Persona Care and Support

18/05/2026

Join our team! Welcome and connect people across the Bury borough and support them to achieve their work and volunteering aspirations :

Manager
Persona Employment Pathways
25 hours per week
£25,825-£26,454pa
Hybrid: working from home, head office and across the borough
Closing date: 02/06/26

Café Supervisor
Live Well Centre Café, Whitefield
25 hours per week
£13.65-£13.75 per hour
Closing date: 21/05/26

Café Assistant
Live Well Centre Café, Whitefield
15 hours per week
£13.55-£13.65 per hour
Closing date: 21/05/26

Click here for more details on each role or to apply now:
https://personasupport.org/CurrentJobs

It's simple to apply, just follow the link, fill in a few details and we'll call you back to answer any questions and arrange for you to come and meet us.

Or sign up to our mailing list on the link above and be the first to hear when we advertise new jobs.

Why work with us?
We are a Living Wage Employer and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

Know someone who'd be a perfect fit? Tag them or share this post.
PS Persona colleagues can refer a friend for rewards - find out more on the intranet.

16/05/2026

They're a craft-y lot at Grundy Hub so it's no surprise that hat decorating, paper crafts and baking was how they chose to celebrate Easter this year!

Looking to meet new people or try new things?
If you're over 50 and live in the Bury borough, you can refer yourself to Grundy Hub Get Social and start making new friends, or just read the paper and get a tasty hot dinner.
Click here to find out how at https://personasupport.org/grundy-hub

alt text: photos of men and women decorating and wearing colourful straw hats covered in raffia, feathers and Easter inspired decorations in yellow, pink, blue and green. Photos of men and women making cupcakes decorated with mini eggs. Photo of a woman holding a hand decorated paper bunny and smiling to camera. The Persona and Grundy Hub logos are at the bottom.

14/05/2026

We all need information when we're looking for help, so accessibility at Persona needs to start before we support people.

If it isn't easy to find out what we do, who we are and where we are we're putting barriers in the way of people who might need our support, for themselves or for a loved one.

That's why you'll always see Alt Text for screen readers on every social media post and captions on all our videos (unless we've made a human error - it happens!).

Every day we work to make our website content accessible; adding suggestions from people we support, writing in easy to understand language (using less jargon and explaining the jargon we do use) and adding Easy Read information. But the tool that helps most people is our Recite Me toolbar.

The toolbar has a screen reader that can be used with a mouse or with keyboard controls. It reads the website aloud at whatever speed you want or you can customise each page to read with text and background colour and adjustable text size. It can translate into over 100 languages and its other tools include a dictionary, ruler, and magnifying glass.

Our latest report shows that in one month, the toolbar helped 89 people to understand 479 pages on our website - and because it's so easy to read, each person looked at 5.3 pages, when the average number of web pages people visit is 2.8. So we know what we're doing works, but we'll never stop looking for ways to make it even better!

PS we're not quite sure what .3 or .8 of a page is either, but we'll take it as a win!

08/05/2026

Change someone's life every day - and change yours too.

Become a Shared Lives carer and get:
-flexible, self-employed, rewarding work
-training and support
-choice in how and who you support

Find out more on our website or drop in for a chat with our friendly team at our monthly session - the next one is Tuesday 12th May.

https://tinyurl.com/ShLivesDropIn

alt text: purple text on wavy white background at top of image reads 'a day in your life?' On purple background below, a ticklist appears with this text: get up, go to work, change someone's life. Wavy white design at bottom and orange, green and pale purple hearts up the right side. The Bury Shared Lives and Shared Lives Greater Manchester logos are at the bottom.

08/05/2026

Last week we talked about some of the training we've been doing to ensure everyone we support and work with feels safe, understood and included. Coral, one of our support workers, has shared this about her recent Signalong training with Total Communication Services CIC

" From this training I am confident I can communicate basic needs and wants with them. to ensure I am person centred.

This consequently improves the relationships, and their safety and wellbeing by having a better understanding of one another.

The people I support will now feel more included and a part of the community as Signalong is an inclusive form of communication. "

As part of the National Lottery funded Communicate and Connect project, we have been working closely with services who provide support for adults with learning disabilities, particularly Persona Care and support Bury. Support workers can be overlooked as key to the success of communication with peop...

