Support Worker

Accepting applications in 2024 to join our team of Support Workers in Stevenage (SG1).

Full time and Part time hours considered (Shift patterns: 7am-10pm, 7am-2pm or 2pm-10pm and sleep-ins)

£11.20 per hour with a realistic earn up to salary of £28,083.06 PLUS Company Benefits

Join us and in return, we can offer you:

- Competitive salary (£11.20 p/hr) and benefits package.

- Paid training with financial bonuses for completion of awards and diplomas.

- Sleep-in payments of £45.00* available in addition to basic pay.

- We provide a full induction and training when you join us.

- Salary advance scheme: access to some of your earned pay ahead of your regular payday

- 50% contribution to the cost of learning to drive, subject to certain criteria.

- Discounts on Vodafone monthly tariffs.

- Discounts on shopping and days out.

Working in adult social care, you will make a real difference to people's lives every day. We have everything you need to introduce you to the sector. So, if you are the sort of person who treats others with respect, listens to their needs, understands their emotions, and is warm, kind, and honest, then adult social care could be the career for you.

Job summary

As a member of our support team, you will be supporting one gentleman to increase his independent living skills. The focus of the support is to enable this gentleman to live a full and happy life, to run his own home and to take part in a range of activities in the community. This gentleman already enjoys going swimming, bike riding, long walks, going out for lunch/dinner, maintaining his garden, and listening to music! But we would like our Support workers to bring creativity and innovative ideas into our teams.

Every day will be different, and rewarding, as you encourage and empower him to be actively engaged in every aspect of his daily life - this will include developing daily living skills, administering medication, meal planning, and encouraging with maintaining his personal and intimate care. You will also provide the physical and emotional support that someone might need to achieve their goals.

Whether you have experience or not, we will help support you to reach your full potential. We want you to develop professionally as a Support Worker. This means that you are expected to get involved and contribute to meetings, work towards gaining qualifications about your work, attend training courses and be willing to learn new things and ways of working.

We pride ourselves on being a values-based employer and if you are looking for a career in care - there could not be anything more rewarding.

Think you have what it takes to be a Support Worker?

- You are compassionate, empathic, and respectful - able to listen to the people we support and demonstrate an understanding of what they are communicating.

- You are adventurous, motivated and have a “get up and go” attitude to trying new things. You will be helping a person expand their horizons, try new things, develop new interests.

- Your patient, confident and openminded - you can learn about the people we support and their routines.

- You would enjoy helping a person learn, slowly and step- by-step, how to undertake household tasks.

Take our online quiz and find out if a new career as a Support Worker is right for you: www.dimensionscareers.co.uk/what-it-takes-support-worker.

Apply now.

- 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 our recruitment communications.

- We are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

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