Join Our Team as a Female Waking Night Support Worker in Burghfield Common!
Pay: £12.31 per hour
Position: Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Location: Burghfield Common, RG7 (Just a 3 min drive from Willink Leisure Centre)
Are you passionate about making a difference in people's lives? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Who Will I Be Supporting?
Step into a rewarding role where you'll support 4 amazing ladies and 2 gents, aged 50s to 80s, in their shared supported living home. Our residents have learning disabilities, autism, Down syndrome, and complex needs. We're looking for a confident individual to help our residents during the night. They have a range of interests, such as:
- Music & Dance: Enjoying regular visits from a music man and dancing the day away.
- Creativity: Crafting beautiful necklaces, solving jigsaw puzzles, and engaging in various arts and crafts activities.
- Outdoor Fun: Going to the cinema, taking nature walks, and embarking on social outings.
If you have a strong work ethic and are a motivated, friendly, and confident communicator, you’ll fit right in!
What Will You Be Doing?
- Ensuring Safety: Conduct regular checks to ensure the safety and well-being of residents throughout the night.
- Promoting Rest: Provide emotional reassurance to help residents maintain healthy sleeping patterns.
- Night Support: Assist with personal care needs during the night, including bathroom assistance and changing clothes if necessary.
- Documentation: Keep accurate records of activities and any incidents that occur during the night
Shift Patterns
Waking Night Shifts: 10pm - 8am
Rotas are provided in advance to ensure 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: Access paid training and opportunities to further your career through funded accredited courses.
- Well-Being Focus: Benefit from our comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network.
- Values-Driven: Join a team that puts 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: Enjoy the Bike to Work scheme and 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. In this context, "gender" refers to the sex legally assigned to an individual.
- 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!
