Job Description
Join Our Team as an Experienced Support Worker in Newcastle!
Location: Newcastle, NE5 (Just a 6-minute drive from Kingston Park Stadium)
Pay: £13.54ph
Positions: Part-Time (Up to 30 hours per week)
Requirements: Previous or transferable experience is essential & Full UK Driving Licence Covering Manual Vehicles
Are you passionate about making a positive impact in someone's life? Join our friendly team in Newcastle and be the difference!
About the People We Support
We support a sociable young gentleman in his 30s who has a great sense of humour and loves:
Swimming and bowling
Going to the cinema and dining out
Slapstick humor and playing with plastic guns
Spending time with family, especially his Mum and Dad
He has a learning disability and autism. Your role will include providing emotional reassurance during moments of distress, with full positive behaviour support training provided.
If you’re a positive person with a good sense of humour and a Full UK Driving Licence Covering Manual Vehicles, you’ll be a wonderful match for our team!
What Will You Be Doing?
Empowering Independence: Help him live his life the way he chooses, achieve his goals, and be himself.
Daily Support: Assist with food shopping, bill payments, and domestic tasks like cooking, cleaning, and laundry.
Providing Care: Administer medication, offer occasional wheelchair assistance during outings, and provide varying degrees of personal care.
Shift Patterns
Long Day Sleep-In Shifts: 9am – 9am the following day
Day Shifts: 9am - 6pm
Sleep-Ins: 10pm – 8am (Paid to Sleep)
We provide rotas at least 4 weeks in advance to support a healthy work-life balance, which we’re very passionate about!
Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled
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: Childcare vouchers, 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.
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.