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Job reference: 005073
Salary: £24,440.63
Closing date: 19/01/2026
Location: Leicester

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Ready to lead with purpose and passion? Join us as a Senior Support Worker, and guide your team to success!

If so, you might be the perfect fit for our team! We provide comprehensive training to equip you with the skills you need for this rewarding role.

About Us: We support adults with learning disabilities across Leicester, celebrating each individual’s unique personality, interests, and passions. Our goal is to offer personalized support that aligns with their desires and needs.

As a Senior Support Worker, you’ll also mentor your team, provide proactive support, and be the go-to person for advice and encouragement. Your leadership, empathy, and ability to motivate will inspire your team to deliver their best every day. With your keen eye for detail and advocacy, you’ll ensure compliance while prioritising the health and happiness of everyone who draws on our support. You'll lead with heart, creating an environment where both your team and the people we support thrive. Whether it's rota management, finances, compliance, inspections, or the many other tasks that keep our houses running, you'll be on hand to make sure everything stays on track and everyone's voice is heard. You’ll also be supported by an experienced Frontline Manager, and have plenty of opportunities to grow your mentorship skills, empowering you to lead with even more confidence.

Here are a few examples of the incredible individuals you could be working with:

  • James* volunteers at his local food bank because helping others is important to him. Do you share his passion for giving back?

  • David* is crafting a video about what makes a great support worker. He’s writing, performing, and directing it all on his own. Could you be his creative buddy?

  • Lucy* is a talented horse rider who doesn't need riding lessons, but she could use a hand getting on her horse. Could you lend your support?

  • Graham* is making strides towards living more independently and is currently focused on improving his money management skills. Could you help guide him on this journey?

These examples highlight the diversity and fulfilment that come with being a support worker. We’d love to learn about the unique talents and skills you can bring to our team—cooking skills are always a plus!

If you’re ready to make a difference and help others thrive, we want to hear from you!

"Please note, we are currently unable to offer sponsorships as we await further guidance from the Home Office. Applications requiring sponsorship cannot be considered at this time. We appreciate your understanding."

*Names changed for privacy

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About you

Experience isn’t always necessary. If you have the right attitude, good customer service skills, share our values and are willing to learn, you’re likely to be a great fit. We are looking for people who celebrate differences, and we strive to make all our staff feel included, valued and respected.

As you have probably picked up our support workers are out and about a lot, so you will need to be a driver. We have cars available but your own vehicle would be a bonus. We will cover all you expenses.

About us

MacIntyre is a national charity which supports over 1,200 people with a learning disability and/or autism.

We were founded in 1966 by the visionary parent of a child with disabilities and have been growing steadily ever since. We celebrate and develop everyone’s unique gifts, talents and contributions.

Training and Development

At Macintyre we fully support your training and development. We know it can be daunting to start a new job, and not everyone learns the same way, so throughout your probation we will provide you with a mixture of eLearning, face-to-face training and mentoring support whilst on the job.

But it doesn't stop there - throughout your career with us you will have access to our own dedicated in house Learning and Development team, Quality Specialists and HR Teams. These teams, along with your Manager, will provide you with opportunities to learn and develop professionally as well as enabling and supporting you to achieve professional qualifications and career progression opportunities - all free of charge.

Pay and Rewards

We provide a range of benefits to reward and thank our staff which includes:

  • Six weeks' annual leave including statutory public holidays
  • Workplace Pension scheme – MacIntyre will contribute 3% of your salary to all eligible employees
  • MacIntyre Staff Savings Scheme
  • Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) to support your health and wellbeing
  • Health Cash Plan which provides money back on core health treatments such as: optical, dental, physiotherapy, chiropody (at reduced cost)
  • MacIntyre Sick Pay (qualifying period)
  • Life assurance scheme offering valuable benefits to your dependents
  • MacIntyre Rewards Scheme which recognises and rewards staff
  • MacIntyre Perks which offers up to 6% discount off leading retailers including Tesco, Curry/PC World, Costa and many more
  • Access to the Blue Light Card which offers thousands of amazing discounts online and on the high street for emergency and social care staff.
  • Enhanced DBS Certificate (cost paid by MacIntyre)


How to apply

If this job sounds like the right fit for you, click on the Apply button on the MacIntyre website, complete some brief details and upload your CV.

Alternatively if you would prefer to complete a manual application form, call usand we will send an application form to you.

Please note: we reserve the right to close this advert early if we have received a sufficient number of applications, so don't delay, apply today.


Safer Recruitment and Diversity statement

MacIntyre safeguards and promotes the welfare of the children, young people and adults we support. Therefore we work with successful candidates to complete appropriate checks prior to joining.

MacIntyre is committed to promoting equality, encouraging diversity and embracing inclusion among our workforce. We want our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and the people we support. As part of this commitment, our accessibility toolbar allows you a number of options: read adverts in another language (including Welsh for our Services located in Wales), change the font to Open Dyslexia, change the colours, and many others. Just click the button marked “Accessibility” at the top of the screen.

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