Salary: £30,024 - £32,597
Location: The Council House
Hours: 37 hours a week, including occasional planned evening & weekend work
Closing Date: 18 June 2026
Contract Type: Permanent
The Deaf Independence, Derby (DID) team is part of the Derby City Council’s Deaf Service.
If you
- have experience of working in the community with Deaf people who have learning disabilities, neurodiversity or mental health needs
- can adapt your fluent British Sign Language (BSL) to communicate with people who have more limited language
- and are committed to supporting Deaf people to maximise their independence
this Enablement Support Worker role may be the right one for you.
This is a rare opportunity to join our team of both deaf and hearing colleagues, who are based in open plan offices in the Council House, although this role is mainly supporting customer in their homes and in the community. Being independently mobile is therefore essential. The role will require occasional planned evening and Saturday working.
The Opportunity
In the role of Enablement Support worker with here’s an example of what you’ll be doing to make an impact:
You will work with deaf people to achieve their goals. This could be
- short term involvement to develop skills such as building their confidence with budgeting or to travel independently
- long-term involvement enabling a deaf adult with a learning disability to gradually develop safe cooking skills, manage their money and maintain contact with their family.
- working alongside mental health colleagues to support someone’s mental wellbeing and help them manage their medication.
You will be working independently but have regular opportunities to meet with your team, and develop your skills through training opportunities, peer support, regular supervision and team meetings.
About You
To be successful in this role, you’ll ideally have...
- Excellent British Sign Language skills and the ability to adapt your communication when working with people whose language and communication is less well developed
- Experience of working with deaf and/ or deafblind people with a range of support needs
- Ability to work with individuals and groups to maximise independence, well-being and access to the community
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team, remaining motivated and person centred
- Ability to cope with demanding and stressful situations and behaviour that challenges
- Commitment to providing a professional, high quality, confidential service
- Ability to follow support plans, rotas and instructions
- Ability to clearly and accurately record your work in the person’s home and on electronic records
- Ability to work flexibly, adapting to the needs of the people supported by the team
Who We Are
Here at Derby City Council, we’re dedicated to delivering nearly 250 first-class services to citizens and businesses in the heart of the Midlands. People are at the centre of all that we do, and we have an outstanding track record of recruiting and developing talented individuals by providing them with varied and fulfilling career opportunities.Find out more about what it’s like to work for us.
What We Offer
You too could be part of something brilliant by becoming a colleague at Derby City Council; in addition to making a difference to the lives of people across the city, you’ll also receive:
- Flexible work/life balance scheme
- Modern office environment
- Continued professional development opportunities & career conversations
- 27 days annual leave (rising to 32 days after 5 years' service), plus bank holidays
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- Team Derby Rewards – retail and leisure discounts
- Tusker Car Benefit Scheme
- Cycle2Work Scheme & free cycle training
- Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Calendar and Support
- Access to our Equality Employee Networks – LGBTQ+, Disabled Employee Network & Carers and our Black, Asian & Minority Ethnic Employee Support Network and Neurodiversity Network
- Support for colleagues who are carers
Next Steps
If you would like to apply for this vacancy via an application form, please submit an application via the Derby City Council website.
The closing date for this vacancy is at midnight on Wednesday 17 June 2026. Any applications received after the closing date will not be accepted.
Interviews will be held: on Thursday 25 June at the Council House, Derby. A British Sign Language interpreter will be available for the formal interview
If you would prefer to apply for this job using your CV, then please download the attached Declaration Form and send this and the CV to [email protected]. Without a completed declaration form, your application will not be accepted. We also encourage you to download the Equalities Form and return this to [email protected], however this is optional and will not affect your application.
Important Information
Links to the full Job Description and Person Specification are below.
As part of our safer recruitment checks the successful candidate will be subject to an enhanced DBS check.
All employees will normally be appointed to the minimum of the grade for the job.
Before you complete your application, please read our guidance on filling in your application form.
Remember to align your personal statement to the essential criteria in the Person Specification.
Please be aware that where there are colleagues within the organisation who are 'at risk' of redundancy, requirements to redeploy to another suitable role will apply and take priority.
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds. We recruit for diversity and value difference. As many of our roles can now be home-based, we are able to offer more opportunities for people who need this facility.
We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you are a disabled person, you have the choice to apply under our Guaranteed Interview Scheme so long as you demonstrate that you meet the essential requirements for the job.
We feel it is essential that we recruit a talented workforce that is as diverse as the community we work for.
Please let us know of any individual requirements or reasonable adjustments you may have during the application, interview, or onboarding process and we’ll do all we can to help. We strongly believe in social understanding of disability and for us it’s all about removing barriers to equality.
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy or are having difficulty applying, please contact our Recruitment Team on 01332 640844 (Relay UK - 18001 01332 640 844) or at [email protected]. https://www.derby.gov.uk/signing-service/
