Support Worker

apartmentDimensions placeRufforth calendar_month25/10/2024

Fantastic opportunity for a fun, energetic and optimistic SUPPORT WORKER to join our friendly team!

Competitive pay rate - £13.20 per hour.

Based in the village of Rufforth - easily commutable from York, Harrogate and Leeds

Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential, but we'll pay your mileage to and from work!

Who will I be supporting?

You will be supporting a young man with complex needs to live his life how he chooses
He lives in his own home in the village of Rufforth where he enjoys keeping active by walking, cycling and swimming.
He has a support dog who he loves a cuddle from, and enjoys listening to music, going to the cinema, and and spending time with his family.
This young man has complex needs and can experience behaviours of distress so you will need to have some previous experience supporting someone with complex behavioural needs to be a good match for his team

The role will involve:

Helping him learn the skills he needs to live the life he chooses
Support with shopping, housework including cleaning and laundry
Supporting with medication
Supporting and encouraging him to find opportunities in education, employment and leisure, and enable him to take part in these opportunities.

What are the shifts?

We are recruiting for both Day shifts, 7:30am - 7pm and Night Shifts 7pm - 7:30am
We're looking for people with flexibility to work on a rota basis that includes a combination of these shifts across weekdays and weekends
Rotas are provided at least 4 weeks in advance to support a healthy work life balance - something we're very passionate about!

For more information about the service and people we support, please contact the Jodi Burnham-Fahey on 0300 303 9150

Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme 2019 - 2024.

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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