Support worker jobs across Wales
We're hiring across all 22 Welsh Local Authorities: full training, paid shadow shifts, and clear progression into senior roles.
Why work at TIFA Life
Work that matters
Direct work with young people who need stable adults, not paperwork from a distance.
Real training
Paid induction, ongoing safeguarding training, and a clear development pathway.
Support, not isolation
Named senior contact, regular supervision, and a team you actually know.
Flexible shifts
Day, sleep-in and waking-night roles. Full-time and part-time. Honest scheduling.
A typical shift
Most shifts open with a handover. You read the previous worker's log, pick up anything that needs follow-up, and check the day's diary. Then it is about being present. Some young people want to talk over breakfast. Others need a lift to college or a GP appointment, or help logging into a tenancy account.
Through the day you coordinate with the young person, the senior on duty, and the allocated social worker where the placement plan calls for it. You write case notes as you go. If something significant happens you escalate straight away, with the senior backing you up. Evenings are quieter, mostly cooking, planning the next day, sometimes a check-in conversation about something a young person has been holding back. Sleep-in shifts are paid separately and most are uneventful.
Refer a friend, get £200
Know someone who would be good at this work? Refer them and we pay you £200 when they pass probation. Email recruitment@tifa.co.uk with your name and theirs.
Support worker jobs by area
South Wales
Blaenau Gwent
Day · Sleep-in · Waking night
Bridgend
Day · Sleep-in · Waking night
Caerphilly
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Cardiff
Day · Sleep-in · Waking night
Merthyr Tydfil
Day · Sleep-in · Waking night
Monmouthshire
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Neath Port Talbot
Day · Sleep-in · Waking night
Newport
Day · Sleep-in · Waking night
Rhondda Cynon Taf
Day · Sleep-in · Waking night
Swansea
Day · Sleep-in · Waking night
Torfaen
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Vale of Glamorgan
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West Wales
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