Join Our Team as a Female Support Worker in Woodley!
Location: Woodley, Reading, RG5 (Just a 20min Walk from Earley Train Station)
Pay Rate: £11.70 per hour + £50 per Sleep-In Shift
Position: Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Are you a patient, resilient individual with a passion for making a difference? Do you thrive in a supportive environment where every day is a new opportunity to positively impact someone’s life? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Who Will You Be Supporting?
You'll be supporting two lovely ladies in their 50s and 70s who have lived together for over 20 years. They both have learning disabilities, cerebral palsy, and autism. While they have their differences, they both enjoy an active and engaging lifestyle. Here's a bit about them:
- Hobbies & Interests: They love baking, completing jigsaw puzzles, having their nails painted, and heading out for coffee and sightseeing.
- Social Activities: Regular trips to the Friday disco, visits to the cinema, and a day at the town centre twice a week keep them busy and connected.
- Animal Lovers: They have a soft spot for emotional support dogs, which brings joy to their day.
- Mobility Support: Both ladies use walking frames or wheelchairs when out in the community.
Your role will be essential in helping them to maintain positive relationships and foster a peaceful living environment with a firm but fair approach.
What Will You Be Doing?
As a Support Worker, you’ll provide a range of services to help these ladies live independently, while ensuring their safety and well-being. Your role will include:
- Empowering Independence: Support them with personal care, medication administration (minimal), and meal prep, helping them live their lives the way they choose.
- Engaging Activities: Accompany them on outings to town, shopping trips, the Friday disco, and cinema visits.
- Daily Living Support: Assist with cooking, cleaning, and maintaining their home in a comfortable and welcoming way.
Your patience and ability to stay calm will be vital in helping these ladies feel supported, understood, and encouraged.
Shift Patterns
- Monday/Wednesday/Friday/Saturday/Sunday: 7am - 10pm (with sleep-in shifts)
- Tuesday/Friday: Day centre drop-off at 9am; shift starts 3:30pm - 10pm (with sleep-in shifts)
This role involves lone working, but with small allocations of 1:1 hours. 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!
