Support Workers
£13.20ph increasing to £13.54ph from 1st April 2025
Full-time / Part Time – days and nights
Location: NE3
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Are you an experienced Support Worker with a passion for making a difference? If so, we’d love to hear from you.
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We are looking for fun, active support workers to join our team based in Kenton, to support 4 amazing people who live in their own supported living bungalows.
We support 3 gentlemen and 1 lady who all have learning disabilities and autism and we are supporting them to live independently, enjoy activities, hobbies and achieve any goals they have in life.
What do they like doing?
* Spending time with family and friends
* Thrill seekers, so enjoy fair grounds, video games
* Shopping
* Being creative, arts and crafts
* Bike riding
* TV – any type of Drama programme or Crime series, especially Police interceptors
* Music and dancing
You will also need to provide emotional reassurance when experiencing behaviours of distress – full positive behaviour support training is provided but previous experience is essential.
What will I be doing?
* They're looking for fun and active people to join their team and support them to live their lives how they choose, to be themselves and to achieve their goals
* They would also like support with their personal care (varying degrees of independence), medication, food shopping and domestic tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry
What shifts are required:
Day shifts are typically 8am – 10pm
Waking nights are typically 10pm – 8am
We’re looking for people with flexibility to work on a rota basis that includes a combination of shifts, weekdays and weekends. Rotas are provided at least 4 weeks in advance to support a healthy work-life balance - something we're very passionate about!
Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme in 2024 – now 6 years in a row!
Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled
About you
We believe anyone has the potential to be a great support worker, no matter your background, as long as you share our values; respect, partnership, courage, ambition and integrity – that’s why we recruit based on values and not skills or experience.
Your rewards
A full list of rewards can be found in the job description attached.
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An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
We welcome applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce.
As Disability Confident Leaders, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy - Dimensions has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training and career development of disabled employees.
As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150.
We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all of our recruitment communications.
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