Support Worker - Female

D015644
£9.60 Per Hour
Sheffield
England, South Yorkshire, Yorkshire and the Humber
Permanent
Hours per week: 17.5
Closing Date: August 02, 2022
Support Worker - Female

Start your day knowing you’ll make a difference - we are looking for a female to join our team of Support Workers in Sheffield S6 and create a positive difference that improves life for the people we support.
Dimensions is a leading social care provider in England and Wales, supporting people with learning disabilities and autism

We are looking for a female support worker to support a lady within her 30s who has autism and lives in her own bungalow in the S6 area of Sheffield.  She has a wicked sense of humour and will say it how it is! She is very routine based and likes to follow these routines and will ask plenty of questions along the way. During the night she can have a very broken sleep pattern and this can be affected if an event is happening as she can be very excited, so will need encouragement to go back to bed.

You will be providing support from 3.30pm through until 9am the next day, so we require someone who is happy working this shift pattern

Her family are a huge part of her life and are heavily involved in the support we provide for her, they are looking for someone who will be compassionate to her needs and be very domesticated!

The role

  • Support with some aspects of personal care
  • Encourage and support with emotional behaviours/distresses
  • General duties, preparing meals, cooking, cleaning and laundry
  • Medication Administration

"Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010." 

If you have any queries about the role, please call Sarah on 07760 990528 or please click apply at the bottom to submit a short application.

Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled.

Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme 2022.

Your rewards

A full list of rewards can be found in the job description attached

Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled

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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 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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