Join Our Team as a Support Worker in Kidderminster!
Pay: £12.31 per hour (£50 per Sleep-In Shift)
Position: Full-Time (37.5 hours per week)
Location: Kidderminster, DY10 (Just a 5 min drive from Kidderminster Train Station)
Requirements: Full UK Driving Licence Covering Manual Vehicles
Are you a compassionate Support Worker with a passion for making a difference? If so, we'd love to hear from you!
Who Will I Be Supporting?
You'll be supporting four gents and one lady, aged 20s to 60s, with learning disabilities and some complex health needs, including PEG feeding and epilepsy. These individuals live together in a shared home and enjoy a variety of activities:
- Active Lifestyles: Swimming (must be confident in the pool), football, and day trips.
- Creative Interests: Arts & crafts, music sessions, and sensory activities at home.
- Social Activities: Theatre trips, visiting day centres, and spending time in parks.
We're seeking support workers with a positive outlook, excellent communication skills, and a willingness to try new things.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Empowering Independence: Help residents live their lives how they choose and achieve their personal goals.
- Daily Living Support: Provide full personal care, meal preparation, shopping, cleaning, laundry, helping prepare food, keeping rooms tidy, and general housework.
- Providing Care: Assist with medication administration, PEG feeding, and manual handling with hoists.
- Effective Communication: Support three gentlemen who do not use words to communicate, ensuring they are understood and engaged.
- Consistent Support: Work with a team of two staff on every shift to maintain a supportive and safe environment.
Shift Patterns
- Day Shifts: 7am - 2:30pm (can start with a Sleep-In shift before)
- Day Shifts: 7:30am - 3pm
- Day Shifts: 8am - 3:30pm
- Day Shifts: 3:30pm - 7:30pm
- Day Shifts: 2pm - 9:30pm
- Day Shifts: 3pm - 10:30pm (can start with sleep shift following)
- Sleep-In Shifts: 10:30pm - 7am (Paid To Sleep)
Rotas are provided in advance to support a healthy work-life balance. We would expect 1-2 Sleep-In shift per week on a full time contract.
Why Choose Dimensions?
- Award-Winning Workplace: Recognized 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: Access paid training and opportunities to further your career through funded accredited courses.
- Well-Being Focus: Benefit from our comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network.
- Values-Driven: Join a team that puts 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: Enjoy the Bike to Work scheme and 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!
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