Female Support Worker
| Posting date: | 09 December 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £13.98 per hour |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 08 January 2026 |
| Location: | Sawston, CB22 3BX |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Dimensions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Dim/22965 |
Summary
Find the right job for you in adult social care- A career in care is a career where no two days are the same.
- Female Support Workers
- Full time or part time 22.5 - 37.5 hours per week
- Sawston, a large village in Cambridgeshire
- £13.98 per hour
A career in social care offers long-term employment prospects, with opportunity for promotion and progression as well as job security. Somewhere in your local community there is a job that you can do to help others!
Job description:
As one of the country's largest not-for-profits, we are driven by our values. People with learning disabilities and their families are at the heart of everything we do, and we want every person we support to have a great life, with excellent outcomes. We couldn't achieve that without all the great support workers who join Dimensions. It all starts with you!
We are looking for motivated, caring, and compassionate people to join our support team in Sawston, Cambridgeshire. You will be delivering support to enhance three women's independence skills, whilst giving them choice and control over their own lives. This is a permanent opportunity working either 22.5 hrs or 37.5hrs per week.
Your role as our newest support worker is to support women to do the things that matter most to them. They would like to meet support workers who want to attend day centre twice a week, join in on weekly swimming sessions (you would need to feel comfortable in water), watch the latest films at the cinema and have beauty treatments with the occasional visit to relaxation rooms.
Your role as a Support Worker would include supporting people with their medication, supporting people we support to do their housework, including cleaning and laundry and you will help the people we support to shop for things they wish to buy including their clothes and food, and to prepare their meals as required. As a Support Worker you would be expected to support, encourage, and teach people to maintain personal and intimate care as required.
Shifts:
Be prepared to work flexibly. This could include working 7am-2:30pm, 2:30pm-10pm with the flexibility to cover long days. You will be expected to commit to every other weekend (either one long day or 2 short days).
Join us and in return we can offer:
- Free DBS check
- Advance: access to some of your earned pay ahead of your regular payday
- Free financial education: access to a range of tips, videos and tools for budgeting and saving.
- A comprehensive employee assistance programme
- 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.
The closing date for this job advert is 22/12/2025. Applications are reviewed upon receipt and interviews will take place until the positions are filled.
- Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. In this context, "gender" refers to the sex legally assigned to an individual.
- 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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