Job Description
Join Our Team as a Male Support Worker in Birmingham!
Location: Birmingham, B17 (Just a 5min drive from Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham)
Pay Rate: £11.70 per hour (£50 per Sleep-In Shift)
Position: Full-Time (37.5 Hours Per Week)
Requirements: Full UK Manual Driving Licence
Are you a professional, compassionate, and attentive individual ready to make a real difference in someone’s life? Do you thrive in structured environments and enjoy supporting people to explore new interests and build independence? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Who Will You Be Supporting?
You’ll be supporting a friendly gentleman in his 30s who has learning disabilities, autism, and well-managed epilepsy. Here's more about him:
- Loves Routine: Following a clear schedule helps him feel safe and secure.
- Active & Curious: He enjoys going on walks, having carvery meals out, feeding ducks in the park, and is working towards trying new activities like swimming, visiting the cinema, and even a safari park!
- Humour & Fun: He laughs a lot and has a great sense of humour, making your role all the more rewarding.
- Family: This gentleman’s family is very involved in his care—his mum often calls, and his dad loves helping out with gardening and the car, so building strong, positive relationships with them will be essential.
An attentive, proactive and encouraging team player would be a wonderful match to his support team.
What Will You Be Doing?
Your role as a Support Worker will be varied, fulfilling, and focused on improving this gentleman's quality of life. Responsibilities include:
- Personal Care & Medication: Assist with all aspects of daily living, including administering medication and helping with personal care.
- Routine-Driven Support: Follow a clear and structured routine, providing stability while remaining alert and flexible to behavioural changes.
- Encouraging Independence: Help him try new activities like swimming or visiting the cinema, always encouraging him to explore new interests and enjoy life to the fullest.
- Professional & Alert: Be attentive to his needs, follow clear instructions, and respond calmly and professionally to any unpredictable behaviour.
- Communication & Teamwork: Speak clearly and confidently, work well with your team, and communicate effectively with the family. A willingness to whistleblow or raise concerns when necessary is crucial to ensure his well-being.
- Comfortable with Water: You’re happy to support swimming activities and join him in the pool when required.
You will also need to provide emotional reassurance when experiencing behaviours of distress – full positive behaviour support training is provided.
Shift Patterns
- Day Shifts: 7am - 10pm (Long Days)
- Sleep-In Shift: 10pm - 7am (Paid to Sleep)
Rotas provided in advance to support a healthy work-life balance. This gentleman leads a routine-driven life and requires 2:1 support at all times
Why Choose Dimensions?
- Award-Winning Workplace: Recognized as one of the UK’s best workplaces in the ‘super large’ category by the Great Place to Work Institute six years in a row.
- Generous Leave: 30 days annual leave pro rata with the option to buy and sell leave.
- Career Development: Access paid training and opportunities to further your career through funded accredited courses.
- Well-Being Focus: Benefit from our comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network.
- Values-Driven: Join a team that puts 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.
- Additional Perks: Enjoy the Bike to Work scheme and 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.
- 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.
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.