Female Support Worker
Location: Darlington, DL1 (12 min Drive from Darlington Memorial Hospital)
Pay: £12ph increasing to £12.31ph from 1st April 2025
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We are looking for a female support worker to join our team in Darlington to support a lovely gentleman to live independently in his own supported living home.
He is in his 50s who enjoys his TV (including Tennis, sports and Food Network Channels) and he thoroughly enjoys taking part in cooking!
He has a learning disability, and he can experience behaviours of distress and can be quite verbal when experiencing these distressful moments
A bubbly, motivated support worker with a good initiative would be a wonderful match.
What will I be doing?
You will be supporting him to live his life how he chooses, to be themselves, and to achieve their goals
You will be supporting with prompting around personal care, meal preparation, medication administration, budgeting, cooking, cleaning and laundry.
What shifts are available?
Long Day Sleep ins: 9:30am – 09:30am the following day (£50 sleep-in shift included)
Additional day shifts available throughout the week
Sleep in shifts cover hours between: 11pm -7am
Rotas are provided 4 weeks in advance to support a health work life balance.
"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."
Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme in 2024 – now 6 years in a row!
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 who has the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce
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