Relief Support Worker

Dimensions; Stowmarket; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 19,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime pay

Flexible shifts

Career progression

Salary advances

Life assurance

Company pension

Industry-leading training

Enhanced DBS paid for

Job summary

Dimensions is seeking a Relief Female Support Worker to cover Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket, and Garboldisham. This zero-hour role requires a full UK driving licence and your own car.

You’ll support people with learning disabilities and autism in multiple homes, bringing flexibility and purpose to their daily lives. You’ll work across different locations, helping individuals with personal care, community activities, and independent living while using Dimensions’ Activate approach to encourage new

Qualifications

• Female candidates only due to gender requirement.

Responsibilities

• Support people with learning disabilities, autism and complex needs to live with choice and independence.
• Assist with personal care and medication where required.
• Help with shopping, cooking and household tasks; manage finances.
• Support access to education, employment and hobbies; maintain digital records.
• Build positive relationships with families, colleagues and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Driving licence

Flexible shifts

Job description

About Dimensions

Growth – a shared journey. At Dimensions, your growth is our shared journey – with the flexibility to fit work around your life. From your first shift, you’ll be supported to build confidence, learn new skills, and develop in ways that matter to you. Through Dimensions Academy and our award-winning Aspire programme, you’ll get one-to-one coaching, practical training, and clear pathways to progress. Because when you grow, the people you support do too – and together we create brighter, fuller lives.

About the Role

• Relief Female Support Worker
• Zero-hour contract
• £12.43- £13.54(depending on the home where you work)
• To cover Bury St Edmunds, Stowmarket, and Garboldisham.
• Full UK driving licence with own car essential.

Looking for a role where no two days are the same? We're looking for a female Relief Support Workers to join our teams across Stowmarket, Bury St Edmunds and Garboldisham, supporting people with learning disabilities, autism and complex support needs to live great lives filled with choice, independence and opportunity.

As a Relief Support Worker, you'll enjoy the freedom and variety of working across different homes and supporting different people, helping each person achieve the things that matter most to them. One day you might be supporting someone to build their confidence in the community, learn a new life skill or pursue a hobby they love. Another day you could be helping someone manage their home, attend appointments or enjoy time with friends and family.

At Dimensions, we believe that every moment has potential. Using our award-winning Activate approach, you'll encourage people to develop new skills, experience new opportunities and achieve personal goals, always recognising and celebrating what they can do for themselves.

You’ll work closely with colleagues, families and professionals to provide personalised support that promotes dignity, respect, choice and independence. Support may include:

• Supporting with personal care and medication where required.
• Helping with shopping, cooking, household tasks and managing finances.
• Supporting access to education, employment andhobbies.
• Maintaining accurate digital records and support plans.
• Building positive relationships with families, colleagues and healthcare professionals.

This is a flexible relief role and shifts may include days, waking nights, weekends, bank holidays and sleep-ins, giving you the opportunity to work around your availability while making a real difference. As you'll be travelling between locations and supporting people to access their communities, a full UK driving licence and access to your own vehicle are essential.

About you

We're looking for someone who shares our values of Ambition, Courage, Integrity, Partnership and Respect and who is passionate about helping people live the lives they choose. You'll be adaptable, positive and resilient, with the confidence to work across different homes and buildrelationships with a variety of people. You'll enjoy being active, solving problems and finding creative ways to help people achieve their goals.

You will ideally have:

• Experience as a Support Worker or within a similar care setting.
• Experience supporting people with learning disabilities, autism or communication needs.
• Confidence supporting with personal care and medication.
• Good communication skills and the ability to adapt your approach to different individuals.
• Basic IT skills and confidence using digital systems.
• A flexible approach to working patterns and locations.

Rewards that make a difference

• A competitive payrate with uplift for overtime you chose to work
• Flexible shift patterns to suit your needs
• Opportunities for career progression
• 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

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

An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.

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.

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.

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