Support Worker

D014886
£10.56 - £10.56 Per Hour
St Albans
England, East of England, Hertfordshire
Permanent
Hours per week: 37.5
Closing Date: May 10, 2022
Support Worker

Help someone fulfil their dreams, become a Dimensions Support Worker

St Albans, Hertfordshire

£10.56 per hour

Full UK manual driving licence essential

We are recruiting for Support Workers in St Albans. Whether you have experience or not, we will help support you to reach your full potential by providing you with all the necessary training, guidance and support you need to complete your care certificate and further qualifications.

We can offer you:

  • Competitive salary.
  • 30 days annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays), rising to 35 days.
  • Pensions, including a money purchase scheme with employee and employer contributions.
  • A generous sick pay scheme
  • £500 bonus for introducing a friend to us, if we employ them
  • A heavily discounted health cash plan
  • Free access to the Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with a 24/7 helpline for advice ~also available to family members.
  • Our award-winning career development programme, Aspire, will support your career path choices, providing you with the skills and knowledge to make the leap to the next level, including personal coaching

This position involves supporting six adults with learning disability and/or autism in a shared living house to live an inclusive independent life. Working at this service, you can expect day to day roles and responsibilities such as;

  • Helping, encouraging, supporting and teaching the people we support to do their housework, including cleaning and laundry.
  • Supporting people with their medication.
  • You will help the people we support to shop for things they wish to buy including their clothes and food, and to prepare their meals as required
  • Supporting, encouraging and teaching people to maintain personal and intimate care as required, such as dressing themselves, showering/bathing, using the toilet, etc.

A knowledge of learning disabilities and autism is an advantage, however a full training package will be offered to enable you to carry out your role.

To be considered for this role, you will need to hold a full UK manual driving licence. 

Apply now

  • 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.

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