Join Our Team as a Support Worker in Woodley, Reading!
Location: Woodley, Reading, RG5 (Just a 5 min drive from the Woodley Town Centre Shopping Precinct)
Pay Rate: £11.70 per hour (+ £50 per Sleep-In Shift)
Position: Full-Time (37.5 Hours Per Week)
Requirements: Full UK Manual Driver’s License (essential)
Are you a friendly, outgoing individual who’s passionate about making a difference? We’re looking for someone with a great sense of humor, an adventurous spirit, and the enthusiasm to help people live life to the fullest! If this sounds like you, we’d love to have you on our team!
Who Will You Be Supporting?
In this active, friendly home, you’ll support three fantastic gentlemen, each with their own unique interests and vibrant personalities:
- Gent 1 has Fragile X syndrome and enjoys exploring his hobbies. He’s a big comic book fan and loves conventions, cinema trips, and football – he recently created a Tin Man sculpture for Halloween, and it’s currently in the running for a prize!
- Gents 2 and 3 are more independent but love social activities. They’re sociable, enjoy music, and regularly catch up at the Friday disco. Both attend a day center three times a week and are always up for new experiences, from bike rides to holidays and beyond.
These gentlemen are supported to maintain independence and build connections with their families, who are closely involved in their lives.
What Will You Be Doing?
As a Support Worker, you’ll play a key role in enhancing the lives of these individuals, ensuring they have the opportunity to experience new activities and fulfill their goals. Responsibilities include:
- Empowering Independence: Provide active support to keep the gentlemen engaged, with some 1:1 support for the youngest resident.
- Daily Living Support: Assist with varying levels personal care, meal preparation, and medication as needed.
- Social Engagement: Whether it’s helping them get to the day center, cheering them on at the Friday disco, or supporting them in exploring new hobbies, your proactive and social approach will make each day exciting and fulfilling.
- Building Relationships: You’ll be a steady presence, working closely with their families and friends to keep them connected to their loved ones.
Shift Patterns:
- Day Shifts: 7am – 3:30pm
- Afternoon Shifts: 3:30pm – 10pm
- Sleep-In Shifts: 10pm – 7am (paid at hourly rate until 9:30am)
- Flexible rotas provided 4 weeks in advance to support a healthy work-life balance.
Why Choose Dimensions?
- Award-Winning Workplace: Recognized as one of the UK’s best workplaces in the ‘super large’ category by the Great Place to Work Institute six years in a row.
- Generous Leave: 30 days annual leave pro rata with the option to buy and sell leave.
- Career Development: Access paid training and opportunities to further your career through funded accredited courses.
- Well-Being Focus: Benefit from our comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network.
- Values-Driven: Join a team that puts people with learning disabilities and their families at the heart of everything we do.
- Referral Bonus: Receive a £200 bonus if you refer a friend and they’re successfully employed.
- Additional Perks: Enjoy the Bike to Work scheme and discounts on meals, shopping, entertainment, and gym memberships.
Other Important Information
- Immediate Reviews: Applications are reviewed upon receipt and interviews will continue until positions are filled.
- Equality Commitment: Gender is considered a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 where mentioned.
- DBS Disclosure: An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Dimensions.
- Inclusive Workforce: We welcome applications from everyone with the right to work in the UK and value diversity in our workforce.
- Disability Confident: We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
- BSL Support: British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos are available for all of our recruitment communications.
