Petrus is recruiting dedicated and experienced Support Workers to join our team in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. This rewarding role is ideal for individuals with proven experience working with service users who have experienced homelessness and face complex needs such as mental health challenges, substance misuse, or domestic abuse. As a Support Worker, you will be responsible for assessing needs, planning personalised support, and delivering effective care that helps people regain stability, independence, and dignity.
We are seeking compassionate and resilient candidates with excellent organisational and communication skills, both written and verbal. The ability to engage with individuals from diverse backgrounds and build trust is essential. Petrus offers full-time (37 hours), part-time, and flexible working patterns, making this a valuable opportunity for professionals who want to make a lasting difference within the community while developing their career in social care.
Position: Support Worker
Salary: £28,506 (FTE)
Job Type: Full Time/ Part Time
Location: Rochdale, Greater Manchester
About the Role
The Vacancy
Annual salary of £28,506 (FTE)
Permanent role
Full-time (37 hours), part-time and flexible working patterns available
Based in Rochdale
Please Note: We are not using recruitment agencies for this position. All applicants should apply directly through the Regenda Website. Any applications submitted through agencies will not be considered.
Proposed Interview Date: Friday 3rd October 2025
The Role:
- The successful candidate will provide support to our service users at one of our projects. You will be expected to work sympathetically with service users who have complex needs; for example, homelessness, drug and alcohol misuse issues, mental and/or physical health needs, offending behaviour etc.
- Our aim is to empower service users, actively engaging them with the community and helping them to support each other, to develop resilience, to live independently and to be an asset to the community.
The right fit
- It is essential to have demonstrable support worker experience, working with service users who have been homeless and/or have complex needs including, mental health, substance misuse and domestic abuse etc.
- You must be able to assess service users’ needs in order to plan and deliver effective and engaging support.
- You’ll have strong organisational and communication skills – both written and verbally.
- You’ll be able to manage risk, ensuring that all procedures are followed, and risk is managed appropriately.
- You’ll have the ability to support service users in volunteering and community work involving group activities.
- You must be flexible to work weekends on a rota basis. You may on occasion be required to travel so access to a vehicle is desirable.
Who we are
Petrus provides support services for people facing homelessness or in housing need. We are a charitable organisation and deliver both drop in and residential services in Rochdale and Oldham.
We believe people should have access to safe, secure, quality housing. We help people to develop skills, independence and make positive choices. We believe collaboration with other agencies and organisations is key to creating a world where everyone has a safe place to live.
Petrus is part of The Regenda Group; we work in places where we can make a difference and operate across the housing and construction sector, in care and support, and in education, training and careers.
Next steps
If you like what you’ve read so far and think you’ve got what it takes to join our team, then apply now with a copy of your CV and a short covering letter detailing why you think you would be a good fit the role.
Our Talent Acquisition team will review your application and will be in touch shortly.
What we offer
Petrus really is a great place to work – and you don’t have to just take our word for it! We’re accredited by Best Companies for our ‘world class’ levels of staff engagement and have been consistently named as one of the Best Companies to Work For in the North West.
We can offer you a working environment where you can enjoy yourself, develop yourself and be yourself and where you really can make a difference to people’s lives.
We also offer a fantastic reward and benefits package which includes:
- A range of flexible working options.
- 25 days paid annual leave each year (rising to 27 days after three years) in addition to 8 bank holidays.
- 6 additional days for volunteering.
- 5% Employers Contribution to the Pension Scheme.
- £250 annual ‘Live and Learn’ allowance to spend on learning any new skill.
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay schemes.
- Employee Assistance Programme and health and wellbeing initiatives
- A wide variety of exciting learning and development opportunities.
- Interest free loans to assist with the purchase of computer equipment and travel season tickets.
- Monthly staff lottery scheme.
“We regenerate places and create opportunities for people”
We welcome and encourage job applications from people of all backgrounds. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and minority ethnic candidates as they are currently under-represented within our organisation.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, we’d encourage you to submit your application as early as possible.
Application Process
To apply for this role, kindly VISIT HERE
Application Deadline
September 28th, 2025