Fantastic opportunity for a fun, energetic and optimistic SUPPORT WORKER to join our friendly team!
Competitive pay rate - £13.20 per hour.
Based in the village of Rufforth - easily commutable from York, Harrogate and Leeds
Full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential, but we'll pay your mileage to and from work!
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Who will I be supporting?
- You will be supporting a young man with complex needs to live his life how he chooses
- He lives in his own home in the village of Rufforth where he enjoys keeping active by walking, cycling and swimming.
- He has a support dog who he loves a cuddle from, and enjoys listening to music, going to the cinema, and and spending time with his family.
- This young man has complex needs and can experience behaviours of distress so you will need to have some previous experience supporting someone with complex behavioural needs to be a good match for his team
The role will involve:
- Helping him learn the skills he needs to live the life he chooses
- Support with shopping, housework including cleaning and laundry
- Supporting with medication
- Supporting and encouraging him to find opportunities in education, employment and leisure, and enable him to take part in these opportunities.
What are the shifts?
- We are recruiting for both Day shifts, 7:30am - 7pm and Night Shifts 7pm - 7:30am
- We're looking for people with flexibility to work on a rota basis that includes a combination of these shifts across weekdays and weekends
- Rotas are provided at least 4 weeks in advance to support a healthy work life balance - something we're very passionate about!
For more information about the service and people we support, please contact the Jodi Burnham-Fahey on 0300 303 9150
Dimensions is proud to be one of very few social care organisations that are accredited by the Great Places To Work programme 2019 - 2024.
About you
We believe anyone has the potential be a great support worker, no matter your background, as long as you share our values; respect, partnership, courage, ambition and integrity - that's why we recruit based on values and not skills or experience. For more information on our values based recruitment click here
Your rewards
A full list of rewards can be found in the job description attached