Job Description
Female Support Worker
£12.64 per hour
Part-time (24 Hours Per Week)
Middlesbrough (3min Drive from Tees Valley Hospital)
Full UK driving licence essential (Manual)
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Are you someone with a passion for making a difference? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
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About the Person be support:
We have a cheeky young lady in her 30s who loves to joke around, have a laugh, and especially loves Bollywood music and films.
She also loves swimming, home made spicy curries and even has her own sensory room in her back garden.
She has a learning disability, autism, diabetes and epilepsy and we’re looking a support worker to assist her to live independently in her own home.
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.
What will I be doing?
This young lady would like support to live her life how she chooses and to achieve her goals.
She would like support with her personal care, medication, occasional wheelchair assistance, meal preparation, food shopping and domestic tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry.
This young lady has access to her own car to make trips out of the house more enjoyable for her, so a full UK driving licence is essential to be a part of her team.
Shifts Patterns:
Day Shifts: 8am-8pm
This includes a combination of weekdays and weekends.
Rotas are provided at least 4 weeks in advance to support a healthy work life balance - something we're very passionate about!
Why choose Dimensions?
30 days annual leave pro rata with the option to buy and sell leave.
Refer a friend to us and if they’re successfully employed, you’ll receive a £200 bonus.
Paid training and options to further develop your career through funded accredited courses.
A Bike to Work scheme and discounts on meals, shopping, entertainment, and gym memberships are also available.
Salary advance scheme where you can access 50% of the money you've earned before pay day.
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.
"Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010."
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.