Join Our Team as a Female Support Worker in Worcester!
Location: Worcester, WR4 (Just an 8min drive from Worcestershire Royal Hospital)
Pay Rate: £12 per hour + £50 per Sleep-In Shift
Position: Part-Time (30 hours per week)
Requirements: Full UK Manual Driving Licence
Are you compassionate, empathetic, and passionate about supporting older individuals with learning disabilities and autism? If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Who Will You Be Supporting?
You’ll be supporting two wonderful ladies in their 60s, each with learning disabilities, autism, and well-managed epilepsy. Despite their challenges, they are full of life and enjoy a range of activities at a slower pace:
- Family-Driven Lady: A fun, mischievous spirit who may not speak much English but understands it well. She communicates through body language and touch, and loves sensory activities like head massages, spending time in nature, and enjoying meals, coffee, and cake with loved ones. Family is her world, and she’s motivated by staying connected with them.
- Relationship-Oriented Lady: A warm individual who values deep connections with her support staff. She has autism and experiences anxiety around staying hydrated, so careful attention to this is crucial. She enjoys countryside walks, sensory stimulation, and outings for meals, coffee, and cake. Building strong, trusting relationships is key to her well-being.
What Will You Be Doing?
As a Support Worker, your role will be diverse, meaningful, and incredibly rewarding. Your responsibilities will include:
- Empowering Independence: Provide varying levels of personal care—full support for one lady and occasional support for the other.
- Daily Living Support: Assist with meal preparation, medication administration, and encouraging healthy living habits.
- Promote Well-Being: Focus on gentle exercises, sensory activities, and creating a structured environment that supports their needs.
- Build Connections: Develop strong relationships with both ladies, understanding their unique communication styles, and fostering connections with their families.
- Manage Behaviors of Concern: Use forward-thinking approaches to set boundaries, provide emotional support, and ensure a calm, structured environment.
Shift Patterns
- Day Shifts: 8am - 2pm
- Day Shifts: 10am - 6pm
- Day Shifts: 2pm - 10pm
- Sleep-In Shifts: 10pm - 6am (followed by a day shift from 6am - 8am)
Rotas are provided in advance to support a healthy work-life balance. 1-2 sleep-in shifts are required per week.
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.
- 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!
