Lead Support Worker

Lead Support Worker - Full time 37.5 hours per week

Driving Licence is preferred but not essential

Are you experienced in supporting adults with learning disabilities? Join our innovative team based in Gosport where you can lead by example, enjoying an excellent training programme, strong career progression - and deliver outstanding support through the unique ‘Activate’ model, proven to make a measurable difference to people’s lives and your professional satisfaction.

The Role:

• Supporting with everyday task such as cooking, cleaning, laundry
• Support with managing finances
• Providing full support with personal care and manual handling
• Medication administration
• Supporting out in the community, taking to day centres and health appointments
• Encouraging them to be as independent as possible and get involved in the activities they enjoy

The homes are set in beautiful locations and are within walking distance to Stokes Bay and Stanley Park and the people we support all enjoy a multitude of activities and have amazing personalities, they are looking for people to support them who have similar interests to them and will enjoy taking part in the activities they like to do.

Activities and interests include:

• Going shopping
• Going to the cinema
• Listening to music, especially Elvis and the Beatles
• Going out to coffee shops for a coffee and a gossip
• Going out for meals
• Going swimming
• Gardening, bird watching

Shift patterns vary and the earliest you will start is 7am and the latest you will finish will be 10pm and alternate weekends.

For more information about the service and people we support, please contact Gillian on 07795267097 or please click apply at the bottom to submit a short application.

Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme 2023.

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

Your rewards

A full list of rewards can be found in the job description attached

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• An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
• We welcome applications from everyone and value diversity in our workforce
• 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.