Support Worker - Female

Support Worker - Female

£14.01 per hour (£60 per sleep in shift)

Location:

Newcastle, NE6 (15 min Walk from St. Anthony’s Park)
Part-time (14 to 32 hours per week)

At Dimensions, your effort and kindness never go unnoticed. You don’t need previous care experience – just compassion, patience, and a willingness to learn. We’ll make sure you feel valued from day one, with paid training, 30–35 days’ holiday, health and wellbeing support, and shopping discounts through Vivup and Blue Light Card. You’ll also be recognised through our Inspiring People Awards – because when we take care of you, you can keep making a real difference in people’s lives.

You’ll be supporting adults with autism and learning disabilities to live as independently as possible within a supported living setting of 4 individual bungalows. Each shift, you’ll be based in one bungalow, but you’ll work across the service, supporting different people and building meaningful relationships.

This is a role where consistency, patience and understanding are key, especially for people who thrive on structure and routine.

You’ll support individuals who enjoy a variety of interests and routines, including:

• Watching films and TV
• Arts, crafts and creative activities
• Shopping and choosing personal items
• Eating out and visiting local attractions
• Spending time with family, which is very important to them

The people we support value routine, familiarity and trusted relationships, and benefit from Support Workers who are calm, patient and genuinely engaged in their interests.

You’ll play a key role in supporting people to live life their way, including:

Encouraging independence and developing life skills
Supporting access to community activities and hobbies
Prompting and supporting with personal care where required
Medication administration
Supporting with budgeting and daily finances
Cooking, cleaning and helping maintain a comfortable home
Providing reassurance and consistent support during behaviours of distress
Some individuals may experience behaviours of distress, including verbal or physical expressions. You’ll follow clear support plans and Positive Behaviour Support approaches to help them feel safe and supported.

Long Day Sleep: 9am – 9am the following day (Includes £60 Sleep-In Shift) - You will be expected to work Long day + sleep in shift a week.
Sleep In

Shifts:

10pm – 8am

Day Shifts - 9am - 6pm

Rotas are provided at least 4 weeks in advance to allow a healthy work life balance- something we’re really passionate about!

• Patient, reliable, resilient and consistent
• Experienced or confident supporting autism and complex behaviours
• Calm and able to respond positively in challenging situations
• Interested in building genuine, trusting relationships
• Happy to work across different bungalows within the service

• A competitive payrate with uplift for overtime you chose to work
• Flexible shift patterns to suit your needs
• 30 days paid Annual Leave (including public holidays – pro rata)
• Opportunities for career progression
• Supported ‘Learn to Drive’ scheme (up to 30 driving lessons, 1 theory/practical test - allpaid for by us)
• We offer a salary advance scheme where you can access up to 50% of the money you've earned before payday.
• High Street Discounts – Retail and Entertainment (supermarkets, hospitality, pubs, cinema etc.)
• Life Assurance and Company Pension
• Industry leading training
• Enhanced DBS paid for by us

• 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
• 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…