Work with us
Want to join our team? Do you share our values? Help us improve the lives of disabled people. You don't need previous experience or qualifications. We'll provide on-the-job training.
We are proud of our reputation as a high quality provider of individualised and innovative care and support. We recruit people who share our vision of a world where everyone matters and everyone cares.
We are looking for people with the right attitude - people who share our values and who are passionate about making a difference to helping others achieve their goals.
For our support roles you will need to be caring and patient and able to treat people with dignity, respect and compassion. You must have good communication skills, including listening and picking up on non-verbal communication. You also need to be able to work well as part of a team, keep good records and follow guidelines. Your values are more important than experience - some of our best support workers joined us with no previous experience.
Look at all our current vacancies and apply today.
We expect our staff and volunteers to follow our values.
We care about people and stand up for what is right.
We are open and honest and value people for who they are.
We listen, we work together and we continue to improve.
We are experts at what we do and make good ideas happen.
We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion and taking action to address inequality. We particularly welcome applications from anyone who is from a Black, Asian or minority ethnic background, anyone who considers themselves to have a disability and members of the LGBTQ+ community.
Read more about our approach to diversity, inclusion and belonging here.
Meet our Diversity and Inclusion manager, Helen Choudhury, who shares her passion for equality and respect, here.
We will provide you with the training you need to be a great support worker, including a structured induction, regular on-going training and support to achieve a nationally recognised qualification. We will also offer you the opportunity to progress your career within a care provider that has an excellent reputation and promotion opportunities nationally.
The work can sometimes be demanding, but it is always rewarding, with the satisfaction that comes from helping someone else get the best out of life.
A support worker's role is never dull as there are never two days the same. The work you do is whatever the person you are supporting wants or needs to do. One day you might be supporting someone with their personal care, medication, shopping and housework, and then Skype calling their family. Another day you might be accompanying someone to the cinema or a club, or helping them make dinner for friends.
If your role is to help people into work, you'll be focused on helping them to achieve their goals and overcome barriers to employment. Your support could include helping people to submit job applications and prepare for interviews.
We have signed up to the Ban the Box campaign, which calls on UK employers to create a fair opportunity for people with convictions to compete for jobs. In order for this to happen, we ask about criminal convictions later in the recruitment process.
Choice Support is Disability Confident, which is a scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview.
Choice Support is delighted to be adopting the Halo Code and joining the fight against race-based hair discrimination. We recognise the cultural, ethnic, racial and religious importance of Afro-hairstyles and we promise members of the Black community the “freedom and security to wear all afro-hairstyles without restriction or judgement.”
Find out more about the Halo Code.
I’ve worked my way up to become an assistant manager. Sophie, assistant team leader
Support staff and managers need the same qualities, and that's empathy and patience.
Read Sophie's story
I had a major break-through with someone I support – it’s a great feeling. Vilija, Support Worker
Vilija explains how she's gained a person's trust by overcoming anxiety with physical contact.
Read Vilija's story
I feel I’m doing something worthwhile. It’s such a fulfilling and enriching job. We do make a difference however small this difference is. Mark, team leader
Mark had a completely different career before joining us as a support worker in 2007.
Read Mark's story
The best part about my role is seeing people’s confidence grow. Becca, employment service coordinator
Managing a supported employment service in Richmond and Wandsworth, Becca is passionate about work opportunities being available to everyone.
You are allowed to be yourself and your individual ideas are listened to. Staff survey 2021
The organisation gives serious consideration to the wellbeing of their employees and this allows me to bring my caring side to work, letting me be me. Staff survey 2021
Choice Support makes you feel like a genuine equal member of a team and also part of a bigger picture. They are committed to looking after their staff properly. Staff survey 2021
Choice Support employs a very diverse group of staff- it doesn’t just say it will it actually does. Staff survey 2021
Every employee is valued, offering everyone the opportunity to improve their educational and professional skills to prepare you for any vacancy or new role in the organisation. Staff survey 2021
Sarah Maguire, the CEO, has always been open to anyone making direct contact with her. Her values and approach to her work are extremely encouraging and make the organisation a better place to work. Staff survey 2021
Regardless of challenges that arise we always find strength to overcome in our teamwork. We maintain healthy balanced practices to provide overall quality of life for those we support. Staff survey 2021
