Lead Support Worker (Female)

As a Lead Support Worker, you'll not only be supporting individuals to live their best lives, but you'll also play a key role in ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of the home. With your experience in social care, you'll guide, mentor, and inspire your team to deliver outstanding support. You'll be an essential link between the people we support, their families, and our organisation, ensuring everyone works together.

What Does it Involve?

As a Lead Support Worker, you'll play a crucial role in maintaining high-quality support, mentoring support workers, and ensuring individuals are supported in achieving the outcomes identified in their personal support plans. You will assist the Locality Manager and Assistant Locality Manager in promoting Dimensions' values and standards, ensuring compliance with contracts, policies, and CQC/CSSIW regulations. This role is all about helping individuals live their best lives while leading and coaching your team to deliver outstanding support.

Core Duties Include:

• Understand the needs of the individuals you support, maintain accurate records, and be a role model of good practice. You'll help set and achieve goals in key areas of their quality of life using the Activate approach.


• Promote a culture where every moment has potential. Help people learn the skills they need to live independently, from personal care to shopping, meal prep, and household tasks.


• Organise stock control and complete medication and finance audits.


• Perform radar tasks and ensure all health and safety protocols are followed.


• Lead the induction and training of new staff, and coach them on best practices. You'll provide meaningful feedback, supporting the wider team to meet individual needs.


• Be the key contact for families, professionals, and the wider support circle, ensuring excellent communication and coordination.


• Support individuals by attending medical appointments and ensuring their health needs are met.


• Participate in reviews and work towards improving practice, ensuring a high standard of support is maintained.
  
  Are you ready to take your next step in social care? We're looking for an experienced, enthusiastic Lead Support Worker to join our dynamic team! If you're passionate about making a positive impact, have a flair for leadership, and love being hands-on, this is the perfect opportunity for you., Previous experience in a senior or lead support worker role in social care.


• Strong understanding of person-cantered support, health & safety, medication management, and support planning.


• Excellent communication and leadership skills to mentor, coach, and develop staff.


• A proactive approach, with a positive, can-do attitude, able to handle challenges confidently.


• Flexibility to work a range of shifts, including weekends, nights, and holidays.


• Willingness to undertake ongoing training and development, including gaining relevant qualifications.
  
  Sector-leading benefits package worth up to £1,220 annually.


• Competitive salary.


• 30 days annual leave (rising to 35 days) including bank holidays.


• Pension scheme with employer and employee contributions.


• Occupational sick pay scheme.


• Flexible working options.


• Free Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) with 24/7 support, also available to family members.


• Discounts and cashback through Rewarding Dimensions.


• Comprehensive induction and training program upon joining.


• Ongoing access to career development opportunities through Aspire.


• Financial bonuses through Long Service Awards every five years.


• Recognition through our Inspiring People Awards.


This is more than just a job - it's a chance to truly make a difference in the lives of others while growing your career in social care.,
• 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


• 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 .


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


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