Support Worker - Female

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Support Worker - Female

Location: Lemington NE15 (9 min Drive from Blaydon Train Station)

Full time - 30 hrs a week

Driver Licence: Dull UL/EU Manual Driving Licence Required

About Dimensions

Your efforts are recognised and rewarded with benefits and recognition programs that matter - supporting your wellbeing, financial security, and work-life balance.

Thanks to our amazing teams, Dimensions Group has been accredited as a Great Place to Work for 2026 — our eighth consecutive year of recognition.

About the role

We have a social lady in her 60's who loves drives out in her own vehicle, meals out, seeing friends and family and visiting new placed such as museums or coastal areas.

She has a learning disability, a physical disability and need our help to support them in a supported living home.

You will also need to provide emotional reassurance when experiencing behaviours of distress - full positive behaviour support training is provided but previous experience is essential.

A chatty, outgoing support worker with a good sense of humour would be a wonderful match.

What will I be doing?

You will be supporting them to live their lives how they choose, to be themselves, and to achieve their goals

You will be supporting with personal care, meal preparation, medication administration, budgeting, cooking, cleaning and laundry.

Shift:

Long Day Sleep ins: 9am-10am the following day (£60 sleep-in shift included)

Sleep in shifts cover hours between: 10pm -8am

Rotas are provided 4 weeks in advance to support a healthy work life balance.

Rewards that make a difference

- 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 - all paid 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

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 is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. In this context, "gender" refers to the sex legally assigned to an individual."

- 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.

Use of AI in the recruitment process:

AI can help you research and refine your application, but everything you submit should reflect your genuine skills and experience. Please ensure your application represents your own voice and abilities.

If you use assistive technology or require reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, we are committed to supporting you where we can. Please let us know in advance so we can ensure appropriate arrangements are in place