Advanced Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Broxburn; Remote; GBP 18,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Blue Light Card

Guaranteed shifts

Ongoing training & career progression

Recommend-a-Friend bonus

Financial hardship fund

Wellbeing investment

Free PVG check

Job summary

Community Integrated Care is seeking an experienced Advanced Support Worker to help one gentleman in Broxburn. You will assist with daily living, hobbies, and community activities, using calm approaches to challenging moments and promoting independence through social stories.

The role involves medication administration, personal care, shopping, cooking, and everyday support tasks, with a focus on respectful, person-centered care and relationship-building.

Qualifications

• Level 3 in Social Care or equivalent qualification.
• Experience supporting individuals with autism and sensory needs.
• Ability to use social stories to promote choice and independence.
• Experience with PBS or similar approaches is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Provide medication administration and personal care.
• Support with shopping, cooking and daily tasks.
• Encourage independence and community engagement.
• Use social stories to explain situations and maintain boundaries.

Skills

Calm under pressure

Redirection techniques

Boundary setting

Communication aids experience

Education

Level 3 in Social Care

Experience in mental health

Autism and sensory communication

Job description

The opportunity and what makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work

Are you an experienced Support Worker looking for your next step?

Are you experienced working with people with complex behavioural needs?

Do you love helping people get the best out of their lives?

Then maybe an Advanced Support Worker role is for you!

Why You’ll Love Working With Us:

• £15.18 per hour - because your time and care are valuable
• Do what you love - hobbies, chats, walks, cooking… it’s all part of the job
• Multi award-winning charity - we reinvest profits into YOU and the people we support
• Supportive leadership - we’ve got your back, always
• No uniforms - just comfy, casual clothes
• Guaranteed shifts - with 4-6 weeks of rota issued in advance
• Blue Light Card - this role qualifies for a Blue Light Card AND we'll pay the cost of this
• Ongoing training & career progression - grow with us
• Recommend-a-Friend bonus - bring your besties
• Financial hardship fund - we’re here when life gets tough
• Wellbeing investment - your health matters
• Free PVG check - we’ve got it covered
• Spend your whole shift with one person - build real connections

About Community Integrated Care

Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We transform lives by delivering high-quality, person-centred support that fosters independence and empowerment.

Our charity was founded in 1988 and we were one of the pioneers of the ‘Care in the Community’ agenda, enabling people to move out of long-stay institutions and live more fulfilling lives.

Since then, we’ve remained leaders in social care, providing bespoke support to thousands across the UK. Today, we support more than 2,600 people and employ 6,600 caring and committed colleagues across England and Scotland.

We have a proud history of breaking boundaries and are always looking for new ways to make a positive difference through bold ideas, innovative projects and impactful partnerships.

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:

Working closely with the Service Leader and Advanced Support Worker Team, you will be responsible for supporting one gentleman who lives in his own home in Broxburn.

This gentleman has autism, a learning disability and epilepsy, which can be unpredictable, so he’s looking for calm people who can provide reassurance during challenging periods.

Our Shifts:

We currently provide 2:1 support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Contract:

Full-time and part-time permanent contracts available. Bank roles also available.

UK Driving License Required:

Yes.

What you’ll be doing

We are recruiting experienced, confident and resilient Advanced Support Workers to support this gentleman to live his daily life. At times he can become fixated on things, so confidence in redirection and maintaining strong boundaries would be of great benefit. He uses a wheelchair to get around and is able to move this himself. He would love to spend more time getting out and enjoying what his community has to offer and he has his own car for staff to support with this. He is really interested in trains, buses, ice-cream vans and bin lorries and would enjoy sharing his interests with his staff.

In addition to supporting with hobbies, you will be required to support with medication administration, personal care, shopping, cooking and everyday support tasks. It is our goal to promote his independence as much as possible, so you will ensure you promote choice by using social stories to help him understand situations. Previous experience of using communication aids would be very beneficial. PBS experience would also be a great benefit.

The ideal candidate will have a Level 3 in Social Care and strong experience in mental health, autism and sensory communication, and physical health. If you do not have a qualification, you will need to have experience in social care.

About you:

What We’re Looking For

At Community Integrated Care, we know it takes someone special to work in social care and that doesn’t always mean having experience. We hire based on values, welcoming people from all walks of life: seasoned support workers, Care Assistants, Veterans, those with lived experience, or even total newbies with a passion to care.

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.