Support Worker - No experience required

Join Our Team as a Support Worker in Newbury!

Location: Newbury, RG14 (Just a 17 min walk from Newbury Train Station!)

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?

We support two individuals in their 20s:

• Friendly Chap: He loves his job as a kitchen assistant, is a keen gamer, and enjoys watching Sci-fi movies.
• Independent Lady: She loves her job at a local school, reading manga, the color pink, and especially enjoys her own space.

They have learning disabilities and autism and have recently moved into their first home but still have close relationships with their families. Friendly support workers who can both encourage new outings and respect when these individuals would like time to relax for the day would be a wonderful match.

• Empowering Independence: Support people to live their lives how they choose and achieve their goals.
• Daily Living Support: Provide verbal prompts for personal care, meal preparation, medication, shopping, cooking, cleaning, and laundry.

• Day Sleep-Ins Shifts: 2:30pm - 9am the following day (Includes £45 sleep-in shift)
• Day Shifts: 2:30pm - 10pm
• Sleep-In Shifts: 10pm - 6:30am (Paid To Sleep) then paid at the hourly rate until 9am
• Weekend Day Shifts: 10am - 8pm

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

• Award-Winning Workplace: Recognised 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: Paid training and opportunities to further develop your career through funded accredited courses.
• Well-Being Focus: Comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network.
• Values-Driven: We put 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: Bike to Work scheme, discounts on meals, shopping, entertainment, and gym memberships.

• 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!