Support Worker

7 days ago


Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom Dimensions UK Ltd Full time
Support Worker - Female

Full time: 37.5 hours per week

Pay rate:
£10.20 per hour

Shift Patterns: 7:00am - 2:30pm / 2:15pm - 9:30pm / 9.30pm - 7 am (waking nights) / sleep ins.

Here at Dimensions, we are looking for Support Workers to join us in Harbledown, roughly ten minutes from the Canterbury city centre.

Working in our supported living setting, you will enhance the quality of life of the five individuals, by empowering their independence.

Dimensions Support Workers do not need prior experience in Health or Social Care, as full training is given.
Activities Support Workers at the service may be involved with include:
Trips to local coffee shop
Arts and Crafts hubs
Gardening
Walking and other forms of exercise
Visiting local music festivals
Enabling independence by assisting with day-to-day tasks (this may include - but not be limited to - finances, shopping, cooking, manual handling & personal care)

Benefits for Support Workers working with Dimensions include:
A competitive payrate of £ 10.20 per hour
up to 35 days paid Annual Leave (including public holidays - pro rata)
Opportunities for career progression
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

As a Support Worker no two days are the same as we encourage the people we support, to live the most independent life they can and help them make informed choices.

We do not need you to have prior experience as full training is given
We want you to be happy to work within our values of ambition, courage, integrity, partnership and respect

We know that you make a real difference to the lives of the people we support and their loved ones.


Additional information:

This role requires an enhanced DBS Disclosure, which will be obtained for you by Dimensions.

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

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