Female Support Worker – Trowbridge (BA14)
Part Time – Weekend Hours Available (15–30 hours)
£13.04 per hour
Driver Requirement: Full UK Manual Driving Licence
Gender Requirement: Female applicants only (GOR applies – see “Apply Now” section)
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About the role
We’re looking for a proactive, kind and outdoorsy Female Support Worker to join our team in BA14. You’ll be supporting three women, each living in their own flat within the same building. All are adults aged from their 20s to their 60s, with mild learning disabilities and well-managed epilepsy.
Support is provided through a mix of 1:1 time and core shared support, creating plenty of variety throughout your shifts.
Who you will be supporting
Each woman has her own personality, interests and goals. You’ll support them to live independently, enjoy their favourite activities and feel confident in their daily lives.
Interests & routines include:
- Shopping trips and days out
- Hair appointments and getting their nails done
- Dog walking and a love of animals (dog-lovers especially welcome!)
- Enjoying a bit of humour, cheekiness and friendly conversation
- Quiet, peaceful environments for those who prefer calm routines
Support needs include:
- Personal care: Yes (for one person)
- Hoist use: Not required
- Wheelchair use: One woman uses a wheelchair when out in the community
- Support with meals: Active support approach
- Medication administration: Yes (for one person)
- Experience: Not essential – we provide full training
Family involvement:
Two individuals have strong support from their families, so open, positive communication is key.
What you will be doing
You’ll support the ladies to live full, confident and independent lives, including:
- Personal care (for one person)
- Supporting independence through Active Support
- Encouraging involvement in everyday tasks
- Community activities, shopping trips and dog walks
- Meal preparation and cooking
- Administering medication
- Supporting wellbeing, choice and daily routines
- Providing friendly, patient and person-centred care
This role suits someone who enjoys being out and about, values gentle encouragement, and can adapt to different communication styles and preferences.
Shift patterns
This is a part-time weekend role (15–30 hours) with set shifts and additional optional day hours depending on need.
Weekend shifts include:
- 10:00am – 3:00pm
- 8:30am – 5:00pm
- 5:00pm – 10:00pm
Additional weekday hours may be available depending on changing support needs.
About you
You’ll be a great match if you are:
- Kind, caring and patient
- Person-centred in your approach
- Enjoy the outdoors and staying active
- Proactive and confident encouraging independence
- A dog lover (highly preferred)
- Friendly with a gentle sense of humour
- Calm, reliable and compassionate
- A full UK manual driver
Experience is helpful but not required — full training is provided.
Rewards that make a difference
- A competitive pay rate with uplift for overtime you choose to work
- 30 days’ annual leave (including public holidays – pro rata)
- Buy and sell holiday options
- Career development through Aspire & Dimensions Academy
- Salary advance scheme – access up to 50% of earned pay before payday
- Retail and entertainment discounts
- Life Assurance and Company Pension
- Comprehensive wellbeing strategy and staff listening network
- Enhanced DBS paid for by us
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 who has the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce.
- Gender Requirement: Gender is considered a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010 where mentioned. In this context, "gender" refers to the sex legally assigned to an individual.
- If a driving licence is required for this role you will need to produce a copy of the driving licence at the onboarding stage.
- As Disability Confident Leaders, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
- As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 0300 303 9150.
- We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all recruitment communications.
