ID: 1661 Job Title: Project Support Worker
Service: ESCAPE Discovery Project, Norfolk & Suffolk Services
Salary: £25,221 - £27,780 FTE per annum (£8,179.78 - £9,009.73 per annum, pro rata)
Location: ESCAPE Community Allotment, Swaffham (PE37), The Discovery Garden, King’s Lynn (PE30)
Hours: Part-time- 12 hours per week (we would consider splitting into 2x6 hours posts)
Contract: One year fixed term contract with possibility of extension
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities.
We see first-hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the
importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today.
This is an exciting opportunity for someone passionate to be able to support autistic adults to engage in gardening, outdoor cooking, woodwork, accredited horticulture training and volunteering opportunities. You will work across ESCAPE in Swaffham and the Discovery Garden in King’s Lynn as part of a small, supportive team.
Main Responsibilities:
• To create inclusive, structured, sensory aware sessions for autistic adults at allotment/garden sites in Swaffham and Kings Lynn.
• To support and build confidence through gardening and other outdoor activities.
• To promote sessions within the local community, focusing on Autism organisations and similar groups.
Main Requirements (for details check the job description and person specification):
• Experience of supporting vulnerable adults with an understanding of autism and sensory needs.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to adapt communication as required and to be able to build relationships.
• An enthusiasm for working outdoors with an interest in horticulture.
• Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service – Enhanced Level
• Benefits:
- An annual paid leave entitlement that commences at 25 working days (pro rata), rising each April by one day, subject to a maximum of 30 working days plus bank holidays
- up to 6% matched-pension contributions
- enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions
- eye care and winter flu jabs vouchers
- cycle to work scheme
- investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can-do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
To Apply:
• Click the ‘Apply’ link below and fill out our digital application form
• Closing Date: 31st January 2026 at 23:59
Interviews are scheduled to take place from January, in person at our Swaffham Office.
For any queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or the potential for flexible working, please email: eve.palmer@family-action.org.uk
All appointments with Family Action are subject to satisfactory Safer Recruitment checks.
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required.
We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates. We are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action because we know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and we strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support.
All candidates with a disability are welcome to apply under the Disability Confident Scheme and request priority consideration for an interview, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role.
To help remove financial barriers to working with us, we will reimburse travel costs if you are invited to attend an interview in person.
*Ordinarily Family Action appoints new starters at the starting point of the salary scale (with subsequent annual pay progression), unless you have experience that would justify appointment further up the salary scale or there are any other exceptional reasons.
