Female Support Worker- Nights - Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom - Dimensions UK Ltd

Dimensions UK Ltd

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Bury St. Edmunds, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Waking Night Support Worker - Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33

Hourly rate - £11.22 per hour

Hours - 30 hours per week (Shift time - 8pm-8am)

Are you looking for a role where you have more hours throughout the day to spend with family and friends? Maybe you are looking to reduce your commute time or need extra time to pursue further education opportunities? If so, join us today to become a Waking Night Support Worker in Bury St Edmunds.

About the role
This is a Waking Night Support Worker role where you must be willing to go above and beyond.

You will play a key role in providing tailored support to one woman in her mid-20's with complex needs and learning disability.

As part of this role, you would be required to work as part of a dedicated night support team, ensuring the appropriate support is given in line with risk assessments and support plans whilst also carrying out a few critical allocated tasks, such as:

Carry out 'keeping safe checks' at regular intervals to ensure the person we support is safe and comfortable.
Ensure that her environment is clean and sanitary.
Supporting her with morning and night routines.

You will keep written records, using IT systems as required, including but not limited to updating support plans, incident logs and health and safety records.

Creating a calm therapeutic environment for the person we support.
Helping the people we support with aspects of daily living, including personal care, feeding, meal preparation and medication assistance.
Shift patterns will be 8pm - 8am.

This team work on a rolling rota allowing you more time to gain additional learning opportunities, offer you more work variety and provide a better workplace engagement.

The rota pattern available is:

Week 1:
Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday

Week 2:
Friday and Saturday

Full training and induction before starting is provided, along with work shadowing. You will be joining an established team who are very warm and welcoming.

Join us and in return we can offer:
Free DBS check

Advance:
access to some of your earned pay ahead of your regular payday

Free financial education:
access to a range of tips, videos and tools for budgeting and saving.
A comprehensive employee assistance programme
Access to the Blue Light Card (lots of discounts available)
30 days annual leave entitlement (including bank holidays), rising to 35 days
£500 bonus for recommending a friend to work for us if they're employed
Paid training with financial bonuses for completion of awards and diplomas

We'll pay for and support you to complete the Care Certificate, a requirement for people working in the health and social care sector.

Discounts and cashback on shopping and days out with our colleague benefits scheme
An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.

Applications will be shortlisted on receipt and interviews will be held until the posts are filled

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

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
We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videos for all of our recruitment communications.