Job Description
Join Our Team as a Support Worker in West Bromwich!
Location: West Bromwich, B70 (Just a 5min Walk from Edward Street Hospital)
Pay Rate: £12.31 Per Hour
Hours: Part Time / 24 Hours Per Week
Requirements: Experience with autism
Are you enthusiastic, reliable, and passionate about making a difference? We have an exciting opportunity for a Support Worker to join our team in West Bromwich!
Who Will You Be Supporting?
You will be supporting a gentleman in his 60s with learning disabilities and autism. He requires 1:1 support at all times and 2:1 support in the community and for personal care. He enjoys:
- Going Out: Loves visiting the pub and socializing.
- Football: A big fan of West Bromwich Albion, hoping to attend a live match.
- Music: Enjoys 80s music.
- Quiet Time: Prefers a quiet environment and loves his blanket.
- Sweet Treats: Has a sweet tooth and loves cakes and biscuits.
- Sensory Rooms: Enjoys spending time in sensory rooms.
- Recovery: Currently recovering from an injury with the goal of returning to full mobility.
What Will You Be Doing?
Each day will be different, but you will be supporting with:
- Personal Care: Providing assistance with personal care tasks, including the use of hoists.
- Community Support: Offering 2:1 support when out in the community.
- Mobility Assistance: Supporting him as he uses a wheelchair and works towards full mobility.
- Meal Preparation: Preparing meals and supporting him with his dietary needs.
- Medication Administration: Ensuring he receives his medication as prescribed.
- Communication: Providing clear and confident communication, following his communication passport.
- Engagement: Encouraging participation in activities he enjoys, such as football, music, snooker, and shopping.
We are looking for someone who is strong-willed, patient, and empathetic. To be a great match you should be:
- Experienced with Autism: Comfortable working with individuals with autism.
- Strong Communicator: Able to provide clear and confident communication.
- Positive and Resilient: Capable of seeing the positives and coping in a loud environment.
- Active and Confident: Confident in learning how to support with manual handling.
Shift Patterns:
- Flexible Across the Week: Weekdays 7:00 AM - 3:00 PM (potential to finish early)
- Sometimes shifts can be subject to change to cover for leave.
Rotas are provided in advance to support a healthy work-life balance.
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 seven 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.