Location: Valley Road, Sherwood

Contract Type: 12 hours per week (based on 6 week rota)

Hours of work: Shift patterns 07:30:10:30 and 14:30-21:30 21:30-7:30 (wake night) plus other 1:1 time slots where needed.

Salary: £14.63 per hour

Closing Date: Midnight Sunday 6th September 2026 (interviews week comencing 14th September)

Nottingham Mencap is looking for a compassionate, motivated and experienced Senior Support Worker to join our Supported Living team.

This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in supporting adults with learning disabilities to live as independently as possible, make choices about their lives and be active members of their local community.

Our Supported Living service provides support to residents with their everyday lives, including developing independent living skills, preparing food, attending to personal care, accessing the community and maintaining important relationships.

As a Senior Support Worker, you will work closely with the Supported Living Coordinator to help ensure the service runs safely, effectively and to a high standard. You will also provide support and guidance to Support Workers and help create a positive, welcoming and happy home for the people we support.

Our support is 24/7. The working pattern is on a rolling rota and includes a variety of shifts – early, lates, waking nights, weekends, bank holidays and flexible shift patterns.

We are unable to accept applications from candidates who have restricted hours, and we are unable offer sponsorships.

What we offer:

• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (33 days)

• Occupational sick pay

• Extensive induction and accredited online training

• Free DBS Check

• Employer pension scheme

• Friendly and supportive work environment

• Access to the Blue Light Card scheme

Please note

We reserve the right to close the advert once sufficient applications have been received, therefore, we advise you to submit your application as soon as possible.

If you are shortlisted, we will contact you to arrange an interview if you do not hear from us within 10 days of the closing date, unfortunately your application has not been successful. We cannot provide feedback unless you are invited to interview.

Please complete the Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form and submit it alongside their application. The information provided is used solely for monitoring purposes, is kept confidential, and is separated from your application before any shortlisting decisions are made. Completing the form will not affect your application in any way.