Join Our Team as a Female Support Worker in Winnersh!
Location: Wokingham, RG41 (Just a 20min Walk From Winnersh Train Station)
Pay Rate: £12.31 (£50 Per Sleep-In Shift)
Hours: Full-Time (37.5 Hours Per Week)
Requirements: Experience with Mental Health Support & Strong Communication Skills
Are you enthusiastic, reliable, and passionate about making a difference? We have an exciting opportunity for a Female Support Worker to join our team in Wokingham!
Who Will You Be Supporting?
You will be supporting a lady in her 60s with mental health difficulties and bipolar disorder. She requires high emotional support and reassurance throughout the day. She enjoys:
- Shopping: Loves going out shopping.
- Family: Enjoys talking about family and sending cards to loved ones.
- Music and Dancing: Loves listening to music and dancing.
- TV: Enjoys watching TV.
- Chatting: Loves to chat and has a great sense of humor.
What Will You Be Doing?
Each day will be different, but you will be supporting with:
- Personal Care: Providing minimal assistance with personal care tasks, including washing hair.
- Emotional Support: Offering high emotional support and reassurance throughout the day.
- Community Support: Offering 1:1 support when out in the community.
- Meal Preparation: Preparing meals and supporting her with her dietary needs, including following SALT assessment guidelines.
- Medication Administration: Ensuring she receives her medication as prescribed.
- Communication: Providing clear and confident communication, managing verbal behaviours of distress, and setting expectations.
We are looking for someone who is mentally strong, empathetic, and has a positive attitude. You should be:
- Experienced with Mental Health Support: Comfortable working with individuals with mental health difficulties.
- Strong Communicator: Able to provide clear and confident communication.
- Positive and Resilient: Capable of diverting attention, giving space, and positively managing behaviours.
- Outgoing and Chatty: Enjoys engaging in conversations and maintaining professional boundaries.
Shift Patterns:
- Flexible Across the Week:
- 7:00 AM - 2:30 PM
- 2:30 PM - 10:00 PM
- 7:00 AM - 10:00 PM
- Sleep-In: 10:00 PM - 7:00 AM (is a must)
Rotas are provided in advance to support a healthy work-life balance.
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.
- 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!
