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Worcester

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Job summary

Join Dimensions as a Support Worker in Worcester, where you'll empower a gentleman with learning disabilities to live independently and enjoy a fulfilling life. With generous leave and training opportunities, you'll be part of an award-winning workplace that values diversity and well-being.

Benefits

30 days annual leave pro rata
Career development through funded courses
Referral bonus of £200
Bike to Work scheme
Discounts on meals, shopping, and entertainment

Qualifications

  • Full UK Driving Licence Covering Manual Vehicles required.
  • Experience with individuals with learning disabilities preferred.
  • Active and enthusiastic character needed.

Responsibilities

  • Support daily living activities and personal care.
  • Promote independence and engagement in social activities.
  • Build positive relationships with the client and his family.

Skills

Empathy
Communication
Adaptability

Job description

Join Our Team as a Support Worker in Worcester!

Pay: £12.31per hour
Position: Part-Time (35hours)
Location: Worcester, WR3 (Just a 3 min drive from Tenpin Worcester)
Requirements: Full UK Driving Licence Covering Manual Vehicles

Are you a Support Worker with a passion for making a difference? If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Who Will I Be Supporting?

Step into a role where you will be making a difference in the life of a friendly gentleman in his 40s with learning disabilities and epilepsy. He lives independently and thrives on social interaction and staying active. He loves:

  • Socializing: Visiting English Heritage sites, national trust sites, bowling, and cheering at live football matches.
  • Staying Active: Enjoying long countryside walks, trips to the beach, hydro sessions, and playing football.
  • Hobbies: Watching Blockbusters on his iPad, strumming his guitar, and listening to music. He also enjoys quiet days at home watching movies or baking a cake.

If you are someone who is active, enthusiastic, and able to react quickly and calmly under pressure, you will be a great fit. Building positive relationships with his involved family is essential.

What Will You Be Doing?

  • Empowering Independence: Support him to live his life the way he chooses, promoting his choices and helping him achieve his personal goals.
  • Daily Living Support: Assist with personal care, encourage healthy eating and cooking, medication, shopping, cleaning, keeping house tidy, and laundry.
  • Encouraging Activities: Engage in his various interests, listening to music, ensuring he enjoys an active and fulfilling lifestyle.

Shift Patterns

  • Day Shifts: 8am - 3pm
  • Day Shifts: 3pm - 10pm
  • Long Day Shifts: 8am - 10pm

Rotas are provided in advance to ensure a healthy work-life balance.

Why Choose Dimensions?

  • Award-Winning Workplace: Recognized as one of the UK’s best workplaces in the ‘super large’ category by the Great Place to Work Institute six years in a row.
  • Generous Leave: 30 days annual leave pro rata with the option to buy and sell leave.
  • Career Development: Access paid training and opportunities to further develop your career through funded accredited courses.
  • Well-Being Focus: Benefit from our comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network.
  • Values-Driven: Join a team that puts people with learning disabilities and their families at the heart of everything we do.
  • Referral Bonus: Receive a £200 bonus if you refer a friend and they’re successfully employed.
  • Additional Perks: Enjoy the Bike to Work scheme and discounts on meals, shopping, entertainment, and gym memberships.

Other Important Information

  • Immediate Reviews: Applications are reviewed upon receipt and interviews will continue until positions are filled.
  • Equality Commitment: Gender is considered a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 where mentioned.
  • DBS Disclosure: An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Dimensions.
  • Inclusive Workforce: We welcome applications from everyone with the right to work in the UK and value diversity in our workforce.
  • Disability Confident: We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
  • BSL Support: British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos are available for all of our recruitment communications.

Ready to make a real difference? Apply now and join a team that values you and the incredible work you do!

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