Female Support Worker, Waking Night

Dimensions; Dorchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care provider in Dorchester is seeking Female Support Workers for night shifts. This rewarding role involves supporting individuals with learning disabilities and assisting with personal care. Candidates should possess a caring nature and a willingness to learn. Full-time or part-time positions available with all necessary training provided. Apply now to join a values-driven organization.

Benefits

Training and qualifications support

Diversity and inclusion in hiring

Enhanced DBS disclosure support

Qualifications

• Willingness to learn and complete necessary training and care certificate.
• Ability to support individuals with various needs including personal care.

Responsibilities

• Helping people learn the skills they need to live independently.
• Providing personal care.
• Supporting with medication.
• Undertaking household tasks during wake hours of clients.

Skills

Caring nature

Kindness

Thoughtfulness

Job description

Female Support Worker, Waking Nights - Dorchester (DT1)

Full or Part Time Positions Available

Night shifts run from 21.30-07.30

Dimensions is an award winning, life changing, not-for-profit charity which promotes independence for every individual. We pride ourselves on being a values-based employer and if you are looking for a career as a Female Support Worker - there could not be anything more rewarding.

Dimensions is a leading social care provider in England and Wales, supporting people with learning disabilities and autism

We are recruiting for amazing Female Support Workers to work in the Supported Living Homes we run in Dorchester. Whether you have experience or not, we will help support you to reach your full potential by providing you with all the necessary training, guidance and support you need to complete your care certificate and further qualifications.

We support people with learning disabilities and autism, behaviours of distress, personal care, epilepsy, complex needs and much more. If you have a caring, kind and thoughtful nature, we would love to hear from you.

Responsibilities

• Helping people learn the skills they need to live the life they choose
• Personal care
• Supporting with medication
• Undertaking household tasks that cannot be done whilst the people we support are awake

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 2025 - now 6 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

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
• 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 of our recruitment communications.
• We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role