Support Workers - Female
£13.78ph
Full-time / Part Time - days and nights
Location: NE3
Are you an experienced Female Support Worker with a passion for making a difference? If so, we'd love to hear from you.
We are looking for fun, active support workers to join our team based in Kenton, to support 4 amazing people who live in their own supported living bungalows.
We support 3 gentlemen and 1 lady who all have learning disabilities and autism and we are supporting them to live independently, enjoy activities, hobbies and achieve any goals they have in life.
What do they like doing?
* Spending time wit family and friends
* Thrill seekers, so enjoy fair grounds, video games
* Shopping
* Being creative, arts and crafts
* Bike riding
* TV - any type of Drama programme or Crime series, especially Police interceptors
* Music and dancing
You will also need to provide emotional reassurance when experiencing behaviours of distress - full positive behaviour support training is provided but previous experience is essential.
What will I be doing?
* They're looking for fun and active people to join their team and support them to live their lives how they choose, to be themselves and to achieve their goals
* They would also like support with their personal care (varying degrees of independence), medication, food shopping and domestic tasks such as cooking, cleaning, and laundry
What shifts are required:
Day shifts are typically 8am - 10pm
Waking nights are typically 10pm - 8am
We're looking for people with flexibility to work on a rota basis that includes a combination of shifts, weekdays and weekends
Rotas are provided at least 4 weeks in advance to support a healthy work life balance - something we're very passionate about
Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. In this context, "gender" refers to the sex legally assigned to an individual.
Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme in now 7 years in a row
Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled
About you
We believe anyone has the potential be a great support worker, no matter your background, as long as you share our values; respect, partnership, courage, ambition and integrity - that's why we recruit based on values and not skills or experience. For more information on our values based recruitment click here
Your rewards
A full list of rewards can be found in the job description attached
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An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
We welcome applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce
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