Bank Advanced Support Worker

TN United Kingdom; Alfreton CP; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

Join an established charity dedicated to enriching lives as an Advanced Support Worker. This role offers you the chance to make a meaningful impact on the lives of adults with learning disabilities and autism. With flexible working hours, supportive leadership, and opportunities for professional development, you will help individuals lead fulfilling lives while engaging in activities they love. Enjoy a rewarding career with a team that values compassion, resilience, and the drive to empower those in your care. If you are passionate about making a difference, this is the role for you.

Benefits

28 Days Annual Leave

Pension Scheme

Flexible Working Hours

No Uniform

Specialist Training

DBS Paid

Supportive Leadership

Qualifications

• Experience in social care, particularly with autism and mental health.
• Ability to connect and support individuals to live independently.

Responsibilities

• Support adults with learning disabilities and autism with complex needs.
• Engage in activities that promote independence and social interaction.

Skills

Experience with Challenging Behaviour

Positive Behaviour Support (PBS)

Mental Health Support

Communication Skills

Empathy and Compassion

Education

Level 3 in Social Care

Job description

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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

******** BANK - Advanced Support Workers with PBS experience £14.42 based in Alfreton DE55
This post offers 21 hours and over per week, you will need to be available to commit to these hours weekly.

Are you an 'Advanced Support Worker', a team leader perhaps, who has plenty of hands-on experience with 'Challenging Behaviour' or experienced with PBS looking to progress your career?

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

Or how about enjoying and engaging in a favourite hobby, which could include anything from swimming, horse riding, gym, walking, gaming, collecting, theatre, art, to name but a few.

If you seek a secure and rewarding change of employment with a leading charity, we would love to hear from you!

Community Integrated Care is recruiting for a Bank Advanced Support Worker, with various shift patterns; you will need to be fully flexible.

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

Benefits include:

• £14.42
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Work for a multi award-winning Charity that invests all its profits right back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities
• Managed by supportive leaders
• 28 Days Annual Leave (Inclusive of statutory bank holidays for Full-time work. Part-time is worked out on a pro-rata basis)
• Pension Scheme
• 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

Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We work hard to enrich 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 Choice’ and our strategy ‘Best Lives Possible’.

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 national and regional awards!

We are also focused 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: This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced support worker to step up. You will support adults with learning disabilities and autism, who have complex needs, to lead the best life possible.

• We are a group of amazing individuals living in a scheme of Bungalows. We range in age from 20-60 years old.
• The scheme can cater for individuals with needs related to learning disabilities, autism, mental health needs, and physical disabilities.

What is important to us

• We lead very independent and active lives in our local community. This includes volunteering and going to college.
• We have a range of hobbies and interests including drama/theatre, art, cooking, gaming, collecting, swimming and going to the gym and horse riding.
• We enjoy socialising with each other, especially in the summer.
• We have lots of goals we would like to achieve. These include learning new skills, getting jobs, learning to drive and having relationships.

Your values:

The ideal candidate will have a Level 3 in Social Care and strong experience in mental health, autism, sensory communication, physical health, and challenging behavior, with experience with PBS.

If you do not have a qualification, you will need to have experience in social care.

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

We will develop your talents with a range of specialist training, including the opportunity to learn Positive Behaviour Support methods, Makaton, and the Picture Exchange System.

During recruitment, you will meet the people we support in their home. This will allow you to see their personalities firsthand and fully understand the level of support they require.

It is also important 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. We look for people with:

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