Female Support Worker - £1,000 BONUS!

Dimensions (UK) Ltd.; Hartford; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading not-for-profit organization in the UK is seeking compassionate Support Workers to join their team. You will be responsible for enhancing the independence of women with learning disabilities, assisting with daily activities, personal care, and facilitating social outings. Flexible hours are required, including weekends. The role offers a welcoming bonus, paid training, and comprehensive employee benefits, including annual leave and financial education support. Join us to make a meaningful difference in people's lives.

Benefits

£1,000 welcome bonus

Free DBS check

Paid training with bonuses

Access to discounts with Blue Light Card

30 days annual leave

Financial education resources

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with learning disabilities is preferred.
• Comfortable in water for swimming sessions.
• Ability to assist with personal and intimate care.

Responsibilities

• Support women in their daily living activities.
• Help with medication management and personal care.
• Facilitate social and recreational activities like swimming and cinema.

Skills

Compassion

Communication

Flexibility

Teamwork

Education

Care Certificate

Job description

We are looking for motivated, caring, and compassionate people to join our support team in Sawston, Cambridgeshire. You will be delivering support to enhance three women's independence skills, whilst giving them choice and control over their own lives. This is a permanent opportunity working either 22.5 hrs or 37.5hrs per week. Your role as our newest support worker is to support women to do the things that matter most to them. They would like to meet support workers who want to attend day centre twice a week, join in on weekly swimming sessions (you would need to feel comfortable in water), watch the latest films at the cinema and have beauty treatments with the occasional visit to relaxation rooms. Your role as a Support Worker would include supporting people with their medication, supporting people we support to do their housework, including cleaning and laundry and you will help the people we support to shop for things they wish to buy including their clothes and food, and to prepare their meals as required. As a Support Worker you would be expected to support, encourage, and teach people to maintain personal and intimate care as required.

As one of the country's largest not-for-profits, 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. We couldn’t achieve that without all the great support workers who join Dimensions. It all starts with you!

Be prepared to work flexibly. This could include working 7am-2:30pm, 2:30pm-10pm with the flexibility to cover long days. You will be expected to commit to every other weekend (either one long day or 2 short days). Join us and in return we can offer:

• £1,000 welcome bonus (terms apply)
• Free DBS check
• Advance: access to some of your earned pay ahead of your regular payday
• Free financial education: access to a range of tips, videos and tools for budgeting and saving.
• A comprehensive employee assistance programme
• Access to the Blue Light Card (lots of discounts available)
• 30 days annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays), rising to 35 days.
• £500 bonus for recommending a friend to work for us if they are employed.
• Paid training with financial bonuses for completion of awards and diplomas
• We will pay for and support you to complete the Care Certificate, a requirement for people working in the health and social care sector.
• Discounts and cashback on shopping and days out with our colleague benefits scheme, 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.
• As Disability Confident Leaders, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy - Dimensions has been awarded this symbol by Jobcentre Plus to recognise our commitment towards the employment, retention, training, and career development of disabled employees.
• As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Please contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 03003039150.
• We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all our recruitment communications.