Job Description
Support Worker – Full-Time Role Available in Droitwich WR9
Location: Droitwich, WR9 (Just a 3 min drive from Droitwich Spa Train Station!)
Pay Rate: £12.31 per hour
Hours: Full-Time (37.5 Hours Per Week)
Requirements: Full UK Manual Driving Licence (Confident driving a mobility vehicle)
Are you looking to be in a rewarding and dynamic role where you can support young adults with profound and multiple learning disabilities (PMLD) and complex needs? Join our dedicated team in a specialist supported living setting and help create meaningful and fulfilling experiences for the people we support.
Who Will You Be Supporting?
You’ll be supporting five individuals aged 19-31 in a modern self-contained apartment setting with a shared kitchen, living space, and access to a garden. Each person has their own unique personality and passions, including:
- Attending college – two individuals are currently enrolled and actively learning
- Social butterflies – one individual has a packed schedule of social activities
- Community engagement – two gentlemen are looking for roles in the community but currently fill their days with personal hobbies
- Home-based interests – enjoying computer games, comics, cartoons, and relaxing in the garden
- Outdoor adventures – going to the cinema, bowling, and taking walks in the park
This is a dynamic, social, and engaging environment where you’ll play an important role in supporting independence, promoting engagement, and ensuring well-being.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Providing personal care – supporting with bathing, dressing, and toileting
- Hoisting & mobility assistance – most individuals use wheelchairs and require hoisting
- Supporting meals & PEG feeding – ensuring safe and healthy eating
- Administering medication – including epilepsy support
- Encouraging independence – helping individuals participate in activities that matter to them
- Supporting communication – one individual uses Makaton, and training is provided
- Collaborating with families – working closely with relatives to ensure consistent support
Shift Patterns Available:
We offer a variety of flexible shifts, including:
- Day Shifts: 7:00am – 3:00pm / 3:00pm – 10:00pm
- Long Days: 7:00am – 10:00pm
We’re looking for flexible, proactive support workers who are happy to work some weekends and want to be part of a close-knit, hardworking team that values each other’s contributions.
Who We’re Looking For:
- Great team players – someone who is reliable, proactive, and supportive of colleagues
- Hardworking & enthusiastic – willing to get involved and bring new ideas to the team
- Strong communicators – able to spot other signs of communication, particularly for those who don’t use words to communicate
- Patient & empathetic – able to provide emotional reassurance and a positive presence
- Experience with complex health needs – including PEG feeding and epilepsy medication (training provided)
- Confident drivers – as the home has multiple mobility vehicles, a driving licence is essential
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 six 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.
- 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.