Support Worker
| Posting date: | 18 March 2026 |
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| Salary: | £13.78 per hour |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 01 April 2026 |
| Location: | Newcastle, NE5 2QZ |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Dimensions |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | Dim/23399 |
Summary
Support Worker
£13.78 (£60 per sleep shift)
Part-time - 25 hrs a week
Newcastle, NE5 (6 Min Drive From Kingston Park Stadium)
Requirements: Previous or transferable experience is desirable & Full UK Driving Licence Covering Manual Vehicles
You'll make every day matter for the people you support, helping them learn, grow, and live life their way. At Dimensions, we'll make every day matter for you too, with wellbeing support, flexibility, and a caring team. Through Inspiring People Awards and Dimensions Academy, we celebrate your contribution and help you thrive - because when you can be you, everyone benefits
About the People We Support
We support some social butterflies who love to catch up with friends and family, swimming and cooking.
We also support people who prefer a quieter life spending time with animals, long walks and watching movies.
The people we support have learning disabilities, autism & various other needs. We are supporting them in working in a friendly complex setting (made up of 5 bungalows) which is a lovely community feel.
Energetic support workers with a good initiative and a good sense of humour would be wonderful matches.
What will I be doing?
You will be supporting people to live their lives how they choose and to achieve their personal goals.
Support can include varying degrees of personal care, some manual handling requirements, medication administration, budgeting, cooking, cleaning, and laundry.
You will also need to provide emotional reassurance when experiencing behaviours of distress - full positive behaviour support training is provided but previous experience is essential.
Shift Patterns:
Long Day Sleep-In Shifts: 9am - 9am the following day
Day Shifts: 9am - 6pm
Sleep-Ins: 10pm - 8am (Paid to Sleep) - You will be expected to do 1 sleep in per week.
We provide rotas at least 4 weeks in advance to support a healthy work-life balance, which we're very passionate about!
Why choose Dimensions?
- A competitive pay rate with uplift for overtime you chose to work.
- 30 days paid Annual Leave (including public holidays - pro rata)
- Opportunities for career progression
- High Street Discounts - Retail and Entertainment (supermarkets, hospitality, pubs, cinema etc.)
- Life Assurance and Company Pension
- Industry leading training
- Enhanced DBS paid for by us.
- We offer a salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned before payday.
Other important information:
- 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 with 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
- 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 if you require adjustments
- British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos are available for all of our recruitment communications.
Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme