Job Description
Female Support Worker – Bath (BA2)
Location: Bath, BA2 (Just a 6min drive from Oldfield Park Train Station)
Pay Rate: £13.04 (£50 Per Sleep In Shift)
Hours: Full-Time (37.5 Hours Per Week)
Driver Requirement: Manual licence required
Applicants: Female only (Genuine Occupational Requirement under the Equality Act 2010)
Are you looking for a role where you can bring your energy, compassion, and creativity to make a real difference? We’re seeking a female Support Worker to join a dedicated team supporting a wonderful lady in her 60s who lives in her own home in Bath.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who enjoys building meaningful relationships, working as part of a close-knit team, and supporting someone to live life on their own terms.
About the Person You’ll Be Supporting
She’s full of personality and loves:
- Eating out and enjoying a drink
- Getting her nails done and dressing up – she thrives on compliments and recognition
- Writing poems and chatting about her beloved cat, Poppet
- Watching theatre shows, TV, and DVDs
- Going to her day centre once a week
She has a learning disability and epilepsy (managed with buccal medication for absent seizures), and sometimes experiences behaviours of distress. She uses a walker and benefits from encouragement to stay active and engaged.
Your Role
You’ll be providing 2:1 support and helping her with:
- Personal care
- Medication administration (including epilepsy support)
- Daily routines and activities
- Emotional support and motivation
- Encouraging independence and confidence
You’ll need to be confident, enthusiastic, and able to bring fresh energy to each day. A bubbly personality and a warm, encouraging approach will go a long way in helping her feel supported and empowered.
Shift Patterns
- Day Support (2:1): 9:00am – 10:00pm
- Long Day + Sleep-In: 9:00am – 9:00am the following day
- Sleep-In Shift: 10:00pm – 9:00am (Sleep-in hours paid at rest rate from 11:00pm – 7:00am)
Rotas are planned in advance to support a healthy work-life balance.
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking someone who is:
- Confident and compassionate, with a positive mindset
- Energetic and engaging, able to motivate and uplift
- Patient and flexible, with a calm and understanding approach
- Team-oriented, ready to work collaboratively
- A driver with a manual licence
Experience with behaviours of distress and epilepsy is helpful, but full training will be provided.
Family Involvement
Her mum is very involved and values strong communication with the support team. You’ll be part of a caring and consistent network that works together to provide the best possible support.
Why Choose Dimensions?
- Award-Winning Workplace: Recognised as one of the UK’s best workplaces in the ‘super large’ category by the Great Place to Work Institute seven years in a row.
- Generous Leave: 30 days annual leave pro rata with the option to buy and sell leave.
- Career Development: Paid training and opportunities to further develop your career through funded accredited courses.
- Well-Being Focus: Comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network.
- Values-Driven: We put 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.
- Learn To Drive Scheme: For non-driver opportunities, we cover the cost of driving lessons for colleagues.
- Additional Perks: Bike to Work scheme, 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. In this context, "gender" refers to the sex legally assigned to an individual.
- 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!
Dimensions is a national social care company and we are proud to have been recognised as one of the UK’s best workplaces in the ‘super large’ category by the Great Place to Work Institute three years in a row.
As one of the country’s largest not-for-profits supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, behaviours of distress, and complex needs, 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.
Dimensions has hundreds of services across England and Wales and have over 5000 colleagues supporting more than 2,500 people.
Our head office is based in Theale (Reading), however since the pandemic all business support staff now work from home, with access to work in shared workspaces.
We are always working to improve standards – our own and across the sector. Dimensions was one of the pioneers of personalised support, showing how it works in practice, and enabling thousands of people to have greater choice and control. We continue to be innovative in our approach, and our Strategy for 2025 outlines our commitment to becoming a leader in our sector.