Bank Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Morpeth; Sur place; GBP 18 000 - 19 000; Temps partiel

Avantages offerts par ce poste

DBS / PVG paid

Flexible working hours

No uniform - casual dress

Discounts scheme

Wellbeing support

Progression opportunities

Résumé du poste

Community Integrated Care is inviting applications for a Bank Support Worker to assist an adult with Learning Disabilities and Autism. The role involves supporting daily living, promoting independence and wellbeing, and engaging with the local community.

Shifts include days and nights with full flexibility, and DBS/PVG clearance will be provided as part of the process. Based in Morpeth, the role offers a chance to work with a well-established charity dedicated to person-centered care and ongoing

Qualifications

• Experience managing behaviours that challenge.
• Able to work across day and night shifts.
• Experience in social care or care assistant roles is welcome.
• Commitment to safeguarding and person-centred support.

Responsabilités

• Support 1 gentleman with daily living tasks.
• Promote the person’s choices, wellbeing and independence.
• Engage with local community and activities during shifts.

Connaissances

Behavior management

Flexibility

Empathy

Patience

Description du poste

Our Supported Living Service for an adult with Learning Disabilities has an opening for 1 x Bank Support Worker.

For this vacancy, we require applicants to have experience managing behaviours that challenge.

There may be the need to work Days or Nights - full flexibility is required.

Benefits & USP’s

• £13.12 per Hour
• 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 / PVG
• 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
• 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 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.

This an exciting opportunity for caring, compassionate and talented Support Workers to work within a well-established service, supporting 1 gentleman. This service will be supporting them with daily living, whilst also promoting their choices, wellbeing and independence.

The person supported here has Autism and Learning Disabilities and has support 24 hours per day, but they also love visiting the local community - especially getting out and about and to charity shops

They would like their staff team to be quieter but with a dry, sarcastic sense of humour.

At this service there are a core staff team on shift at any one time - these include day shifts and also nights too.

We know it takes a special person to work in social care and we recognise that not everyone that would be perfect for the role, will have professional experience. This is why we're really passionate about recruiting to individuals’ values and we recruit people from all walks of life; From people with vast experience in a support worker or care assistant role, from people with lived experiences who may have friends or relatives with disabilities or have looked after older relatives, to people with no experience at all.

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 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.