Dimensions
Location
Weymouth, Dorset | United Kingdom
Job description
Support Worker - Weymouth
£12.65 per hour (The current pay rate of £12.65 per hour will be increasing to £13.41 per hour from 1st April.)
Full and Part-Time Positions Available.
Do you want a role where you make a meaningful difference to the lives on people in your community? Then join Dimensions as a Support Worker in Weymouth.
Dimensions are a leading not-for-profit provider of support to adults with learning disabilities and autism. Support Workers in Weymouth will work with a gentleman, who has learning disabilities and autism, at his home. You will empower the independence of the gentleman we support by enabling him to live the life that he chooses.
The gentleman we support is in his twenties. He is really active and would like to meet Support Workers who are happy to:
- Take him swimming and dancing
- Support him to get to his art classes
- Get involved when he goes out and about on his trike
- Go to West Bay and other local beauty spots with him for ice cream
- Take in the local area on long walks
- Help him with his photography
He would be happy to meet either full or part-time Support Workers. Shifts run from 07.30 with some finishing at 20.00 and others at 22.00. Dimensions are able to offer a payrate of £12.65 per hour. The current pay rate of £12.65 per hour will be increasing to £13.41 per hour from 1st April.
Support Workers may also have to assist with finances, meal preparation and personal care.
Benefits for Support Workers choosing to work with Dimensions include:
- We offer 30 days annual leave pro rata with the option to buy and sell leave
- If you refer a friend to us and if they're successfully employed, you'll receive a £500 bonus
- We offer paid training and options to further develop your career through funded accredited courses
- Bike to Work scheme and discounts on meals, shopping, entertainment, gym membership and mobile phone tariffs
- We're a values-driven organisation that puts people with learning disabilities and their families at the heart of everything we do
- We care about our colleagues and are passionate about our comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network
- Dimensions are proud to be one of very few social care organisations that have been recognised by the Great Places to Work programme in 2019, 2020, 2021 & 2022
Other important information:
- Applications are reviewed upon receipt and interviews will take place until the positions are filled
- An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions
- We welcome applications from everyone with 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
- 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 if you require adjustments
- British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos are available for all of our recruitment communications
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£12.65 per hour
