Relief Support Worker

Enjoy a flexible working life, making a positive difference to the lives of the people you support. Join our team of Relief Support Workers, fitting your working hours around your other life and family commitments.

We are in search of Relief Support Workers to join our team in Fareham and Gosport.

Working as a Relief Support Worker within Dimensions can offer you extensive accredited training, comprehensive induction and genuine opportunities for career progression. The people we support are at the centre of everything we do and we’re looking for dedicated, hard-working individuals who really do want to make a difference to peoples’ lives. Whether you have previously worked within Health and Social Care as a Support Worker or Care Assistant or are looking for a complete change of career, we at Dimensions believe that everyone has something to offer the people we support and believe that life skills, the right attitude and genuine desire to help people improve their lives are the most important characteristic of a Support Worker.

The hourly rate for this role is £7.52 per hour. As a Relief work you will accrue annual leave for every hour you work at the rate of 12.07%. This will be paid to you monthly and brings the total hourly rate to £8.43 per hour.

The Dimensions Approach to Support

Our unique “Activate” approach puts decision making closer to the people we support. It sets personalised and challenging goals with them, their families and you, their Support Worker - by teaching new skills and enabling people to try new experiences.

Research has proven that this progressive model is the best way to deliver measurable improvements in the quality of life for people - and you and your colleagues in their support teams. It achieves an increase in active support and meaningful activity for people, a reduction in challenging behaviour - and an increase in your own satisfaction, with over 60% of Support Workers reporting that the `Activate’ model has increased the quality of their working life.

Simply put, our ‘Activate’ approach offers you a better working life, with the satisfaction that you’ve changed someone’s life for the better, in a role where you can be the best that you can be.

Sharing in our Values

We pride ourselves on being a values based employer. That means we believe passionately in:

Ambition- helping people be the best they can be by:

• Setting personalised and challenging goals.
• Teaching new skills and encouraging new experiences.

Courage - being brave enough to make a difference, by:

• Challenging what you feel is not in the best interest of the person you are supporting.
• Championing what they want to achieve for themselves - and helping to make it happen.
• Helping the people we support to explore new things - and supporting them to realise what they can achieve.
• Giving confidence to people in reaching their goals and not being afraid of new challenges.
• Inspiring innovation and supporting the courage to be creative.

Integrity - being honest and fair in all the things we do, by:

• Communicating clearly - adapting what you say and how you say it, so that it’s meaningful for the person you’re supporting.
• Exercising confidentiality when dealing with vulnerable adults - for example, when managing financial and personal details.

Partnership - working with other people to make a bigger difference, by:

• Understanding the varying needs and requirements of people with disabilities.
• Developing positive working relationships with those involved in Dimensions – including those we support, their families and carers, your internal colleagues and external agencies.
• Working as part of a team.

Respect - treating everyone fairly and knowing that everyone’s voice is important, by:

• Sharing our commitment to Equal Opportunities for all.
• Treating all people with dignity and respect.

Those are the qualities that you’ll need to join the team - they’re beliefs shared by everyone who works with us.

If you think this is the right role for you, come and make a difference to people’s lives, every working day!
 

Your rewards

A full list of rewards can be found in the job description attached 

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If being a Relief Support Worker sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. Please read the attached job description and person specification.  It then couldn’t be simpler - just click on the button below to complete the application process. Or If you have any questions and would like to discuss the role in more detail, please call Kelly Corder on 0300 303 9019 or email your CV to kelly.corder@dimensions-uk.org 

• Dimensions are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of the people we support 
• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions
• Candidates will be required to provide evidence of their identity and eligibility to work in the UK.
• We welcome applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce
• As users of the disability confident scheme, 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

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