Location
Newcastle, NE5 (Just a 6-minute drive from Kingston Park Stadium)
Pay & Hours
£14.01 per hour (£60 per Sleep-In Shift)
Positions: Part-Time (Up to 30 hours per week)
Requirements: Previous or transferable experience is essential & Full UK Driving Licence covering manual vehicles
At Dimensions, you can bring your whole self to work – and be celebrated for it. You’ll support autistic people and adults with learning disabilities to live more independently, building confidence and joy in everyday life. We’ll support you too, with a workplace that values wellbeing, listens to every voice, and offers real opportunities to grow through Aspire and Dimensions Academy. Recognised as a Great Place to Work for seven years running, this is more than a job – it’s a place where you can truly be you.
About the Person We Support
We support a sociable lady in her 40s who has a great sense of humour and loves:
- Watching Movies: enjoys older shows, series, and Disney movies.
- Music: loves various genres, sings along, and dances.
- Shopping and Arts & Crafts: enjoys colouring in and being creative.
- Holidays and Seasonal Events: excited about Christmas, Halloween, and birthdays, although she struggles to wait for these events.
- Family Time: enjoys spending time with her mum and dad.
- Sweets: has a sweet tooth.
She has autism, and your role will include providing emotional reassurance during moments of distress, with full positive behaviour support training provided.
We’re looking for a positive person with a good sense of humour and a full UK driving licence covering manual vehicles.
What Will You Be Doing?
Empowering Independence: Help her live her life the way she chooses, achieve her goals, and be herself.
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 prompt around personal care.
Flexible 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.
“Gender is considered to be a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with paragraph 1 of Schedule 9 of the Equality Act 2010. In this context, ‘gender’ refers to the sex legally assigned to an individual.”
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
Apply now
- An enhanced DBS disclosure will be required for this role, the cost of which will be incurred by Dimensions.
- We welcome applications from everyone who has the right to work in the UK, and value diversity in our workforce.
- If a driving licence is required for this role you will need to produce a copy of the driving licence at the onboarding stage.
- 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.
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