Relief Support Worker – Flexible Hours with Potential for Permanent Opportunities
Location: Derby / Heanor, DE75 (Just a 10-minute drive from Ripley Hospital)
Pay Rate: £12.21 per hour +12.07% hourly bonus (paid instead of accrued annual leave)
Position: Relief / Bank
Requirements: Full UK Driving Licence
Are you looking for aflexible role where you can choose your hours while making a real difference? We have an exciting opportunity for a Relief Support Worker to join our team in Derbyshire!
Who Will You Be Supporting?
You will be supporting three wonderful individuals (two young gentlemen and one lady in her 40s-50s) with profound and multiple learning disabilities. They enjoy a variety of activities and have a keen interest in meeting with family and friends, engaging in hobbies, day trips, visiting local pubs, walking, shopping, meals out, football, cricket, and leading a healthy lifestyle. Their families are very involved in their care.
What Will You Be Doing?
Each day will be different, but you will be supporting with:
- Personal Care: Providing assistance with all aspects of personal care.
- Community Support: Offering shared support and 1:1 support when out in the community.
- Mobility Assistance: Supporting individuals who use wheelchairs and hoists.
- Meal Preparation: Preparing meals and supporting with dietary needs.
- Medication Administration: Ensuring residents receive their medication as prescribed.
- Household Tasks: Assisting with housework, shopping, cooking, budgeting, and attending health appointments.
- Emotional Support: Providing reassurance and managing behaviours positively.
We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic, upbeat, compassionate, and kind. You should be:
- Experienced with Disabilities: Comfortable working with individuals with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
- Strong Communicator: Able to provide clear and confident communication, especially as the individuals do not use words to speak.
- Patient and Caring: Capable of advocating for the individuals and promoting healthy living.
- Friendly and Approachable: Enjoys engaging in various activities and outings.
- Good Sense of Humor: Able to bring joy and positivity to the environment.
- Organised and Time-Managed: Efficient in managing tasks and time.
Shift Patterns:
Flexible Across the Week:
- 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- 4:00 PM - 10:00 PM
- Sleep-Ins: 10:00 PM - 7:00 AM
- Waking Nights: 10:00 PM - 7:00 AM
- 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!
