Female Support Worker for Deaf Client
Location: Handforth
Hours: 37 hours per week (part-time will be considered) Flexible working hours to include evenings, weekend and public holidays according to the needs of the service.
Salary: £13.45 – £15.85 per hour
Contract: Permanent
About the Role
SEA Support Services is looking for a kind, energetic, and compassionate female personal carer to support a hearing-impaired young girl with severe learning disabilities who doesn’t speak. This role requires someone who can create a warm, safe, and joyful environment where she can thrive. You’ll be part of a small, experienced support team providing 1:1 support to help her live her life to the fullest.
Your Role
Your role will focus on providing consistent care, communication support, and meaningful engagement. As her personal carer, your responsibilities will include:
- Daily routines and personal care (female carer required for personal care tasks)
- Communication and engagement throughout the day
- Activities, outings, and supporting her work skills placements
- Creating a safe, encouraging, and structured environment
- Maintaining her safety and well-being at all times
- Providing emotional reassurance and a calm, positive presence
- Supporting her to understand, express herself, and connect with others
- Helping her learn new skills within everyday routines
- Creating opportunities for her to learn, achieve, and grow at her own pace
- Encouraging interaction, emotional regulation, and independence
- Working collaboratively with family members, other professionals, and your team to ensure consistent, high-quality support
About the Person You’ll Be Supporting
She is a vibrant young girl who flourishes in the company of people who are:
- Loving and patient
- Bubbly and enthusiastic
- Attentive, creative, and responsive to her communication style
- Able to make her feel secure, included, and valued
- Able to bring humour, positivity, and fun into her daily routine
She communicates using Total Communication approach (signing coupled with speech, gestures, objects of reference, facial expressions, simple symbols, modelling and other supportive methods), so an open mind, creativity, and willingness to learn are essential.
The Ideal Candidate Will Have:
We would love to hear from you if you:
- Have experience as a Support Worker for children or young adults with severe learning disabilities/complex needs.
- Have the ability to demonstrate empathy, patience, and a strong commitment to person-centred support.
- Can learn and confidently use a Total Communication approach
- Are warm, cheerful, and naturally nurturing
- Have a genuine passion for supporting children or young people with complex needs
- Are energetic, compassionate, and reliable
- Enjoy playful, active and engaging work
- Can remain calm, consistent and positive in all situations
- Can bring warmth, structure, and positivity into her daily routine
- NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care (training can be provided if not yet achieved).
Experience with learning disabilities, deafness, or non‑verbal communication is helpful— but the right personality and attitude are far more important, and full guidance can be provided.
Why Join Us
We value our team and believe that supporting you helps you to support others. As part of our organisation, you’ll enjoy:
- Flexible working to promote work/life balance
- Access to Support
- Fully accessible to deaf people
- Family-friendly organisation
- Free enhanced DBS checks and clearances
- Ongoing career development to support you in achieving your ambitions
- Refer a Friend incentive scheme (£75 per referral)
- 28 days holiday
- Additional annual leave entitlement for long service (over 5 years)
- Free structured and supported induction to get you off to a flying start
- Personal online Learning and Development portal
- British Sign Language training and certification
- Opportunities to gain sector-specific qualifications and join our Leadership and Management Programme
- Discounts platform for permanent staff, including gift cards, discount codes, and other benefits
- Pension scheme – we contribute to your retirement fund
- Recognition and Reward Schemes, including Long Service, Employee of the Month, and Outstanding Achievement Awards
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount schemes
If you’re someone who sees the person beyond the disability and you’re ready to build a trusting, meaningful relationship with a remarkable young man, we’d love to hear from you.
For more information and to download the application form visit our website www.searecruitment.co.uk or email [email protected]
All applicants will need to undergo an Enhanced DBS check and supply two references.
S.E.A. is an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to providing services which improve access for the client group. We are a unique organisation which is able to provide staff with sign language skills to individuals, businesses and organisations, enabling the provision of high quality, equitable and accessible services
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £13.45-£15.85 per hour
Benefits:
Application question(s):
- How would you support a client in a way that helps them make their own choices, especially if they are deaf or use BSL?
- A client does not want to eat and looks unsteady. What would you do to help them safely?
- . A deaf client signs they are upset, but you do not understand. How would you respond?
- During a sleep-in shift, the fire alarm goes off. What should you do?
- How would you help a client be more independent, but also keep them safe and respected?
Work Location: In person
