Lead Support Worker
| Posting date: | 20 September 2025 |
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| Salary: | £13.54 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 October 2025 |
| Location: | Haverhill, CB9 0BF |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Dimensions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Dim/22603 |
Summary
Lead Support Worker - Haverhill
Full-time | Must hold a full UK manual or automatic driving licence.
We're looking for a confident, compassionate Lead Support Worker to join our team in Haverhill, supporting adults with learning disabilities, autism, and physical mobility needs across eight individual flats. This is a full-time role for someone who leads by example, communicates with empathy and precision, and thrives in a setting where no two days are the same.
You'll be supporting a group of people aged between 30 and 80, each with their own interests, routines, and goals. From church visits and sensory room sessions to shopping trips, zoo outings and evening discos, the people we support enjoy a wide range of interests and you'll play a key role in helping them stay connected to family, friends, and their community. Support is typically 1:1, with occasional 2:1 in the community, and you'll need to be flexible to help people get to appointments and social events.
As Lead Support Worker, you'll take the lead on rota management, inputting rotas electronically and helping the team stay organised and responsive. You'll support with incident reporting, system updates and quality assurance, and attend health and safety or organisational meetings as needed. You'll also be a key point of support for your colleagues, offering guidance, helping with training, and modelling best practice in everything.
Strong writing and listening skills are essential, as is confidence using systems and recording information clearly. You'll need to feel comfortable supporting with personal care (from prompting to full support), hoist use, wheelchair support, medication administration and meal planning. Shift patterns vary, with a mix of early and late shifts, typically 7am-2pm or 2pm-9pm and occasional longer days. There are no sleep-ins or regular night shifts required.
We're looking for someone local who can work flexibly across all eight flats, and who shares our values of Ambition, Courage, Integrity, Partnership and Respect. In return, you'll be part of a values-led organisation that invests in your development, celebrates your contributions, and gives you the tools to make a real difference.
The rewards
As well as competitive pay and job satisfaction, you'll also benefit from:
- 30 days annual leave entitlement, pro-rata, (including bank holidays), rising to a maximum of 35 days.
- Pension scheme, including a money purchase scheme with employee and employer contribution.
- Discounts and cashback on the high street and online shopping through Rewarding Dimensions.
- Paid training with financial bonuses for completion of awards and diplomas.
- Free access to the Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7 helpline for advice and support, also available to partners and immediate family.
- Recognition and financial bonus every five years through our Long Service Awards.
- Opportunity to purchase Simply Health, a discounted health and dental cover scheme.
- Bike to work scheme and season ticket loans.
- £200 recommend a friend scheme.
Apply now.
If you have any questions and would like to discuss the role in more detail, please call the resourcing team on 0300 303 9150.
- 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 of our recruitment communications.
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