Overview
Residential Day Support Worker – Poole, Dorset, United Kingdom
Empowering People, Changing Lives – Join Us at Langley
Langley is delighted to offer an exciting opportunity for a compassionate and motivated Residential Day Support Worker to join our friendly and dedicated team in Poole. This is a permanent, full‑time position working 37.5 hours per week, where you’ll play a meaningful role in supporting our clients and contributing to our mission. This will be 3 x 12.5 hour shifts and will include some weekend work.
The successful candidate will receive a competitive salary of £27,879, recognising the value and impact of your work.
Rewards Package
- Up to 30 days annual leave ( after 2 years service) plus Bank Holidays
- Pension scheme, matched up to 8%
- Funded Health Cash Plan including discounts portal
- Life Assurance up to 3 times your salary
- Flexible benefits package that can be tailored to meet your individual needs. Such as cycle to work scheme and holiday trading.
- Access to private holiday home getaway in Torquay
- Wellbeing Support – our Employee Assistance Programme including free counselling and legal advice and free online GP service available 24/7
- Menopause support
- Enhanced Maternity Pay
- Access to Blue Light Card discounts
About the Role
- Prepare and support clients through induction, prison assessments, and move-on planning to achieve positive outcomes.
- Deliver programmes and key work sessions that promote reintegration and personal development within the premises.
- Manage risk effectively by contributing to risk plans, monitoring compliance, and sharing updates at professional meetings.
- Maintain daily operations including client entry/exit, record-keeping, and adherence to data protection and confidentiality standards.
- Promote positive behaviour and compliance with rules and licence conditions, using pro-social modelling and fair enforcement.
- Safeguard wellbeing and safety through referrals, mandatory testing, medication procedures, emergency response, and liaison with agencies.
About You
- A compassionate, person-centred approach and a genuine commitment to empowering clients.
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to build professional, respectful relationships.
- Calm and resilient under pressure, able to de-escalate situations and respond appropriately to risk.
- A professional, non-judgemental attitude, always maintaining boundaries and confidentiality.
- Willingness to complete additional training as required by the needs of the service.
- Flexibility to work weekends, public holidays and unsociable hours as part of a rota.
If you want to join our team as our Residential Day Support Worker, please apply now as we would love to hear from you.
We reserve the right to close earlier if we receive sufficient applicants.
A satisfactory Enhanced DBS with adult barred list check is required for this role and job offers will be subject to the Trust receiving satisfactory evidence of the successful applicant’s right to work in the UK.
This role is eligible for consideration under the Employee Referral Scheme. For further information around the referring principals and scope, please consult the Employee Referral Scheme Guide.
IMPORTANT: Before applying for this role, please make sure you have the right to work in the country where the role is based. Unless it clearly stipulates within in the job advert above that the hiring company is looking to or able to sponsor applicants it is deemed that the hiring employer will only consider applications from those able to comply with and work in the country where the role is based.
