Waking Night Female Support Worker - Newmarket, Suffolk, CB8
Hourly rate - £12.83 per hour
Hours - 30 hours per week (9pm - 7am - Every Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
Are you looking for a role where you have more hours throughout the day to spend with family and friends? Maybe you are looking to reduce your commute time or need extra time to pursue further education opportunities?
If so, join us today to become a Waking Night Support Worker in Newmarket!
About the role
This is a Waking Night Support Worker role where you must be willing to go above and beyond. You will play a key role in providing tailored support to one woman with a learning disability. As part of this role, you would be required to work 1:1 but within a wider dedicated night support team, ensuring the appropriate support is given in line with risk assessments and support plans whilst also carrying out a few critical allocated tasks, such as:
- Carry out “keeping safe checks” at regular intervals to ensure the person we support is safe and comfortable.
- Ensure that her environment is clean and sanitary.
- Supporting with morning and night routines.
- You will keep written records, using IT systems as required, including but not limited to updating support plans, incident logs and health and safety records.
- Creating a calm therapeutic environment for the person we support.
- Support and supervision of daily personal living tasks and hygiene.
We provide a full induction and training when you join us. We’ll also pay for and support you to complete the Care Certificate, a requirement for people working in the health and social care sector. Whilst you will only be working nights, there is an expectation that during your induction period, and for certain training and team events, you will be required to workday shifts.
Join us and in return we can offer:
- Free DBS check
- Advance: access to some of your earned pay ahead of your regular payday
- Free financial education: access to a range of tips, videos and tools for budgeting and saving.
- A comprehensive employee assistance programme
- Access to the Blue Light Card (lots of discounts available)
- 30 days annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays), rising to 35 days
- £500 bonus for recommending a friend to work for us if they’re employed
- Paid training with financial bonuses for completion of awards and diplomas
- We’ll pay for and support you to complete the Care Certificate, a requirement for people working in the health and social care sector.
- Discounts and cashback on shopping and days out with our colleague benefits scheme
Apply now
If being a Support Worker sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you. The attached job description, person specification and additional information will provide you with lots of information on the role and Dimensions. To apply it couldn’t be simpler - just click on the button below to complete the application process.
An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
- Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled.
- "Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010."
- We welcome applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK, 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.
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