Waking Night Support Worker – RG41
Location: Wokingham, RG41 (Just a 14min Walk From Wokingham Train Station)
Pay: £12.31
Hours: 36 hours per week – Tuesday to Friday nights
Shift Time: 10:00pm – 7:00am (Waking Night only)
Setting: Supporting 3 gentlemen aged 40s–50s
Are you a night owl with a caring nature and a calm, proactive approach? We’re looking for a dedicated Waking Night Support Worker to join our team in RG41, supporting three friendly and independent gentlemen with learning disabilities, autism, and health needs including epilepsy and stoma care.
What Makes This Role Special?
This is a peaceful yet vital role where your presence ensures safety, comfort, and continuity of care overnight. You’ll be supporting:
- One gentleman who uses a wheelchair full-time
- Another who uses a wheelchair when out and about
- One individual who requires stoma care
- All three are verbal communicators and enjoy active, fulfilling lives during the day
While this role is focused on night-time support, you’ll be part of a wider team that helps these individuals enjoy activities like kayaking, gardening, DJing, bowling, and seaside trips.
What Will You Be Doing?
- Ensuring Safety: Conduct regular checks to ensure the safety and well-being of residents throughout the night.
- Promoting Rest: Provide emotional reassurance to help residents maintain healthy sleeping patterns.
- Night Support: Assist with personal care needs during the night, including bathroom assistance and changing clothes if necessary.
- Documentation: Keep accurate records of activities and any incidents that occur during the night
What We’re Looking For
We’re seeking someone who is:
- Reliable and observant, with excellent attention to detail
- Calm and confident, especially in managing health-related needs overnight
- Able to work independently, while being part of a supportive team
- Experience with epilepsy or stoma care is helpful but not essential
Why Choose Dimensions?
- Award-Winning Workplace: Recognised as one of the UK’s best workplaces in the ‘super large’ category by the Great Place to Work Institute seven years in a row.
- Generous Leave: 30 days annual leave pro rata with the option to buy and sell leave.
- Career Development: Paid training and opportunities to further develop your career through funded accredited courses.
- Well-Being Focus: Comprehensive well-being strategy and staff listening network.
- Values-Driven: We put people with learning disabilities and their families at the heart of everything we do.
- Referral Bonus: Receive a £200 bonus if you refer a friend and they’re successfully employed.
- Learn To Drive Scheme: For non-driver opportunities, we cover the cost of driving lessons for colleagues.
- Additional Perks: Bike to Work scheme, discounts on meals, shopping, entertainment, and gym memberships.
Other Important Information
- Immediate Reviews: Applications are reviewed upon receipt and interviews will continue until positions are filled.
- Equality Commitment: 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.
- DBS Disclosure: An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be covered by Dimensions.
- Inclusive Workforce: We welcome applications from everyone with the right to work in the UK and value diversity in our workforce.
- Disability Confident: We guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the vacancy.
- BSL Support: British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos are available for all of our recruitment communications.
Ready to make a real difference? Apply now and join a team that values you and the incredible work you do!
