Join Our Team as a FemaleSupport Worker in Winnersh!
Pay: £11.70 per hour (£50 per Sleep-In Shift)
Position: Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Location: Winnersh, RG41 (Just a 3min drive from Winnersh Train Station)
Requirements: Full UK Driving License
Are you a Support Worker with a passion for making a difference? If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!
Who Will I Be Supporting?
We support two gentlemen and one lady in their 30s-60s who love:
- Going out: Visiting the theatre and activity clubs
- Nature: Scenic walks
- Swimming: Absolutely love swimming
- Social Events: Music festivals, bowling, and seaside trips
They have learning disabilities and autism and live together in their shared home. Empathetic support workers with good initiative and an upbeat attitude would be a wonderful match.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Empowering Independence: Supporting people to live their lives how they choose and achieve their goals.
- Daily Living Support: Providing personal care, meal support, shopping, cooking, cleaning, and laundry.
- Providing Care: Wheelchair assistance and supporting with medication, including epilepsy medication.
Flexible Shift Patterns
- Day Shifts: 7am - 3pm
- Day Shifts: 2pm - 10pm
- Sleep-In Shifts: 10pm - 7am (Paid To Sleep)
- Waking Night Shifts: 9:45pm - 7:15am (Only Ocassional Cover Required)
Rotas are provided in advance to support a healthy work-life balance.
Why Choose Dimensions?
- Award-Winning Workplace: Recognised as one of the UK's best workplaces in the 'super large' category by the Great Place to Work Institute six years in a row.
- Generous Leave: 30 days annual leave pro rata with the option to buy and sell leave.
- Career Development: Paid training and opportunities to further develop your career through funded accredited courses.
- Well-Being Focus: Comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network.
- Values-Driven: We put people with learning disabilities and their families at the heart of everything we do.
- Referral Bonus: Receive a £200 bonus if you refer a friend and they're successfully employed.
- Additional Perks: Bike to Work scheme, discounts on meals, shopping, entertainment, and gym memberships.
Other Important Information
- Immediate Reviews: Applications are reviewed upon receipt and interviews will continue until positions are filled.
- Equality Commitment: Gender is considered a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 where mentioned.
- DBS Disclosure: An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Dimensions.
- Inclusive Workforce: We welcome applications from everyone with the right to work in the UK and value diversity in our workforce.
- Disability Confident: We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
- BSL Support: British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos are available for all of our recruitment communications.
Ready to make a real difference? Apply now and join a team that values you and the incredible work you do!
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A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .