Support Worker

D015595
£9.60 Per Hour
Colchester
England, East of England, Suffolk
Permanent
Hours per week: 37.5
Closing Date: July 28, 2022
Support Worker

Support worker vacancy

We are excited to announce an amazing opportunity to join our team in Colchester, Essex, supporting two young adults in their own home.

£9.60 per hour

Driver essential

Various contracts available with excellent benefits and referral bonus.

About the role

At Dimensions, we are looking for upbeat, ambitious, and inspiring people to join our team of Support Workers based in Colchester. Here, we support two young adults in their own home. Each have their own personalised support plan and their own dreams, ambitions, and hobbies (arts and crafts, yoga, trains, and music!).

You'll be required to

  • Encourage and empower the people we support to live their best lives - the lives that they choose. You will achieve this by being actively - and enthusiastically - involved in every aspect of their daily lives 
  • Respectfully provide intimate personal care, prompting and mobility assistance if/when required 

Shift patterns will vary around the people we support. The main shift patterns are 8am - 3pm, 3pm - 9/10pm, alternative weekends and bank holidays.

Our benefits

Our sector-leading package of colleague benefits really builds up. Your benefits can be worth up to £1,220 per year.

  • 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.
  • The opportunity of flexible working.
  • 10% enhancement for working overtime.
  • Sleep-in payments of £45.00
  • Paid training with financial bonuses for completion of awards and diplomas.

Apply now

Please also note that being a driver with your own transport is an essential requirement of this role.

  • Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled. 
  • 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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