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Community Support Worker
Role summary
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The Community Support Worker helps people maintain independence and wellbeing in their homes and communities. Typical duties include providing practical and emotional support, assisting with personal care where required, encouraging daily living skills, supporting appointments and activities, observing changes in health, and reporting concerns to nurses or other professionals. Candidates are expected to have compassion, patience, reliability, good communication skills, and a respectful, person-centred approach. Previous experience in health or social care is helpful, although relevant training may be provided. The role may require basic digital skills, accurate record keeping, confidentiality, safeguarding awareness, flexibility to work shifts, and the ability to travel between service users. A willingness to work collaboratively with families and multidisciplinary teams is essential.
Can I work in the UK?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: NHS nurses, doctors and allied health get a Health and Care Worker visa (about 3 weeks, no health surcharge); care workers lost this route on 22 July 2025.
Before you apply: Nurses, doctors and most allied health staff must be registered or licensed locally before they start: expect checks on your degree and licence, often an English test, and often an exam or an assessment. Ask the employer who handles it and how long it takes. Most pharma and device office jobs do not need it.
Watch for: Pay follows the NHS pay bands and is usually at least GBP 25,000. Nurses and allied health also need UK professional registration; care workers cannot be sponsored from abroad.
Official source: GOV.UK: Health and Care Worker visa, your job. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the UK
Usual for Healthcare jobs in the UK, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Registration | Join the Nursing and Midwifery Council register: English language rules and a Test of Competence |
|---|---|
| Relocation | Visa fee GBP 324 (up to 3 years) or GBP 628 (longer); no health surcharge on this visa |
| Housing | Not usually provided; you rent privately |
| Flights | Not standard; varies by employer and seniority |
| Contract | Permanent is usual; sponsored work visas last up to 5 years at a time |
| Leave | At least 28 days for a 5-day week (by law); employers may count bank holidays in it |
| Income tax | 0% to GBP 12,570, 20% to GBP 50,270, then 40%; plus 8% National Insurance (Scotland differs) |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
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About Sirona care & health CIC
Sirona care & health is a not-for-profit community interest company providing health and social care services across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and surrounding areas. Working in partnership with the NHS, local authorities and community organisations, Sirona delivers services including community nursing, rehabilitation, therapies, mental health support, learning disability services, older-person care and children’s services. Its focus is on helping people stay well, independent and connected to their communities, often delivering care in people’s homes or local settings rather than hospitals. The organisation promotes person-centred care, equality, safeguarding and partnership working. Employees commonly work as part of multidisciplinary teams and receive structured support, training and development. As a community interest company, Sirona reinvests its resources into improving local services and supporting the health and wellbeing of the communities it serves.