D019439
£12.81 Per Hour
Shrewsbury
England, Shropshire, West Midlands
Permanent
Hours per week: 37.5
Closing Date: May 03, 2026
Support Worker – SY5
Full Time & Part Time Opportunities Available£12.81 per hour + £50 per sleep-in shiftDriver Requirement: Full UK Manual Driving Licence
At Dimensions, you’ll find more than a job – you’ll find purpose, belonging, and the support to thrive. Your voice matters, your wellbeing is prioritised, and your growth is celebrated. Together, we make a real difference – for the people we support and for you.
“Love seeing small differences make big changes.” – Current Support Worker
Dimensions is proud to be recognised as a Great Place to Work for 7 years in a row.
We’re looking for a confident, warm and proactive Support Worker to join our team in SY5, supporting two young men in their 20s who have autism, learning disabilities, and Down syndrome.
They live together in a bungalow (no stairs) and lead busy, fulfilling lives filled with activities, social time and structured routines. Support is mostly 1:1 when out in the community, with shared support at home.
This is a rewarding role for someone who enjoys building strong relationships, balancing energetic days out with calm, quiet time when needed.
- Uses limited words and Makatonto communicate
- Very cheeky, friendly and social
- Answers the door independently
- Loves cinema trips, days out (including Sea Life), and being out and about
- Well-travelled with family
- Enjoys downtime and sometimes time apart from his housemate
- Member of a local dance group
- Loves Friday night discos
- Enjoys structured routines and planned activities
Both are friendly, sociable and humorous, but can become over-stimulated, so recognising when they need calm, quiet time is essential.
Families are very involved and visit often. Building respectful, trusting relationships with them is an important part of the role.
You’ll support both individuals to live confident, independent and happy lives, including:
- Providing personal carewhere required
- Preparing meals and supporting daily living tasks
- Administering medication
- Supporting communication using Makaton (training provided)
- Encouraging independence and choice
- Supporting community activities and day trips
- Attending cinema trips, discos and social outings
- Balancing active days with calm, quiet support
- Building strong, positive relationships with both individuals and families
This role is ideal for someone confident, emotionally aware and able to adapt their approach throughout the day.
Flexible shift patterns are available to suit the needs of the individuals:
- 7:00am – 10:00pm
- Sleep-in:10:00pm – 7:00am (£50 paid to sleep)
- Alternate weekend working
- Shifts may occasionally finish earlier depending on planned activities
For full-time roles, expect 1–2 sleep-ins per week.
Rotas are provided in advance to support a healthy work–life balance.
You’ll be a great fit if you are:
- Confident, friendly and a strong communicator
- Comfortable building relationships with individuals and families
- Willing to learn Makaton
- Patient and emotionally aware
- Outgoing, but able to tone things down when calm time is needed
- Someone with a good sense of humour
- Proactive and reliable
- A full UK manual driver
Experience is helpful but not essential — full training is provided.
- A competitive pay rate with uplift for any overtime you choose to work
- 30 days’ paid annual leave(including public holidays – pro rata)
- Buy and sell holiday options
- Career progression through Aspire & Dimensions Academy
- Salary advance scheme – access up to 50% of earned pay before payday
- High Street discounts (shopping, entertainment, gyms, dining)
- £200 refer-a-friend bonus
- Life Assurance and Company Pension
- Comprehensive wellbeing strategy and staff listening network
- Enhanced DBS paid for by us
- 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.
- As part of our commitment to making reasonable adjustments we can offer support to complete your application. Contact the Resourcing Consultant Team on 0300 303 9150.
- We now have British Sign Language (BSL) translated videosfor all recruitment communications.