Support Workers
Location: Wetherby, LS22
Pay Rate: £12.31ph,
Position: Full time, days and sleep ins
FULL UK DRIVING LICENSE REQUIRED FOR THIS ROLE
Who Will You Be Supporting?
Join a vibrant and caring team where you’ll supporting 3 individuals in their 30s and 50s in their home, as well as providing support to a lady who lives close by independently within her own home.. These individuals, who have learning disabilities, are supported to live independently and have formed a close-knit bond, offering care and support to one another.
Creative & Active: They enjoy singing in a choir, participating in Zumba classes, and expressing their creativity through pottery.
Adventure Seekers: Travel is a big passion for them, with France, Greece, and Australia at the top of their bucket list!
Independent but Appreciative: While they manage their personal care routines independently, they value friendly reminders and motivation.
What Will You Be Doing?
As a Support Worker, you will play a vital role in helping these individuals live their lives to the fullest:
Empowering Independence: Support them to achieve their goals and live life how they choose.
Daily Living Support: Assist with medication, meal preparation, and domestic tasks like cooking, cleaning, and laundry.
Encouraging Active Lives: Be involved in their interests and activities, from choir practices to planning their next holiday adventure.
Driving Support: With a Motability car, you’ll need to be comfortable driving as part of your role.
What Shifts Are Available?
Variety of Shifts: Shifts typically start at 10am one day and finish at 10am the following day, including a sleep-in.
There are also day shifts that vary in length depending on the activities planned. The additional support for the lady would be 5 hours a day over 4 shifts and the lady you are supporting will manage these shifts with you, depending on her needs.
Flexible Scheduling: We’re looking for individuals who can work a mix of these shifts across weekdays, weekends, and bank holidays.
Work-Life Balance: Rotas are provided 4 weeks in advance to help you maintain a healthy balance between work and life – something we truly value!
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!
Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled
About you
We believe anyone has the potential be a great support worker, no matter your background, as long as you share our values; respect, partnership, courage, ambition and integrity – that’s why we recruit based on values and not skills or experience. For more information on our values based recruitment click here
Your rewards
A full list of rewards can be found in the job description attached
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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
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
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