Diverse Abilities Careers

02/03/2022

Time for a toy walk!

01/03/2022

Like all of us, Charlotte loves a bit of painting. She likes it even more when she gets to paint her face! 🖌️👩‍🎨🎨☺️

15/07/2019

Why be caught in a run of the mill job, when you could be doing something extraordinary!

Join our team of Personal Support Assistants at Diverse Abilities, fitting you working hours around your life commitments.

The role:

Working as a personal support assistant provides you with flexibility to choose when you are available to work. You have the opportunity to work around your family and other work commitments you may have. We are looking for support assistants to assist adults with disabilities to do simple things that we take for granted, such as cooking, cleaning, visiting friends, going to college or gardening.

Experience is not essential as paid extensive accredited training; shadow shifts and ongoing support will be given.

What we offer

We offer a wide range of employee rewards and benefits. These include:

-Competitive rates of pay of £9.38 per hour. As a Zero Hours worker your annual leave is accrued as you work and included in your hourly rate.
-Weekend Rate of Pay £10.45 per hour including weekend enhancement of £1.07 per hour
-Sleep in rate of £40.00 per night
-Free training that we pay you to attend, including shadow shifts.
-Free Enhanced DBS
-Contributory company pension scheme
-Comprehensive staff rewards
-Contributory company pension scheme through auto enrolment
-Access to Your Rewards including discounts for Costa Coffee, Fat Face, -Ticketmaster and Starbucks Coffee.
-Access to discounted tickets for Merlin Attractions
-Access to discounted BH Live Active Gym membership
-Access to discounted Cineworld cinema tickets
-Access to discounted massage and physiotherapy
-Access to cycle to work benefits
-A comprehensive 24-week for induction programme, including all mandatory paid training courses

Closing Date for the role is 2nd August 2019

09/07/2019

Hours: 1 x 16 hours per week

Hours: 1 x 24 hours per week

Shifts: Hours between 7.00am and 9.30pm

Location: Various sessions across Poole, Bournemouth and Christchurch available

It is a requirement of this role to have or be willing to undertake a Children’s Diploma Level 3

We currently have a vacancy within Shapes Services for a Shapes Support Worker working across domiciliary care and transition services.

Tasks to include personal care, support with accessing the community and meeting medical needs

You will be providing 1:1 support and all training will be provided. Competency programmers will be followed to ensure capability. Previous experience of working with children and/or young people is essential.

It is a requirement of the position to hold a full UK driving licence

For more information, please contact either Claire Stacey on 01202 718238. A Diverse Abilities application form must be completed by all applicants, please contact the HR team on 01202 718266 for this and return.

Closing Date 19th July 2019

27/06/2019

Recruitment event tomorrow at the Bridgehouse in Ferndown for the Adult Services. We cannot wait to see you all there!

23/06/2019

Are you looking to help extraordinary people achieve extraordinary things?

Diverse Abilities offers you the opportunity to achieve this and is now recruiting for night support worker to join our Children’s team

To apply or find out more please follow the link below;

Diverse Abilities is Dorset’s disability charity, founded in 1955 by a courageous local mum whose daughter was born with cerebral palsy.

21/06/2019

Are you ready to make a difference to extraordinary people living with disabilities in Dorset?

Are you passionate about delivering a creative and dynamic marketing strategy for a well-respected, non-profit organisation, supporting local children and adults with disabilities?

Do you strive for a busy and varied role?

Diverse Abilities is looking for a PR Officer to be the main contact for all media relations to ensure maximum exposure for this well-established Dorset-based disability charity.

To find out more and apply for the role please follow the link below;

Are you ready to make a difference to extraordinary people living with disabilities in Dorset? Are you passionate about delivering a creative and dynamic marketing strategy for a well-respected, non-profit organisation, supporting local children and adults with disabilities? Do you strive for a busy...

21/06/2019

Do you want the opportunity to work with people, enabling them to achieve their dreams?

The Beehive is a sociable day opportunity setting for adults with a disability. It is a place where people can meet and make new friends, acquire new skills and enjoy a wide range of experiences at the centre and out in community .You will be part of a service providing new and exciting opportunities to people we support.

We are looking for a full time support worker to join our team. To find out more or apply please follow the link below;

The Beehive is a sociable day opportunity setting for adults with a disability. It is a place where people can meet and make new friends, acquire new skills and enjoy a wide range of experiences at the centre and out in community .You will be part of a service providing new and exciting opportunitie...

20/06/2019

We currently have a vacancy within Shapes Services for a Shapes Support Worker working across domiciliary care and transition services.

Tasks to include personal care, support with accessing the community and meeting medical needs

To find out more about the role or apply for the position please follow the link below;

We currently have a vacancy within Shapes Services for a Shapes Support Worker working across domiciliary care and transition services.

20/06/2019

Are you looking to help extraordinary people achieve extraordinary things?

Diverse Abilities offers you the opportunity to achieve this and is now recruiting for a Lead Support to join our team in our supported living service.

To find out more about this role or apply please follow the link below;

Diverse Abilities is Dorset’s disability charity, founded in 1955 by a courageous local mum whose daughter was born with cerebral palsy. The supported living service allows adults to live as independently as possible in their own home and make everyday choices with the 24/7 support.

19/06/2019

Are you looking to help extraordinary people achieve extraordinary things?

Diverse Abilities offers you the opportunity to achieve this and is now recruiting for a waking night support assistant to join our team in our supported living service.

To find out more and apply for the role follow the link below;

Diverse Abilities is Dorset’s disability charity, founded in 1955 by a courageous local mum whose daughter was born with cerebral palsy. The supported living service allows adults to live as independently as possible in their own home and make everyday choices with the 24/7 support of a dedicated ...

19/06/2019

Good luck to the amazing Central Office Team taking part in the Country Challenge in aid of Diverse Abilities!

Bring home the trophy!!!!!

🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆🏆

Join us on Friday 21st June for the Diverse Abilities Country Challenge at Purbeck Shooting School.

Featuring a range of shooting experiences, a delicious hog roast lunch and the chance to win some top prizes, be a part of the action for just £500 (for a team of four).

All funds raised go towards supporting people living with disabilities in Dorset. For more information, please go to https://diverseabilities.org.uk/country-challenge/