Community Support Worker

Every day with us is different, but our mission remains the same : To champion the rights, needs and ambitions of the people we support - they are at the heart of everything we do. We stand by them, and we work together for change.

We have a rewarding opportunity to join our team of Positive Behaviour Support Workers (PBS) working in new and expanding service supporting children, young people with autism and learning disabilities. This role would be supporting families across City of Manchester local authority area.

Working therapeutically within a person‑centred PBS model the role will focus on enabling young people to access education, community activities and enabling families to have a better quality of life.

The Together Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people that we support and expects all our staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Location

Wythenshawe, South Manchester with a caseload working across the City of Manchester local authority area.

Hours

37.5 hours per week

Salary

£24,700 (£12.67ph)

£100.80 for sleep in shifts (on average 2 per month from spring 2026)

25% uplift on the hourly rate for weekend shifts (£15.83ph) there will be an expectation to work 1 in 2 weekends.

The role includes :

• Travelling throughout the Manchester local authority area, you will visit a variety of settings that meets the young person’s needs.
• Provide a caring, safe, secure and accepting environment that meets the physical, health, social needs and rights of the young people.
• Assist with the assessments of need and formulation of plans which includes working in partnership with other agencies.
• Maximise educational opportunities and achievements for the young people looked after within the unit by assisting in identifying, establishing, and supporting educational provision and contributing to educational reviews.
• Undertake individual work that is designed to meet the young person’s needs as identified within the care plan, enabling them to reach full potential.
• Under close supervision take responsibility for key working a case load of families.

What can you bring to the service

We are looking for Positive Behaviour Support workers with strong values and an enthusiastic approach, to support young people and their families.

Benefits include :

Is this you? Are you ready to make a positive change?

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We currently do not provide sponsorship, but we welcome applications from those who have the right to work in the UK.

This service is regulated by Ofsted therefore all employees must be over the age of 22 years at the time of joining the service.

Safeguarding checks will be undertaken for the successful candidate in line with our safer recruitment policy, including an Enhanced DBS check (at no cost to yourself).

This role will involve regulated activity.

We may remove this advert should we find the successful candidate prior to the closing date therefore early applications are encouraged.

In order for the Trust to comply with the apprenticeship funding rules, it is a requirement of the role that the successful applicant must be able to evidence that (1) they have the right to work in the UK without additional approval for more than 20 hours each week throughout the year and (2) they have an eligible residency status for the purposes of the apprenticeship funding rules. In most cases this will mean that the individual needs to show that they have been "ordinarily resident" in particular countries (including the UK) at least 3 years before the start of the apprenticeship.

Applications are very welcome from all regardless of age, disability, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, religion or belief, race, sex, sexual orientation, trans status or socio-economic background. We are committed to making reasonable adjustments for disabled people. We positively encourage applications from those with lived experience.

If there is any part of your lived experience you want to keep confidential in some way, please talk to the Recruitment or HR shared service teams and we will do what we can to support you.

Salary / Benefits : £24,700 (£12.67ph), 25% uplift on hourly rate for weekends.

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