Female Support Worker

Join Our Team as a Support Worker and Make a Difference!

• Location: Colchester, Essex (CO3)
• Contract: 30 hours per week
• Pay: £12.31 per hour
• Requirement: Full UK Driving Licence. 

Are you passionate about making a positive impact in people's lives? Do you have a knack for creativity, an energetic spirit, and a caring heart? If so, we have the perfect opportunity for you!

About the Role:

We're looking for a fun, enthusiastic, and compassionate Support Worker to join our dynamic team and support three incredible young adults aged between 18-30. These young individuals love to immerse themselves in a variety of interests, from baking and painting to arts and crafts. They have a love for life and enjoy getting out and about, whether it's attending day centres, dance classes, or arts and crafts sessions.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Spend your days baking, painting, and crafting alongside the people we support.
• Accompany them to fun outings like bowling, cinema trips, and swimming (you'll need to get in the pool with them!).
• Support them to the gym and help them stay active.
• Provide gentle prompting with personal care tasks.
• Help with balance guidance, handholding during outings, and pushing a wheelchair into a mobility vehicle.
• Get involved in meal planning and preparation to ensure nutritious meals.
• Use Makaton for effective communication (training provided if needed).

Our sector-leading package of colleague benefits really builds up... Your benefits can be worth up to £1,220 per year.

• Competitive salary.
• 30 days annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays), rising to 35 days.
• An occupational sick pay scheme.
• £500 bonus for recommending a friend to work for us if they’re employed.
• Discounts and cashback on shopping through Rewarding Dimensions.
• Aspire, our award-winning career development programme, will support to you to develop the skills, confidence, and experience to progress your career within the Dimensions Group.
• You may also benefit from a work mobile phone, our bike to work scheme, season ticket loans, and more.

Additional Information

An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Dimensions. We welcome applications from everyone with the right to work in the UK and are committed to diversity in our workforce. As Disability Confident Leaders, we guarantee interviews for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. If you need support completing your application, contact our Resourcing Consultant Team at 0300 303 9150. We also offer British Sign Language (BSL) translated recruitment communications.

Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. In this context, "gender" refers to the sex legally assigned to an individual.

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