Support Worker Nights

Waking Night Support Worker - Farnborough
Part-Time position available (20 hours per week)

Would you like a role where you can improve the lives and empower the independence of people in Farnborough? Dimensions, an award winning, not-for-profit support organisation, are seeking a Waking Night Support Worker to do just that!

The 4 gentlemen and 1 lady we support, share a supported living home. The people we support have learning disabilities and autism. They would like to meet a Support Worker who can help then to safe at night. The types of things you will be doing include:

• Keeping the people we support company if they are choosing to have a late night
• Undertaking hourly checks on the people we support whilst they are asleep
• Providing reassurance to the people we support if they wake up during the night
• Assisting with personal care if needed
• Doing household tasks (laundry, cleaning of shared areas of the house, etc,) that cannot be done whilst people are awake
• Ensuring all relevant paperwork is kept up to date.
• The people we support want you to know that not all of them use words to communicate but they have different ways of telling you what they want. If you have not had to communicate with people who do not use words before, don’t worry, as Dimensions provide all Support Workers with full training. 

This is a part-time role of 20 hours per week. You will be working 21.30-07.30

Benefits for Support Workers choosing to work with Dimensions include:

• We offer 30 days annual leave pro rata with the option to buy and sell leave
• If you refer a friend to us and if they’re successfully employed, you’ll receive a £200 bonus
• We offer paid training and options to further develop your career through funded accredited courses
• Bike to Work scheme and discounts on meals, shopping, entertainment, gym membership and mobile phone tariffs
• We’re a values-driven organisation that puts people with learning disabilities and their families at the heart of everything we do
• We care about our colleagues and are passionate about our comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network
• Dimensions are proud to be one of very few social care organisations that have been recognised by the Great Places to Work programme 2019-2025

Other important information:

• Applications are reviewed upon receipt and interviews will take place until the positions are filled
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions
• We welcome applications from everyone with 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
• 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 if you require adjustments
• British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos are available for all of our recruitment communications

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