Support Worker - Part Time
| Posting date: | 01 October 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £12.71 to £12.71 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 29 October 2024 |
| Location: | Telford, TF2 0AA |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Dimensions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Dim/21082 |
Summary
Join Our Team as a Support Worker in Telford!
Position: Part-time (15 hours per week)
Pay Rate: £12.71 per hour
Location: Telford, TF2 (Just a 7min drive from Oakengates Train Station)
Requirements: A Full UK Driving Licence Covering Manual Vehicles
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!
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.
- Specialized 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.
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 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.
- 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!
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme