Poulsom Drive, Bootle
24.5 hours per week
£24,695 – £27,445 pro rata
Closing date: Monday 2 February 2026
Sefton’s leading care provider, New Directions, is now recruiting for a Support Worker in Poulsom Drive, Bootle. We currently employ around 350 staff across the business who pride themselves on delivering high quality social care and support to vulnerable groups within the Sefton area.
Our Supported Living Service comprises of 4 houses within the Sefton area, providing a home with support to adults who have varying support needs, enabling residents to live an independent life in their own home, usually as a tenant in the local community.
Poulsom Drive is a Supporting Living Service consisting of service users who live in the house as tenants. The service provision offers a personalised service to vulnerable adults, aged over 18 years who have learning disabilities and/or autism.
Our staff work closely with our residents to develop their knowledge and understanding of their rights as individuals, highlighting key community values of respect, choice, dignity, privacy and
stability.
Members of our Supported Living team are on hand to provide support with relationships, nurture opportunities to develop new skills and advise people on their finances, all of which enables tenants to live as independently as possible on an ongoing basis
The successful candidate will participate, on a rota basis, in the day to day running of the Supported Living Scheme, based at Poulsom Drive, Bootle.
There is a requirement to work evenings, weekends and bank holidays in accordance with a planned rota. Sleep in duties are also required for which you will receive an additional payment.
Experience of working with vulnerable people in community or residential based settings is essential. A Diploma in Health & Social Care Level 2 or equivalent is essential.
A driver is also an essential requirement for this role.
An Enhanced DBS Check is required.
Benefits
- High quality training and Induction programme
- Pension with company contribution
- Annual leave: up to 28 days per year, after qualifying period, plus bank holidays
- Ongoing support from a dedicated manager
- Career progression opportunities
- Employee Assistance Programme provided by Health Assured with access to free counselling and other benefits
- Discounted gym membership
- Medicash: exclusive corporate-rated healthcare cash plan scheme
- Blue Light Card with discounts across a range of suppliers and outlets
- Up to 12 months occupational sick pay (after qualifying period)
- Refer a friend scheme
Our core values:
- Big Hearted: we say that we are proud of the quality of care, empathy and kindness we offer to the people we support and each other;
- Count on Us: we act in a way that you can rely on us to be able to meet the needs of the people we support and each other;
- Together as One: we say that we take pride in working as a team to deliver a very person-centred service; &
- People Focused: we recognise the importance of transparency, trust, recognition and development within our workforce.
For more information regarding the above job role contact Cathy Swailes, Registered Service Manager on 01704 829514
To view the full job description and person specification, visit our Job Opportunities page via the following link: https://ndirections.co.uk/recruitment/. Alternatively, you can contact the HR team on 0151 705 0300 for details to be sent out