
  • Location: Ashington, England
  • Job Type: Full Time / Part Time
  • Salary: Estimated: $ 21K to 24K
  • Published on: 2025/09/21

Job description
• Are you looking for a meaningful career? Would you like the opportunity to become a dedicated Support Worker, helping individuals with learning disabilities live the best life possible?*

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We are looking for *Female* *Driver* *Support Workers *to join our growing team in *Ashington, Northumberland.* Experience is not essential as we will provide you with support and training to become a confident *Support Worker*. Hft is a charity that supports adults with learning disabilities. We believe in a world where anyone with a learning disability can live within their community with all the choice and support they need to live the best life possible. We are looking for people who are naturally caring and compassionate and align with our values.
• We offer*
• *Annual Leave*: 33 days (including 8 days statutory bank holidays)
• *Wage incentives:* 20% bank holidays’ allowance with an increased rate of 50% for Christmas Day, Boxing Day and New Year’s Day. 10% Overtime allowance for hours worked over 37.5 per week.
• *Apprenticeships*: Earn whilst gaining a fully funded Level 2 Diploma in Health & Social Care
• *Training:* Access to award winning training and development
• *Wagestream:* Allows you to flexibly access your pay throughout the month and utilise a range of financial support, through its dedicated app
• *Aviva Digicare + workplace*: Access to wellbeing services including health checks, Digital GP and mental health support.
• *TELUS health:* A 24/service, completely confidential counselling and support platform and helpline that is free for all colleagues to use.
• *Discounted mobile ‘phone contracts.* As an Hft employee, you’ll be able to take advantage of Vodafone’s Employee Advantage programme, giving you up to 30% off.
• *Care Friends:* Employee referral app – earn money for referring your friends to work for Hft.
• *Free life assurance* – 3 x your annual salary
• *Family friendly policies* – part time, annualised and compressed hours. Generous return to work bonus following maternity leave
• What will you be doing?*
• Giving the highest possible standards of support to individuals with moderate to severe learning disabilities.
• Supporting them to discover new interests, reaching goals like travelling and holidays and working positively with their families and friends.
• Helping individuals to engage in different leisure, home or work-related activities, all according to their personal choice.
• As a *Support Worker (Care Assistant),* your responsibilities are varied and no two days are the same.
• As well as providing physical and emotional support you may be needed to help with household tasks and personal care as well as supporting individuals with healthcare needs, e.g. taking medication.
• Everything you do will enable people to have choices about their own lives, providing flexible services that meet people’s needs, and always looking for the best way of doing things.

This is your opportunity to make a real difference to people's lives. A *full UK driving licence is desirable* for this role as public transport is very restricted. *Full and part time opportunities available. *You will need to have flexibility to work shifts, including sleep ins, weekends and bank holidays.
• *Supported living service - *supporting individuals with learning disabilities.
• *Location - *Ashington, Northumberland
• *Salary information* – £12.00 per hour
• *Working hours *– early, late and weekend shifts (07:00-14:30, 14:30 – 22:00, 22:00-07:00)
• Up to 50% bank holiday allowance\*\*
• Sleep ins at the service are £60 per shift + 12.07% (holiday pay)
• Find your place with us and change lives.*

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Pay: £12.00 per hour

Benefits
• Bereavement leave
• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Health & wellbeing programme
• Referral programme
• Sick pay

Shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Night shift

Work Days
• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday

Ability To Commute/relocate
• Ashington: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification
• Driving Licence (required)

Work Authorisation
• United Kingdom (required)

Work Location: In person


Company Name: Hft

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