Community Support Worker

Join our friendly and supportive team in Crewe, supporting people who attend our day centre to lead a fulfilled and happy life. The Acorn Centre Day Centre Service provides a service for adults in Crewe and the surrounding areas. We take pride in delivering high-quality services to our customers by having a well-trained and supported team. In addition, we have an excellent induction and training package and ongoing personal development opportunities.

About us

At Cheshire East Council we are resident and partner focused with a vision to enable prosperity and wellbeing for all. People really are at the heart of everything we do and that starts with our incredible workforce. We promote a culture of high performance where people can aspire, thrive and flourish, where we strive to deliver best value in everything we do.

For us, success isn’t just about what we achieve, but how we achieve it together. We promote curiosity, excellence, innovation and continuous improvement.

We are values led and committed to wellbeing and inclusion for all, where our employees co-created our values of drive, integrity, respect and collaboration which inform all that we do.

We are proud to work for Cheshire East Council and believe you would be too, so come and join us!

Join us on a meaningful journey at Cheshire East Council

Join a team that’s compassionate, forward-thinking and deeply committed to making a difference. Our residents are at the heart of everything we do, and your role will be a key part of our transformation journey. This is your chance to be part of something meaningful where your ideas, energy and work can create real impact every day.

About the Role

We are looking to recruit: 1 Community Support Worker @ 30 hours per week

Working days: Monday to Friday
Working hours:
• 9am to 4:30pm Monday to Friday
•No work on weekends and bank holidays

Key responsibilities:

• Providing a high-quality person-centred care and support service
• Delivering daily support to people such as personal care, administration of medication, daily activities, and support
• Empowering the people who attend our day centre to lead fulfilling lives
• Treating people who attend the day centre with dignity and respect
• Being enthusiastic and flexible

This is just a snapshot of some of the exciting things you’ll be doing in role. To find out more about the other key responsibilities of the role, please view the attached job description.

About you

• Experience is welcome but not required, as full induction will be given along with all necessary training and support. However, if you are caring, friendly and have a commitment to enrich people’s lives whilst treating individuals with dignity and respect, we would welcome your application.

To find out more about the essential and desirable criteria for the role, please view the attached job description specification document.

What we offer in return

• Competitive salary –£ 25,583 to £25,989 per annum (pro‑rata for part‑time staff)

• Guaranteed yearly pay increases

• Enhanced annual leave – 34 days from day one, rising to 39 days after five years
• Purchase of up to 10 additional days annual leave
• Flexible working pattern with flexitime
• Salary sacrifice green car scheme
• White goods salary sacrifice scheme
• Enhanced public pension (1/49th career average)
• Cycle to work scheme
• Employee assistance programme
• Discounted gym membership at Everybody Leisure

Organisation

Cheshire East Council

Location

Crewe

Job Category

Adults Health and Integration

Grade

CEC NJC - Grade 4

Salary Min

£25,583 Pro Rata Per Annum

Salary Max

£25,989 Pro Rata Per Annum

Hours per week

30

Weeks per year

52.143

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

05/06/2026

Ref No

E3531

Documents

• Community Support Worker Job Description Specification.pdf
  (PDF, 1434.67kb)

Cheshire East is an amazing place to live and work. As one of the largest employers in the borough, we are able to offer you a wide range of challenging and rewarding career opportunities.

We are working for a brighter future – together and our commitment to you is that our workplace culture will provide a shared purpose, a well-led organisation with valued people succeeding together as one team and one council to deliver the best service for our customers and communities.

If you want to be part of our award-winning council and contribute to our ongoing success, have the flexibility and drive to enable us to innovate, are committed to working as part of a team and striving to deliver exceptional service wherever you can, we would especially like to hear from you.

As an equal opportunities employer, we welcome applicants from all backgrounds and want our workforce to reflect the diversity of our local communities so that we can all work for a brighter future - together.

Applicants should ensure all sections of the application form are completed as failure to do so will result in their application being rejected. Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.

For more information regarding the role, please contact Show email.

If you have not heard from us within 4 weeks of the closing date then it is likely that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion, however, please do not be discouraged from applying again.

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Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.

Cheshire East Council is committed to safeguarding children and vulnerable adults across the Borough. As such, any cautions, convictions, reprimands or final warnings that are ‘not protected’ as defined by the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) order 1975 (as amended in 2013) relating to the non-disclosure of spent convictions do not apply to this job. You must therefore, disclose whether you have any previous convictions where prompted to do so within the application process.