Support Worker - Part Time

Join Our Team as an Experienced  Male Support Worker in Telford!

Position: Part-time (22.5 hours per week)
Pay Rate: £13.54 per hour
Location: Telford, TF2 (Just a 7min drive from Oakengates Train Station)
Requirements: A Full UK Driving Licence Covering Manual Vehicles & Transferable Experience

Are you ready to make a real difference in someone's life? If so, we’d love to hear from you.

Who Will You Be Supporting?

We support an energetic and social gentleman in his 20s with a learning disability and autism. Living in his own bungalow, he loves:

• Being Social: Interacting with his support workers, even without using words.
• Staying Active: Enjoying long walks, hikes, gym sessions, bike rides, and swimming. Confidence in getting into a pool to support him is a must. If you share his passion for an active lifestyle, you'll be a perfect fit!

You will also need to provide emotional reassurance when experiencing behaviours of distress – full positive behaviour support training is provided but previous experience is essential

What Will You Be Doing?

• Empowering Independence: Help him live his life to the fullest, promoting his choices and supporting him in achieving his goals.
• Daily Living Support: Provide comprehensive personal care, meal preparation, medication, shopping, cooking, cleaning, and laundry - cooking skills are highly valued.
• Structured Schedule: Follow a structured schedule, essential for his well-being, requiring strong organizational and time management skills.
• Behaviourial Training: Receive Positive Behaviour Support & PROACT-SCIP training to excel in this role.

Shift Patterns

• Day Shifts: 7:30am - 3:00pm
• Day Shifts: 3:00pm - 10:30pm

Rotas are provided in advance to ensure a healthy work-life balance. This role will involve 2:1 support. 

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 seven 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 develop 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: 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. In this context, "gender" refers to the sex legally assigned to an individual.
• 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.

Ready to make a real difference? Apply now and join a team that values you and the incredible work you do!

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