Lead Support Worker

Dimensions; Weymouth; On-site; GBP 19,000 - 27,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Flexible shifts

Annual leave

Career progression

Learn to Drive

Salary advance

Discounts

Life insurance

Company pension

Industry training

DBS paid

Job summary

Dimensions in Weymouth is seeking a Lead Support Worker to provide day-to-day leadership and high-quality, person-centred support for a person living with learning disabilities and autism. You’ll mentor the team, work with the Locality Manager, and champion best practice to achieve positive outcomes.

Using Active Support and Activate approaches, you’ll help the person live independently, engage in meaningful activities, and strengthen relationships with families and healthcare professionals as

Job description

Lead Support Worker - Weymouth (DT4)

About Dimensions

Step into a role where every moment has meaning. As a Lead Support Worker with Dimensions, you'll inspire and support your colleagues while empowering people with learning disabilities and autism to live the lives they choose. If you're a compassionate leader who enjoys helping others grow and thrive, you'll feel right at home with us.

Thanks to our incredible colleagues, Dimensions Group has been recognised as a Great Place to Work for 2026, marking our eighth consecutive year of accreditation.

About the Role

As a Lead Support Worker, you'll play a key role in delivering high-quality, person-centred support while providing day-to-day guidance and leadership to your team. Working closely with your Locality Manager and Assistant Locality Manager, you'll help ensure excellent support outcomes whilst fostering a positive and inclusive team culture.

This is a rewarding opportunity that combines hands‑on support with leadership responsibilities. You'll champion best practice, mentor colleagues, share your knowledge and help drive continuous improvement across the service.

Using person‑centred approaches such as Active Support and Activate, you'll enable people to develop their independence, achieve personal goals and make meaningful choices about their everyday lives. You'll also support with daily living tasks including personal care, medication administration, meal preparation, household tasks and accessing the local community.

Building positive relationships with families, healthcare professionals and wider support networks will be an important part of the role, ensuring the people we support receive consistent, high-quality support.

Who Will You Be Supporting?

You'll be supporting a gentleman in his twenties with learning disabilities and autism in his home in Weymouth.

This is a highly rewarding role where you'll help him live a fulfilling and meaningful life, encouraging independence, building confidence and supporting him to enjoy the activities and experiences that are important to him.

He enjoys a variety of activities and interests, including:

• Swimming and dancing. While he doesn't always choose to go, he thoroughly enjoys these activities when he does.
• Creating artwork and exploring creative projects at home.
• Getting out and about on his trike.
• Visiting West Bay and other local beauty spots for walks and the occasional ice cream.
• Exploring the local area on longer walks.
• Pursuing his interest in photography.
• Spending quality time with his family, who are actively involved in his support and wellbeing.

About you

Outline essential qualities, skills, experience and qualifications to help candidates assess their fit for the position

You will be a great fit for this role if you:

• Lead withempathy,confidenceand a genuine desireto help people live the lives they choose.
• Bring acalm,positiveand steady approachto supporting both colleagues and the people we support.
• Are motivated bymaking a meaningful differenceand empowering others to grow.
• Enjoy balancinghands-on supportwithmentoring and guidingother team members.
• Buildstrong, trusting relationshipswith families,colleaguesand the people we support.
• Are open to learning, willing to trynew approachesand committed togood, consistent practice.
• Appreciate being part of a team whereeveryone’s ideas and contributions matter.
• Reliability, adaptability and flexibility, including working weekends and bank holidays when needed.

Rewards that make a difference

• A competitive payrate with uplift for overtime you chose to work
• Flexible shift patterns to suit your needs
• 30 days paid Annual Leave (including public holidays – pro rata)
• Opportunities for career progression
• Supported ‘Learn to Drive’ scheme (up to 30 driving lessons, 1 theory/practical test - all paid for by us)
• We offer a salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned before payday.
• High Street Discounts – Retail and Entertainment (supermarkets, hospitality, pubs, cinema etc.)
• Life Assurance and Company Pension
• Industry leading training
• Enhanced DBS paid for by us

• 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.
• We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all of our recruitment communications.

Use of AI in the recruitment process:

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