Bank Advanced Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Kendal; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Integrated Care is seeking an Advanced Support Worker in Kendal to support individuals with learning disabilities and autism. This role offers a flexible working pattern and a chance to make a real impact on lives. With a focus on empathy and resilience, candidates will join a passionate team committed to enriching lives. The position includes ongoing training and the promise of growth within a multi-award winning charity.

Benefits

20 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays

Pension Scheme

Shopping Discounts Scheme

Ongoing professional development

Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns

No uniform - casual clothes

Training and personal protective equipment provided

Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health, autism, and sensory communication essential.
• Strong experience in social care.
• Ability to connect and support individuals to live independently.

Responsibilities

• Support adults with learning disabilities and autism.
• Promote choices, wellbeing, and independence.
• Provide 24-hour care and assist with daily activities.

Skills

Empathy

Resilience

Problem Solving

Patience

Reliability

Compassion

Honesty

Determination

Education

Level 3 in Social Care

Job description

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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

Are you a Support Worker that is looking to progress in your career?

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 adults with learning disabilities and autism, who have complex needs, to lead the best life possible.

Benefits & USP’s:

• £14.42 per Hour
• 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
• 20 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, 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
• Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
• Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
• Shopping Discounts Scheme
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund
• Investment in your wellbeing

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 [number] 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.

One of the values of Community Integrated Care is our passion for our people and every year we invest in our front-line worker pay inline with the Living Wage increase each April. Our promise has always been clear: we will do everything in our power to improve pay for colleagues. And so, if you start with us between now and 31 March your pay will be £13.74 per hour then from the 1 April, this will increase to £14.42 per hour.

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

This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work in a well-established service in Barrow, supporting 1 person with learning disabilities, whilst also promoting their choices, wellbeing and independence. The person supported here needs 24-hour care, uses a wheelchair when accessing the local community & will communicate using pen and paper or a Lite Writer. The person supported here also really likes to go to coffee shops, shopping, walking, going on the swings at the park and also using public transport! This service is a ground-floor flat and there is a little front garden, that is used in the summer days and nights. The service is only a 3-minute walk away from the local shopping centre which leads on to the town centre. This is a female-only staff service and requires female staff only. Typical shift patterns at this service are 10am-10pm - sleep.

Your values:

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.

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.

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

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's values are important to us, so we look for people with:

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