Support Worker
Location: Newcastle, NE5 (Just a 6-minute drive from Kingston Park Stadium)
Pay: £13.78ph
Positions: Part-Time (Up to 32 hours per week)
Requirements: Previous or transferable experience is essential & Full UK Driving Licence Covering Manual Vehicles
You’ll make every day matter for the people you support, helping them learn, grow, and live life their way. At Dimensions, we’ll make every day matter for you too, with wellbeing support, flexibility, and a caring team. Through Inspiring People Awards and Dimensions Academy, we celebrate your contribution and help you thrive – because when you can be you, everyone benefits.
About the People We Support
We support a sociable young gentleman in his 30s who has a great sense of humour and loves:
- Swimming and bowling
- Going to the cinema and dining out
- Slapstick humor and playing with plastic guns
- Spending time with family, especially his Mum and Dad
He has a learning disability and autism. Your role will include providing emotional reassurance during moments of distress, with full positive behaviour support training provided.
If you’re a positive person with a good sense of humour and a Full UK Driving Licence Covering Manual Vehicles, you’ll be a wonderful match for our team!
What Will You Be Doing?
Empowering Independence: Help him live his life the way he chooses, achieve his goals, and be himself.
Daily Support: Assist with food shopping, bill payments, and domestic tasks like cooking, cleaning, and laundry.
Providing Care: Administer medication, offer occasional wheelchair assistance during outings, and provide varying degrees of personal care.
Shift Patterns
Long Day Sleep-In Shifts: 9am – 9am the following day
Day Shifts: 9am - 6pm
Sleep-Ins: 10pm – 8am (Paid to Sleep)
We provide rotas at least 4 weeks in advance to support a healthy work-life balance, which we’re very passionate about!
Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled
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
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.
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!
