Support Worker

We are looking for thoughtful, caring and inspiring people to join our team of Support Workers in Fareham. Dimensions provide life changing support to people with learning disabilities and autism throughout England and Wales.  

We often find great talent from retail, cleaning and hospitality backgrounds, but no matter what your experience, we want to hear from you.  This is your opportunity to start a career where you are genuinely changing people’s lives and to join an award winning team in the process.

The Dimensions team is supporting 4 gentleman who are fun loving, enjoy other people's company and learning new things. The gentlemen live across two dwellings and can exhibit varying levels of behaviours of distress. We will offer full and thorough training on behavioural support and all other aspects of the role. 

Between them they have lots of different interests including motorbikes, dogs, wrestling, and football. You will support and provide encouragement with cooking and cleaning alongside their favourite activities such as playing games, trips to the zoo, clothes shopping, going to cafes and walks.  

Advanced levels of manual handling are to be expected and the shifts times vary, but will include: earlies (7am starts), lates (10pm finishes), mid shifts, and every other weekend so a flexible approach to working hours is key. We are looking for full time candidates who can work 37.5 hours per week on a rotational basis, however part time contracts will also be considered and this will be discussed at shortlisting. The rate of pay is £9.50 per hour.

For more information about the service and people we support, please contact Tracey on 07392867117. 

Please click apply at the bottom to submit a short application or email your CV to grace.jackson1@dimensions-uk.org

Your rewards

• 30 days annual leave entitlement, pro-rata, (including bank holidays), rising to a maximum of 35 days. 
• Pension scheme, including a money purchase scheme with employee and employer contribution. 
• Discounts and cashback on the high street and online shopping through Rewarding Dimensions. 
• Free access to the Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7 helpline for advice and support, also available to partners and immediate family. 
• Recognition and financial bonus every five years through our Long Service Awards.
• Opportunity to purchase Simply Health, a discounted health and dental cover scheme.
• Death in service payment for a nominated beneficiary under Life Assurance.
• Bike to work scheme and season ticket loans.
• £500 recommend a friend scheme
• 50% contribution to the cost of learning to drive, subject to meeting operational and staffing criteria

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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 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.
• Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are members of the Great Places To Work programme 2019, 2020 & 2021. 

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