Support Worker
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £12.83 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | Stowmarket, IP14 1NH |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Dimensions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Dim/20395 |
Summary
Have you seen our advert on Facebook / Instagram? Are you interested to find out more? Why not give our friendly recruitment team a call on 0300 303 9150 or apply below and we will be in touch for an informal chat.
- Support Worker
- Stowmarket, Suffolk (IP14)
- £12.83 per hour / earn up to £31,875.44.
- Full time / Part time / Waking night contracts available.
- Full UK driving licence essential.
What does the role involve?
We have two fantastic opportunities in two supported living homes in the IP14 area of Stowmarket. The successful candidate will be matched to one home either supporting a gentleman or two females. We now need added support to continue the magnificent work of our teams so that we continue putting smiles on people's faces.
As a support worker, you will be positively impacting the life of others. To succeed, you will need to get to know their needs and contribute to the development of their person-centred plan, always seeking to meet their support needs.
We have an ambitious and valued driven staff team who are appropriately trained and committed to life-long learning, to provide support on a person- centred approach to people with a learning disability and/or autism living in their own homes, enabling them to lead their lives in ways that make sense to them. We know that this is a demanding and challenging role with no two days the same, which is part of what makes it so interesting and for people with the right skills, experience, and ability it is a brilliant way to make people's lives better.
Previous experience in autism, learning disability and behaviours of distress would be beneficial. Here is what we are looking for:
- You can develop, with our support, motivating and enabling skills - for example, you can set challenging goals and can assist a person you support in making informed choices.
- You will have an ability and willingness to understand and manage behaviours of distress and have a range of de-escalation techniques.
- You can communicate clearly, adapting what you say and how you say it so that each person can understand you.
- You can work flexibly and to respond effectively to changes in workload and the needs of the people we support.
- You can be open minded and have a flexible and adaptable attitude/personality.
Shift times: 7:30am -3pm / 2:30pm-10pm / 7:30am-10pm, sleep ins and alternative weekends.
Benefits
We are enthusiastic about being the absolute best employer we can be, ensuring our staff feel well supported and valued in their roles. As well as being part of a supportive, local team you will be eligible for:
- Free DBS check
- Advance: access to some of your earned pay ahead of your regular payday
- Access to the Blue Light Card (lots of discounts available)
- 30 days annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays), rising to 35 days.
- £500 bonus for recommending a friend to work for us if they are employed.
- Paid training with financial bonuses for completion of awards and diplomas.
- We will pay for and support you to complete the Care Certificate, a requirement for people working in the health and social care sector.
- Discounts and cashback on shopping and days out with our colleague benefits scheme
Apply now!
- 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 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.
- 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.
- We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all our recruitment communications.
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