Job Description
Join Our Team as a Female Support Worker in Crowthorne (RG45)
Location: Crowthorne, RG45 (Just a 4 Min Drive From Crowthorne Train Station)
Pay Rate: £12.31 Per Hour (£50 Per Sleep-In)
Position: Full-Time & Part-Time Opportunities Available
Requirements: Full UK Manual Driving Licence
Are you looking for a rewarding role where you can make a meaningful difference in people’s lives? We’re seeking compassionate and energetic Support Workers to join our team, supporting four wonderful individuals in their 40s-60s who live with learning disabilities, autism, and epilepsy.
Who Will I Be Supporting?
You’ll be supporting two ladies and two gentlemen who share a home and enjoy vibrant, fulfilling lives:
- Creative & Expressive: One of the residents loves photography, music, dancing, and everything Elvis!
- Social Butterflies: They enjoy spending time at clubs, restaurants, and local events.
- Passionate Interests: From a love of Spiderman to working at an elderly day center, they all have unique hobbies that make them shine.
- Gentle & Kind: The gentlemen are quieter but enjoy outings and spending time with friends. One of the gentlemen does not use words to communicate but expresses himself beautifully through gestures and sounds.
This is a lively and harmonious home where everyone gets along well, and your caring, vibrant nature will make all the difference.
What Will You Be Doing?
As a Support Worker, you’ll be helping these incredible individuals live their best lives. Your responsibilities will include:
- Daily Living Support: Assist with meal preparation, household tasks, and creating a safe, welcoming environment.
- Personal Care: Provide support with personal care, ensuring dignity and respect.
- Mobility Assistance: Support one resident who uses a wheelchair when out in the community.
- Medication Administration: Ensure all residents receive their medication as needed.
- Engaging Activities: Join them in their favorite activities like photography, music sessions, dancing, and social outings.
Shift Patterns
We’re looking for Support Workers with flexibility to work on a rota basis that includes a combination of weekdays and weekends. Shifts include:
- Early Shift: 07:30 – 15:00
- Late Shift: 14:30 – 22:00
- Sleep-In: 22:00 – 07:30 (Paid To Sleep)
Rotas are provided in advance to help you maintain a healthy work-life balance.
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking someone who is:
- Caring & Compassionate: With a good heart and a genuine desire to make a difference.
- Vibrant & Outgoing: Ready to bring energy and positivity to the role.
- Supportive & Understanding: Able to build trust and strong relationships with residents and their families.
- Proactive & Reliable: With a passion for encouraging independence and exploring new interests.
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. 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.
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.