Support Worker - Waking Nights

D011137
£8.93 Per Hour
Bournemouth
England, South West England, Dorset
Part Time
Closing Date: June 22, 2021
Support Worker - Waking Nights

Support Worker - Female 
Bournemouth 

Waking nights (8pm - 8am)
Part time - 24 - 36 hours (3 nights a week Sunday and Monday) 

We are looking for thoughtful, caring and inspiring people to join our team of Support Workers in Bournemouth. 

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.

This role will involves supporting a lady and gentleman together in their own home throughout the night.
The lady has learning disabilities, autism and epilepsy and requires support with all aspects of her life such as personal care, cleaning and meal prep. The gentleman is in his 40s and is great fun to support. He has an outgoing and fun personality, enjoys reading books, watching films and listening to music. John has dysphagia and is non-verbal so uses sign to communicate. he needs lots of support with feeding, has a hoist and is wheelchair bound.
This is a lone working role therefore need to feel confident with supporting two people at one time.

3 night required - Week 1  -  Sunday and Monday - 8pm - 8am and Week 2 - Sunday 8pm - 8am

 

 

For more information about the service and people we support, please contact Sharon on 07943712961 or please click apply at the bottom to submit a short application.

"Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010." 

About you

Successful candidates will work well with the people we support with a person centered approach. No previous experience necessary.

Benefits

We are passionate about investing in your training and career development. Our training covers essential skills and knowledge to provide support in line with the Care Certificate.

 Alongside our generous benefits package, we give you:

  • Training Programme including Care Certificate - delivered by Skills for Care endorsed ‘’Centre of Excellence’’
  • Access to Level 2 Adult Care Worker Apprenticeship worth over £3,000.
  • Career development opportunities with access to our award winning Aspire programme
  • Access to Employee Assistance Programme with a 24/7 helpline for advise
  • Employee wellbeing strategy and listening network promoting mental health support.

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

About us

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. At Dimensions, you will have the satisfaction of knowing you’ve changed someone’s life, and in return, we’ll help you on your career path to be the best you can be.

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 and if applicable an overseas DBS check, 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 in one of our offices using assistive technology.
  • We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all of our recruitment communications.
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