Advanced Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Polmont; Remote; GBP 17,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

Community Integrated Care is recruiting for a female, bank Advanced Support Worker to join our Brightons team near Polmont. You will support a young lady with a mild learning disability and PTSD, following a tailored care plan to promote independence, wellbeing and community participation.

This role requires patience, empathy and trauma-informed approaches, with shifts starting at 10am and including a sleepover. Driver preferred; working with a caring, supportive team.

Qualifications

• Prior experience supporting people with complex needs is essential.
• SVQ 3 in Health and Social Care would be highly desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support a young lady to live independently in her own home with a tailored care plan.
• Work with the care plan and provide monitoring, prompting and supervision as required.
• Engage in activities and community access including drives and walks.

Skills

Patience

Trauma-informed care

Communication

Education

SVQ 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

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

Are you an experienced female Care Assistant or Support Worker with a passion for helping others?

If so, maybe an Advanced Support Worker role with an award-winning charity is your next move!

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
• Flexible shifts – pick up shifts that work around your current commitments
• Shopping discounts – because treats are important
• 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:

We are currently recruiting for a female, bank Advanced Support Worker to join our team in Brightons, near Polmont.

In this role you will be supporting a young lady to live independently in her own home and work with a tailored care and support plan to meet her individual needs.

The lady we support has a mild learning disability and more recently has been diagnosed with PTSD due to trauma. The staff team are trained in Trauma informed care, PTSD awareness and skin integrity.

There is a small team of staff, shift patterns start at 10am and end at 10am the following day, which includes a sleepover shift from 11pm - 7am.

Due to having a mobility car, a driver would be preferred.

Maintaining a close relationship with family is very important and likes to access the community with daily drives and walks. We are seeking support workers who can be patient and build confidence and independence with supervision and prompting as well as being fun.

Healthy eating and a varied diet is also important. She also loves pampering and animals and has a cat, so her staff must be comfortable being around cats and helping to care for them.

There are lots of activities in the local Falkirk area such as sensory centre, swimming, bowling, cinema and the house is situated in a quiet neighbourhood with a garden to enjoy in the nice weather. There is parking available and a decorated staff sleepover room.

Sometimes the people we support really need a male or female person to support them. For this particular role, a Female colleague is required. This is a genuine occupational requirement as defined by the Equality Act 2010

About you:

Respect, patience and understanding are key as the individuals we support are adjusting to new home environments. It's important to take the time to understand them in order to support them both to live a fantastic lives as independently as possible.

Prior experience supporting people with complex needs is essential, as this is a new team and we're looking for our Advanced Support Workers to share their knowledge and experience within the team.

Applicants with a SVQ 3 in Health and Social Care would be highly desirable.