[ref. e81180424] Dimensions - Support Worker
Support Worker
Location: Sheffield, S5
Part -time 15hrs a week - long day including sleep in
Pay: £12ph
FULL TRAINING PROVIDED
Dimensions is a leading social care provider in England and Wales, supporting people with learning disabilities and autism
We support people with learning disabilities and autism, behaviours of distress, personal care, epilepsy, complex needs and much more. If you have a caring, kind and thoughtful nature, we would love to hear from you.
We are looking for a part time support worker to join our established team in Sheffield S5 to support two amazing people to live independently within their supported living home they share.
**Sarah** is turning 60 this year and is very independent and is looking for someone to support her to continue to live independently and be involved in her hobbies and interests with her. The one thing she loves to do is go on a shopping trip to Meadowhall!
**Mark** is 73, he has varying levels of independence and is looking for support to continue maintaining this independence. He loves listening to music, especially the 80s
They both really enjoy cooking, with support and they like to go shopping together on a Saturday with there weekly shopping list. They both attend day centres on a regular basis
What will I be doing?- Support them both to live their life in the way they wish to lead it
- Support them with medication
- Support with personal care, through prompting and assisting when needed
- Support with cooking, cleaning, laundry
Shift Pattern
We are looking for someone who can offer flexibility for weekdays and weekends and be able to do 1 sleep in a week. You will be working a long day with a sleep in, the shift pattern will be 7am to 10pm, sleep in and handover the next day at 7am.
For more information about the service and people we support, please contact Eleanor on 07507128802 or click to apply now
Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme in 2024 - 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.