Experienced Support Worker (Female*) Required in Purley

Part Time & Bank Hours Available

We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic family support workers to join an established care team on a part time or casual worker basis, to help care for our 14-year-old daughter, who has cerebral palsy, complex needs and is wheelchair dependent. You will be joining an excellent team of family support workers, led by a team coordinator, providing care and support to our daughter at home in respect of all of her personal care, nutritional, medical and leisure needs, on a 24-hour basis. 

You need:

• A full UK driving licence and a willingness to drive our daughter’s wheelchair adapted vehicle

• Experience of working with children with physical and learning disabilities

• An ability to deliver high standards of support to maximise our daughter’s participation and enjoyment of life

• To follow care plans and risk assessments and work sensitively in partnership with us as parents

• A caring, respectful, professional approach with a willingness to uphold our daughter’s dignity and share her sense of fun

Working Hours

The positions available are for part time hours covering the following shifts, as well as casual worker agreements working as required:

• Every Monday night - 9:30pm to 9:30am

• Every Wednesday night - 9:30pm to 9:30am

• One Sunday per month - 9:30am to 9:30pm

Please note, there will also be regular opportunities for additional hours, particularly during school holidays.

Rates of pay

• Weekday shifts @ £15.75 per hour 

• Weekend shifts @ £17.85 per hour 

• Public Holidays @ £25.20 per hour

Two excellent references and an enhanced DBS check will be pursued

If you have not been contacted by 16 May 2026 please assume you have not been shortlisted.  

Regarding a female* support worker to work with the client, "Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010”