Support Worker
| Posting date: | 25 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | £11.66 to £11.66 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 August 2024 |
| Location: | Coltishall, NR12 7DT |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Dimensions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Dim/20801 |
Summary
We're recruiting Support Workers to join our team!
- £11.66 per hour / Earn up to £27,617.74.
- Coltishall, Norwich but with the flexibility to cover other homes in the Norwich area.
- Full time or part time hours available.
- Full UK driving licence with own car is essential.
We are recruiting for amazing Support Workers for Coltishall and other areas. Whether you have experience or not, we will help support you to reach your full potential by providing you with all the necessary training, guidance and support you need to complete your care certificate and further qualifications.
The role will involve:
You will support people in their own homes and share responsibilities and duties with other colleagues; you may be working in pairs with some lone working. Some of the people we support may display behaviours of distress at times. We will offer full and thorough training on behavioural support and all other aspects of the role. Although you will be based at Coltishall you will be expected to cover in Buxton, Norwich and Melton Constable as required.
Shift patterns:
Most shifts are a mixture of long days, earlies and late's, sleep ins are also a requirement. Full and Part time positions available!
For more information about the service and people we support, please contact Ricky on 07733 310 036 within office hours!
A Full UK/EU driving licence and access to a car is essential for this role.
Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places to Work programme in 2023 - now 6 years in a row!
We're Dimensions, a not-for-profit charitable registered society and housing association that supports people with learning disabilities, autism, and complex needs. Our main priority for this job role is to find people with the right values, behaviours and attitudes that match our own! We're seeking to recruit some great new Support Workers; people with the right values and behaviours to work in our supported living home in Coltishall, Norwich - could this be you?
We offer 10% enhancement for working overtime, a generous sick pay scheme, a salary advance scheme for you to access to some of your earned pay ahead of your regular payday and 30 days annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays), rising to 35. There is no reason not to join us - apply today to join a great non-for-profit organisation!
You don't need to have previous experience in this field, nor do you need qualifications - we're happy to work with you to help you become an excellent Support Worker.
We want someone that shares in our values. These are:
- Ambition: helping people be the best they can be
- Courage: being brave enough to make a difference
- Integrity: being honest and fair in all the things we do
- Partnership: working with other people to make a bigger difference
- Respect: treating everyone fairly and knowing that everyone's voice is important
The duties are varied, and every day will be different, and rewarding, as you encourage and empower each person to be actively engaged in every aspect of their daily lives - this will include accompanying to favoured activities, developing daily living skills, administering medication, and supporting with personal care and mobility assistance, if needed.
Be prepared to work flexibly. This could include working some weekends, waking nights or sleep-ins if required and bank holidays. This will be discussed with you during the interview process, and you will be matched to people we support in line with hours and patterns of shifts you are able to work.
Colleague benefits
Our sector-leading package of colleague benefits really builds up... Your benefits can be worth up to £1,220 per year.
- 30 days annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays), rising to 35 days.
- Pensions, including a money purchase scheme with employee and employer contributions.
- A generous sick pay scheme
- 10% enhancement for working overtime.
- Sleep-in payments of £45.00* available in addition to basic pay. (*In some areas of the business you may receive a lower basic sleep-in payment and a further top-up payment).
- We provide a full induction and training when you join us.
- We'll pay for and support you to complete the Care Certificate, a requirement for people working in the health and social care sector.
- Discounts on shopping and days out.
- Salary advances scheme: access to some of your earned pay ahead of your regular payday
Apply now.
Come and join our brilliant team, we'd love to hear from you.
- 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.
- We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme