Advanced Support Worker Bank

Community Integrated Care; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DBS paid

No uniform

Flexible working hours

Progression opportunities

Ongoing training

Supportive leaders

Job summary

Community Integrated Care invites applications for an Advanced Support Worker in Middlesbrough. You will provide person-centred 1:1 support to an adult with autism and learning disabilities, helping him settle into his new home and maintain independence.

You will work flexible 12-hour shifts, including days and wake nights, with a strong emphasis on Positive Behaviour Support, total communication, and personalised routines. DBS covered and ongoing training offered.

Qualifications

• Level 3 in Social Care and strong experience in mental health, autism and sensory communication.
• Ability to support adults with learning disabilities and complex needs.
• Willingness to work towards additional qualifications if not already held.

Responsibilities

• Provide 1:1 support to an adult with autism and learning disabilities.
• Help transition into a new home and establish routines.
• Attend day services and support participation in activities.
• Follow the support plan and use total communication approaches.
• Participate in specialist training including PBS and Positive Behaviour Support.

Skills

Mental health experience

Autism experience

Sensory communication

Physical health awareness

PBS (Positive Behaviour Support)

Education

Level 3 in Social Care

Job description

Opportunity and what makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work

Are you a Support Worker with lots of experience, that is looking to progress in your career?

Location: Middlesborough

Pay: £14.78 per hour

Hours: 12 hours shifts on Bank. Days are 8am - 8pm and Wake nights 8pm - 8am

Driving Licence: not essential

Would you like to gain qualifications, enjoy specialist training, have more responsibility and earn more money?

Community Integrated Care is recruiting for an Advanced Support Worker, with flexible shift patterns.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced support worker to step up. You will support an adult with learning disabilities and autism, who has complex needs, to lead the best life possible.

Benefits:

• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Work for a multi award-winning Charity that invests all it profits right back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities
• Managed by supportive leaders
• No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
• Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
• We will pay for your DBS
• We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
• Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme

Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We work hard to enriching the lives of people with many different care needs. It’s exciting and rewarding work, and we’re full of pride and passion for what we do. Since the early days, we’ve grown to provide many innovative and bespoke care services to thousands of people across England and Scotland. We want to provide support based on the principles of choice, dignity and respect. This resonates in our vision of Your Life, Your Choiceand our strategy Best Lives, Bolder. We have strong values and we’re proud to pioneer new ways of delivering social care to stand out in our sector. In the past two years, we have won or made the shortlist for over 100 national and regional awards! We are also focussed on our people. Our Support Workers are dedicated and passionate about going ‘the extra mile’ for the people we support and in return, we go the extra mile for them by investing in pay, recognition, wellbeing and continued professional and personal development. We will provide you with all the training, support and personal protective equipment you need in your role and will help you develop, should you decide you want to develop your career with us.

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

About the Person We Support

I am a 43-year-old man who has recently achieved a significant milestone by moving into my very first home after always living with my parents. This is an exciting new chapter in my life, and I am looking for a dedicated team who can support me to settle into my home, maintain my independence, and help me live the best life possible.

I live with Autism and a Learning Disability and am non-verbal. Although I do not use speech to communicate, I have my own ways of expressing myself and communicating my needs, preferences, and feelings. It is important that my support team understand and use total communication approaches to ensure my voice is always heard. It is also important that when speaking with me, that verbal communication is clear and concise, as I often struggle to understand.

I require 1:1 support; however, I value my personal space and prefer support to be provided from a respectful distance. Due to my sensory needs, I can become uncomfortable when people are too close to me, and I generally prefer people to support from behind or alongside me rather than directly in my personal space. My team should be confident, patient, respectful, and able to follow my support plan consistently.

Routine is extremely important to me and helps me feel safe, comfortable, and happy. I attend Day Service Monday to Friday from 10:00am to 2:00pm and benefit from familiar people and routines. When travelling to my day service, I prefer using a familiar driver or taxi, and my mum and dad also help support me at times.

I enjoy watching films, listening to the radio, and spending time enjoying my favourite movies. I am a big foodie and particularly enjoy baking, icing, and decorating cakes. Supporting me to enjoy these interests and maintain meaningful routines will be an important part of the role.

Initially, support will focus on helping me transition successfully into my new home and establish positive routines.

To support me to have the Best Life Possible, my team have specialist training in Positive Behaviour Support, Autism, Learning Disabilities, and Total Communication, ensuring they have the knowledge and confidence to meet my individual needs effectively.

About you:

The idealcandidatewill have a Level 3 in Social Careandstrong experience inmental health, autismandsensory communication, and physical health and PBS

Ifyou do not have a qualification, you will need to have experience in social care and be prepared to work towards this.

You will know how to connect with people and be passionate about supportingpeople to liveindependently.You will also be a brilliant mentor and share your skills and experiences with your colleagues.

We will develop your talentswith a range of specialist training, including the opportunity to learn Positive Behaviour Support methods,Makaton and the PictureExchangeSystem.

During recruitment you willmeet the peoplewesupport in their home.This will allow you to see their wonderful personalitiesfirst-handand fully understand the level of support thattheyrequire.

Naturally it is important too that you share our company values - We Include; We Deliver; We Aspire; We Respect; We Enable, which are at the heart of everything we do and ensure that we deliver high quality, consistent care and support.People'svalues are important to use, so we look for people with:

• Patience
• Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
• A strong work ethic
• Reliability
• Honesty
• Determination
• A problem solver
• Resilience

A Place I belong

Here at Community Integrated Care we aim to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive employer, where all colleagues feel they belong.

We want to an organisation that is truly fair and equal to all – where individual diversity is valued, unique characteristics celebrated and everyone feels able to bring their true selves to work.

By encouraging and embracing a range of diverse backgrounds, experiences, capabilities and viewpoints, we will build a stronger, richer, more vibrant workforce, which reflects the people we support, and the communities in which we work. It helps us make better decisions, bring fresh ideas and become a true provider and employer of choice.

We have a really clear plan to achieve this called A Place I Belong. This publicly sets out the promises we’ve made to achieving this vision and how we will hold ourselves to account to getting there. You can read more about this by clicking here.

We wish you the very best of luck in your application to joining our charity. Should you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to contact [e-mail]

Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.

We’re really proud to be a Hive HR Employee Voice Certified organisation, a recognition that confirms our commitment to creating a culture where our colleagues are not only encouraged to share their thoughts, but where this feedback is actively sought and acted upon to drive positive change at every level.

In our 2025 Colleague Engagement Survey, 59% (nearly 3,800) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +34.

The Employee Net Promoter Score is a measure of how willing our colleagues are to recommend us as a good place to work to their loved ones – and a score of +34 is considered a Very Good score when compared to global benchmarks set by hundreds of other organisations.