Join Our Team as a Female Support Worker in Worcester!
Location: Worcester, WR2 (Just an 8min drive from Worcester Foregate Street Train Station)
Pay Rate: £12 per hour (£50 per Sleep-In Shift)
Position: Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Are you a compassionate and patient individual with a passion for making a real difference? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Who Will You Be Supporting?
Join a vibrant team where you'll support four incredible young men aged 20-28 who live with learning disabilities, autism, and some mental health needs. These gentlemen are full of life and enjoy a wide range of activities that keep them engaged and active:
- Independent & Capable: Most of the support needed is minimal, with one individual requiring a bit of assistance with personal care, such as shaving, washing, and drying.
- Active Lifestyle: From bowling and trampolining to long walks and sports, these gentlemen love staying active. Whether it’s playing music at rock school or enjoying a meal out, every day is filled with fun.
- Group & Solo Activities: They enjoy both individual activities and spending time together as a group, fostering camaraderie and support.
- Wheelchair Assistance: One gentleman uses a wheelchair for longer distances but prefers a walker most of the time.
These young men are lively and, at times, their anxiety can lead to behaviors of distress. They respond well to a calm, consistent, and understanding approach. If you’re patient, calm, and capable of maintaining a positive environment, you’ll fit right in.
What Will You Be Doing?
As a Support Worker, your role will be diverse, rewarding, and full of opportunities to make a positive impact. Your responsibilities will include:
- Empowering Independence: Provide minimal personal care, encouraging the young men to do as much as they can for themselves.
- Activity Engagement: Join them in their favorite activities like sports, music, and social outings. Whether it’s a long walk or a trip to the bowling alley, you’ll help them enjoy life to the fullest.
- Daily Living Support: Assist with meal preparation, light cleaning, and ensuring their environment is safe and supportive.
- Compassionate Care: Provide emotional support and use strategies to manage anxiety and behaviors of distress, ensuring a calm and positive atmosphere.
- Medication Assistance: Provide minimal medication support, mainly for one tablet and PRN as needed.
Shift Patterns
- Day Shifts: 7:30am-2pm
- Day Shifts: 2pm-10:30pm
- Day Shifts: 8:30am - 3pm
- Sleep-In Shifts: 10pm – 7:30am (Paid To Sleep)
Rotas are provided in advance to support a healthy work-life balance. 1-2 sleep-in shifts are required per week.
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!
