Role: Specialist Support Worker
Salary: £13.85 per hour
Location: Polestar, Birmingham
Deadline: 30 April 2026
Hours: Full time, 37.5 hours per week with shifts including evenings, sleep ins, weekends and bank holidays when needed.
Two contracts available:
- A 2-year fixed term contract (FTC)
- Permanent position
Please indicate on the online application form which role you are interested in. You can apply for both contract types but you will need to submit the application form twice.
Our service at Polestar residential care home in Birmingham supports clients who are deaf with complex needs and/or mental health conditions.
We are looking for people with:
- NVQ level 2 or 3
- British Sign Language (BSL) skills
For more information, watch or download the job description below:
SignHealth are a passionate and unique deaf-led charity, committed to creating a future where there are no barriers to good health and wellbeing for deaf people.
We will work alongside you during your career with SignHealth to maximise your full potential with training and development to help you become the best you!
Working with your line manager you will receive an in-depth induction to give you great insight into our charity and what we do.
You will find out the role you will play in helping SignHealth deliver its mission.
Join our learning pathway with BSL, we offer paid training and development to further your BSL knowledge.
Wellbeing is at the heart of everything we do! It’s not just about our clients, it’s about you too.
Being a SignHealth employee you will also receive:
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays (pro-rata)
- 2 wellbeing days per year (pro-rata)
- Company’s pension scheme with Standard Life from your first day of employment. Employer contribution amount: 6% of your salary, minimum employee contribution of 5%
- Eye care vouchers
- 5 days per year of paid study leave (CPD) (pro-rata)
- Expenses policy which allows payments for items when working away from home
- 2x salary life assurance scheme (death in service)
- Fully funded BSL training
- Sick pay policy
- Equipment and furniture desk/ chair to work from home.
- Refer a friend £200 voucher for both the referee and referrer!
If this sounds like a position you would be interested in, please apply today!
Please indicate on the online application form which role you are interested in. You can apply for both contract types but you will need to submit the application form twice.
We positively encourage applications from deaf people, disabled people, people of colour and people from the LGBT+ community. We will support all applicants along the journey of our recruitment process.
Offers of work are subject to: Enhanced DBS checks, Right to Work checks, satisfactory references and Medical Health clearance.
What makes us different at SignHealth? Learn more about our organisational culture by checking out our values.
