Support Worker

Nightingale Hammerson; Portsmouth; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading social care organization seeks a dedicated Support Worker in Portsmouth to assist individuals with disabilities in living fulfilling lives. You will be part of a caring team providing personal care, support with household tasks, and encouraging education and leisure opportunities. This role emphasizes values and seeks applicants who resonate with respect, partnership, and integrity.

Qualifications

• Values-based recruitment focusing on respect, partnership, courage, ambition, and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Helping people learn skills for independent living.
• Providing personal care.
• Supporting with household tasks and medication.

Skills

Respect

Partnership

Courage

Ambition

Integrity

Job description

Support Worker - Full time (37.5 hours per week)

Full UK Driving Licence is essential for this role

Dimensions is one of the country’s largest not-for-profit organisations, that is drive by our values. We supporting people with learning difficulties, autism, behaviours of distress and complex needs. People with learning disabilities and their families are at the heart of everything that we do.

This role involves you working in a large team, where we support seven people with various disabilities and high health needs. We support four ladies and three gentlemen to live the life they choose. They enjoy going out and about for walks, love listening to music, watching TV, teddies and chocolate - who doesn't! There is a mixture of communication levels within the house and a lot of manual handling is involved - wheelchair users and hoisting. They also need full support with household tasks and personal care.

Shift Patterns - 7am - 2.30pm / 2:30pm - 10pm, with some week days being 07:00-10:00 15:00-22:00 when attending day services. Alternate weekends and bank holidays. (These will be discussed at interview).

The role will involve:

• Helping people learn the skills they need to live the life they choose
• Personal care
• Support with shopping, housework including cleaning and laundry
• Supporting with medication
• Supporting and encouraging people to find opportunities in education, employment and leisure, and enable them to take part in these opportunities

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

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.

Salary / Benefits:£12.76 Per Hour