06/05/2026

We are surrounded by creative people, so to give everyone even more opportunities to express themselves, learn and contribute to something bigger than the service they use, we've launched two workshops:

- Persona Prints
- Woodpecker Workshop

These are just some of our Persona Prints creations so far...bags, t-shirts, water bottles and mugs people love and birthday presents too!

We're running taster sessions for people we support in learning disability day services and our printing workshop is a mini social enterprise too.

We'll let you know what's coming next!



alt text: a video of photos of: a woman standing with back to camera wearing a printed t-shirt that says 'love' in a heart shape. Close up of a mug with a yellow labrador's photo on it and a woman holding a grey water bottle that says 'Ruth Fantastic at 50'. A person sitting in a wheelchair is holding a screen-printed bag close as if it's precious to them, it's been printed with a pink bow design. A row of seven mugs printed with cartoon designs of women and girls horseriding. The Persona and Learning Disability Day Service logos are at the bottom.

04/05/2026

Our 100th newsletter is ready to read!
It's packed with lots of exciting news, stories and important dates, so don't miss out!
Relax in the spring sun and enjoy your read now: https://personasupport.org/newsletter

Alt text: multicoloured background, confetti and streamer graphic with the words 'Our 100th Newsletter Ready to Read!'

02/05/2026

Calling all caring night owls!
Join our night teams and support people across the Bury borough:

Waking Nights Support Worker
Short Stay, Whitefield
20 hours per week
£13.75-£13.85 per hour

Wellbeing Assistant - Nights
Extra Care, across the Bury borough
20 hours per week
£13.75-£13.85 per hour

Click here for more details on each role or to apply now:
https://personasupport.org/CurrentJobs

It's simple to apply, just follow the link, fill in a few details and we'll call you back to answer any questions and arrange for you to come and meet us.

Or sign up to our mailing list on the link above and be the first to hear when we advertise new jobs.

Why work with us?
We are a Living Wage Employer and we provide a wide range of employee benefits, career development and lifestyle support services to ensure that you too feel supported, fulfilled and valued from day one of your employment with us.

Know someone who'd be a perfect fit? Tag them or share this post.
PS Persona colleagues can refer a friend for rewards - find out more on the intranet.

alt text: night sky with animated owl sitting on a branch, blinking. Moon and cloud are at top, cloud is moving back and forth. Text reads: calling all caring night owls! Persona logo is at the bottom.

30/04/2026

April is Autism Acceptance Month but we're always asking ourselves:
What do we want to do to support autistic people in Bury and how can we do this to the best of our ability?
When we say we enable support that makes a positive difference - what does it mean in real life?

For us, it's ensuring everyone we support and work with feels
- informed
- safe
- empowered

To make it easier for everyone to get involved, learn and achieve their goals, we've been supporting our caring colleagues and those who support them with the tools they need to be aware of different people's needs and feel confident to make reasonable adjustments, whatever they may be.

That includes training in:
- Oliver McGowan Training
- Training in Systematic Instruction (TSI training)
- Intensive Interaction training
and wherever we can, we're learning from trainers with lived experience who are paid for their time and expertise.

It’s not only people we support who will benefit from this; our colleagues will too. When we understand people's strengths and needs better, everyone benefits: people with autism, learning disabilities and other neurodivergences or additional needs, whether they have a diagnosis or not.

Thank you to these people for making our learning possible:
Turn-it-Around Training, Supporting Minds, Total Communication Services CIC, Unique Training Solutions

29/04/2026

Mark's celebrated his baptism after a year long wait.

He decided to be baptised because he wanted to feel properly part of the congregation but he waited to talk about his decision with family and make sure it was right for him.

Mark is grateful for the support of the Supported Living team, who arranged all the meetings, helped him prepare and made sure he had everything he needed on the day, which he ended with a curry.

He says 'I felt very special. I now feel truly part of the church and the congregation are now part of my family'.

Congratulations!

27/04/2026

Shape the future of Radcliffe!

On Tuesday 5th May from 10am to 1pm, come to a welcoming space for residents aged 50 and over and:
-play a part in shaping the future of Radcliffe
-meet new people
-share your ideas
-enjoy free coffee & cake

Our Ageing in Place team are running this event in partnership with Growing together Radcliffe Support CIC - click here for the address and more information https://tinyurl.com/45pptwwu