Support Worker - £13.54p/h - Full Time 37.5hrs a week!
We are looking for proactive, engaging, and caring people to join experienced colleagues across our homes for adults with moderate learning disabilities in Buxton and Melton Constable. Your entire shift will be based at one location; however, we require DRIVERS with UK/EU Manual Driving Licences with ACCESS TO A CAR for easy commute across locations.
Every day will be busy and rewarding as you encourage and empower each person to maintain their independence, develop new skills, and embrace new opportunities. The people you will support live active lives and want to be out and about, making the most of each day.
The gentleman you will support lives in a large open-plan bungalow with many windows and exits. He spends most of his time in his bedroom or pacing around the bungalow.
He uses many forms of communication and builds unique relationships with those who support him. He does not communicate with words and mainly communicates through objects of reference and gestures, often leading by the hand.
He enjoys being outdoors in the community, walking in the countryside and on beaches, and using swings.
He has a close family and enjoys seeing them regularly.
He is very tactile and loves high 5’s or 10’s. He also enjoys cheek-to-cheek contact, which he often shares with staff.
The ideal person to support him would have experience with behaviours of distress and be required to support at another house in Melton Constable. It is essential that staff have a UK driving licence, can drive manual cars, and have a car of their own to access the houses.
The typical shifts are 07:00-22:00, 07:00-14:30, 14:30-22:00, and sleep-ins (22:00-07:00), which are required. The person supported is 2:1 at all times, including two sleep-in staff.
Dimensions is proud to be one of the few social care organisations accredited by the Great Places To Work programme for 7 consecutive years!
For more information about the home and the people we support, please contact Ricky at 07733 310 036 within office hours.
Applications will be shortlisted upon receipt, and interviews will be held until the positions are filled.
Your rewards
* 30 days annual leave entitlement, pro-rata, including bank holidays, rising to 35 days.
* Pension scheme with both employee and employer contributions.
* Discounts and cashback on high street and online shopping through Rewarding Dimensions.
* Free access to the Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7 helpline, available to partners and immediate family.
* Recognition and financial bonuses every five years via our Long Service Awards.
* Option to purchase discounted health and dental cover through Simply Health.
* Death in service payment for a nominated beneficiary under Life Assurance.
* Bike to work scheme and season ticket loans.
* £200 referral bonus through our 'recommend a friend' scheme.
* 50% contribution to the cost of learning to drive, subject to operational and staffing criteria.
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An enhanced DBS disclosure is required for this role; the cost will be covered by Dimensions.
We welcome applications from all and value diversity in our workforce.
As Disability Confident Leaders, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria. Dimensions has been awarded this status by Jobcentre Plus to recognize our commitment to employing, retaining, training, and developing disabled employees.
We can support you in completing your application—please contact the Resourcing Team at 03003039150.
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