Casual Support Worker - Plean Dene

Casual hours per week

Are you someone who believes in the power of dignity, choice and independence? Do you have a heart for helping others live life to the fullest? If so, we’d love to welcome you to our team as a Support Worker.

As a Support Worker, you’ll play a vital role in providing support and longer-term care for individuals with Learning Disabilities. Your mission? To help people regain or maintain their independence by promoting daily living skills and offering compassionate, person-centred care.

You’ll be supporting individuals in line with their personal support and goal plans—offering not just practical help, but emotional encouragement and genuine connection.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Working with people, not for them—empowering individuals to do as much as they can for themselves
• Delivering personal care with dignity and respect, including washing, dressing, toileting, and mealtime support
• Following individual support plans and updating senior staff to ensure care remains relevant and responsive
• Supporting safe mobility
• Keeping accurate, detailed records to ensure continuity and quality of care
• Being a trusted presence—someone who listens, encourages, and uplifts

What We’re Looking For

• A compassionate, respectful approach to care
• A commitment to promoting independence and wellbeing
• Excellent communication and record-keeping skills
• A team player who’s also confident working independently
• Experience in care is welcome, but not essential—we provide full training

What You’ll Get in Return

• A supportive, inclusive working environment
• You will be well supported and receive regular structured supervision
• Ongoing training and development opportunities
• The chance to make a real difference in people’s lives, every single day

As part of our team, you will enable and support with all kinds of activities encouraging our residents to enjoy Island life, from walks along the coast from Shanklin to Sandown, trips to feed the ducks, bus trips around the Isle of Wight and visits to local garden centres, you’ll even join our residents on day trips and excursions to a range of Island attractions such as Tapnell Farm, Robin Hill and Rylstone Gardens.

Our residents have a wide range of care needs and diverse interests so you will need to tailor your work to suit everyone, ensuring everyone is happy and engaged in the activities and experiences that suit them best.

You will play a key role in delivering a high-quality service, which has a person-centred approach and actively supports and maximises residents' independence and life experience. Our team needs to be a special mix of energy and enthusiasm with the ability to also be gentle and calm, to adapt to the needs of all our residents, some of whom will communicate non-verbally which will require time and patience to master.

Contact us today to discover how you can fit in with our team as a Support Worker at Plean Dene! 
The typical shift times are as follows:

• Early Shift: 07:15 - 14:45
• Late Shift: 14:30 – 22:00
• Wakeful Night: 22:00 – 07:30

Candidates will be expected to demonstrate an appropriate level of literacy and numeracy with a clear commitment to excellence. It is an important feature of these roles that residents have access to the range of community activities, and we therefore welcome applications from people who are able to drive vehicles used by the residents in the homes. 

For further information or an informal discussion, please contact Christine Grimes at 01983 866015.

Join #TeamIWC and you'll receive our staff benefits package, including:

• Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays!
• Local Government pension scheme
• Discounted Solent ferry travel
• Island bus network discount
• Cycle to work scheme
• Staff parking permit scheme
• Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership
• National and local discounts & benefits schemes
• Relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available for some roles (subject to criteria)
• Travel allowance may be available if commuting from the mainland (subject to criteria)

Find out more about working for the Isle of Wight Council and living on the Island.

The Isle of Wight Council currently does not have a license to sponsor overseas workers.

We actively promote the diversity of our workforce, and provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees. We are an equal opportunities employer, proud to encourage applications from all cultures, backgrounds and abilities to better reflect the diversity within our local community.

We are a Disability Confident employer. Along with a number of commitments, this means, providing you meet the basic essential requirements of the advertised role and have declared yourself as disabled, you will be offered an opportunity for an interview within the council.

The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination, and this is supported by;

unacceptable behaviour policy

employee code of conduct 

our values, culture and inclusivity 

The Isle of Wight Council’s Terms & Conditions of employment are available upon request. Please contact our recruitment team via [email protected] if you would like to receive a copy.

The Isle of Wight Council reserve the right to close vacancies earlier than stated, if required. To ensure your application is considered, it is recommended to submit your application promptly.

Out of Hours Standby and Call Out. You may be asked to provide support in exceptional circumstances, outside of usual business hours. Unless stated otherwise in the job summary for the role this is not part of the department’s usual standby arrangements.

For support completing your online application or for further information on how to apply, phone 01983 823134 or email [email protected]  Only applications submitted online by the closing date will be accepted.

We often receive a high volume of applicants for our vacancies. If you do not hear from the recruiting manager within three weeks of the closing date, we regret that your application will not have been successful on this occasion. Please revisit our job page for alternate posts that may be suitable.

Please read the Application Guidance Notes before applying. If you are unable to complete this application, email us at [email protected] or telephone us on 01983 823113