Job Description
FEMALE - Support Workers
Full UK Driving Licence is preferred but not essential
Fareham - part time 30 hours and 22.5 hours per week
We are looking for thoughtful, caring and inspiring people to join our team of support workers in Fareham.
Shift patterns vary and the earliest you will start is 7am and the latest you will finish will be 10pm
Gender is considered a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 where mentioned.
The Role:
- Supporting with everyday task such as cooking, cleaning, laundry
- Support with managing finances
- Providing full support with personal care and manual handling
- Medication administration
- Supporting out in the community, taking to day centres and health appointments
- Encouraging them to be as independent as possible
The people we support all enjoy a multitude of activities and have amazing personalities, they are looking for people to support them who have similar interests to them and will enjoy taking part in the following:
- Going shopping
- Going to the cinema
- Listening to music, especially Elvis and the Beatles
- Going out to coffee shops for a coffee and a gossip
- Going out for meals
- Going swimming
- Gardening, bird watching
For more information about the service and people we support, please contact Gillian on 07795267097 or please click apply at the bottom to submit a short application.
Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme 2024.
Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled
Your rewards
A full list of rewards can be found in the job description attached
Apply now
- An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
- We welcome applications from everyone 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.
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.