YOURLIFEYOURWAY

Care Support Assistant

The closing date is 09 October 2025

Job summary

Are you caring, compassionate and would like to make a difference to someone’s life?  Then come and join us for a rewarding career in care. 

We are looking for a Care Support Assistant to come and join our team to support our female client based in London, SW12.

Full training will be given to set you on your path to being a Care Support Assistant, where you will be paid a competitive rate of pay after completion of training. 

This job involves days and sleeping nights and attracts a competitive rate of pay of £20 per hour (after completion of training). This role is a weekend role during term-time as our client attends boarding school during the week. During non term-time, week day support may be required. This is a bank role (ad hoc) as hours will vary dependent on need and term-time and non-term time. 

Main duties of the job

Your responsibilities as our Care Support Assistant will include:    Assisting our client with Learning Disabilities, Autism and Epilepsy on a 1:1 basis to meet her complex needs. Our client can present with self-injurious behaviour and requires assistance with all of her activities of daily living, including but not limited to personal care, food and drink preparation and prompts, direction to sue the toilet durng the day, seizure management, skin management, medication administration and assisting with social activities. 

Skills and Experience required of our Care Support Assistant: 

You are required to have good communication skills and have a desire to care for others.   Possessing a UK full driving license and having some previous experience would be advantageous. 

Your Life Your Way are committed to conducting a Safer Recruitment Process to protect the people we support. Please be aware that all our vacancies are subject to pre-employment checks e.g. DBS and references. A good standard of spoken and written English is required for this role.

If you would like to apply to become our Care Support Assistant, please upload a copy of your CV and fill in the short application form on our website. 

About us

We offer excellent benefits such as:

Good Rate of Pay

Paid annual holiday leave

Pension scheme entitlement

Full training

Confidential employee assistance helpline

Opportunity to gain qualification in Health and Social Care

Career progression 

Blue Light membership for exclusive discounts with 15,000 brand partners

Refer a friend scheme

Online employee portal - where information and self-service is available

Employee feedback surveys and recognition

Details

Date posted

23 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£20 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

PY1403778LonCSA

Job locations

London

London

London

London

SW12 8TL


Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you caring, compassionate and would like to make a difference to someone’s life?  Then come and join us for a rewarding career in care. 

We are looking for a Care Support Assistant to come and join our team to support our female client based in London, SW12.

Full training will be given to set you on your path to being a Care Support Assistant, where you will be paid a competitive rate of pay after completion of training. 

This job involves days and sleeping nights and attracts a competitive rate of pay of £20 per hour (after completion of training). This role is a weekend role during term-time as our client attends boarding school during the week. During non term-time, week day support may be required. This is a bank role (ad hoc) as hours will vary dependent on need and term-time and non-term time. 

We offer excellent benefits such as:

  • Good Rate of Pay
  • Paid annual holiday leave
  • Pension scheme entitlement
  • Full training
  • Confidential employee assistance helpline
  • Opportunity to gain qualification in Health and Social Care
  • Career progression 
  • Blue Light membership for exclusive discounts with 15,000 brand partners
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Online employee portal - where information and self-service is available
  • Employee feedback surveys and recognition

Your responsibilities as our Care Support Assistant will include:    Assisting our client with Learning Disabilities, Autism and Epilepsy on a 1:1 basis to meet her complex needs. Our client can present with self-injurious behaviour and requires assistance with all of her activities of daily living, including but not limited to personal care, food and drink preparation and prompts, direction to sue the toilet durng the day, seizure management, skin management, medication administration and assisting with social activities. 

Skills and Experience required of our Care Support Assistant: 

You are required to have good communication skills and have a desire to care for others.   Possessing a UK full driving license and having some previous experience would be advantageous. 

Your Life Your Way are committed to conducting a Safer Recruitment Process to protect the people we support. Please be aware that all our vacancies are subject to pre-employment checks e.g. DBS and references. A good standard of spoken and written English is required for this role.

If you would like to apply to become our Care Support Assistant, please upload a copy of your CV and fill in the short application form on our website. 

Job description

Job responsibilities

Are you caring, compassionate and would like to make a difference to someone’s life?  Then come and join us for a rewarding career in care. 

We are looking for a Care Support Assistant to come and join our team to support our female client based in London, SW12.

Full training will be given to set you on your path to being a Care Support Assistant, where you will be paid a competitive rate of pay after completion of training. 

This job involves days and sleeping nights and attracts a competitive rate of pay of £20 per hour (after completion of training). This role is a weekend role during term-time as our client attends boarding school during the week. During non term-time, week day support may be required. This is a bank role (ad hoc) as hours will vary dependent on need and term-time and non-term time. 

We offer excellent benefits such as:

  • Good Rate of Pay
  • Paid annual holiday leave
  • Pension scheme entitlement
  • Full training
  • Confidential employee assistance helpline
  • Opportunity to gain qualification in Health and Social Care
  • Career progression 
  • Blue Light membership for exclusive discounts with 15,000 brand partners
  • Refer a friend scheme
  • Online employee portal - where information and self-service is available
  • Employee feedback surveys and recognition

Your responsibilities as our Care Support Assistant will include:    Assisting our client with Learning Disabilities, Autism and Epilepsy on a 1:1 basis to meet her complex needs. Our client can present with self-injurious behaviour and requires assistance with all of her activities of daily living, including but not limited to personal care, food and drink preparation and prompts, direction to sue the toilet durng the day, seizure management, skin management, medication administration and assisting with social activities. 

Skills and Experience required of our Care Support Assistant: 

You are required to have good communication skills and have a desire to care for others.   Possessing a UK full driving license and having some previous experience would be advantageous. 

Your Life Your Way are committed to conducting a Safer Recruitment Process to protect the people we support. Please be aware that all our vacancies are subject to pre-employment checks e.g. DBS and references. A good standard of spoken and written English is required for this role.

If you would like to apply to become our Care Support Assistant, please upload a copy of your CV and fill in the short application form on our website. 

Person Specification

Care Support Worker

Essential

  • Experience in care preferred.
  • A good standard of spoken and written English is required for this role.

Desirable

  • Possessing a UK full driving license would be advantageous.
Person Specification

Care Support Worker

Essential

  • Experience in care preferred.
  • A good standard of spoken and written English is required for this role.

Desirable

  • Possessing a UK full driving license would be advantageous.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

YOURLIFEYOURWAY

Address

London

London

London

London

SW12 8TL


Employer's website

https://ylyw.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

YOURLIFEYOURWAY

Address

London

London

London

London

SW12 8TL


Employer's website

https://ylyw.org.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

HR Operations Assistant

HANNAH WARD

hannah.ward@ylyw.org.uk

01606331217

Details

Date posted

23 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£20 an hour

Contract

Bank

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

PY1403778LonCSA

Job locations

London

London

London

London

SW12 8TL


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