Bank Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; United Kingdom; Hybride; GBP 18 000 - 21 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Competitive pay

Pension scheme

No uniform

Flexible hours

DBS paid

Career development

Annual leave

Discounts

Wellbeing

Résumé du poste

Community Integrated Care is recruiting a relief Support Worker to help individuals live independently in their own homes across Stonehaven. You’ll join a multi-award winning charity dedicated to providing person-centred care in a warm, supportive environment.

You’ll be part of a team that supports with medication, cooking, personal care, and daily budgeting, working flexible shifts from early mornings to evenings.

Qualifications

• Patience, empathy and resilience essential in social care.
• Strong work ethic and reliability required.
• Honesty and determination valued for supporting individuals.

Responsabilités

• Supporting with medication administration.
• Cooking and meal preparation.
• Assisting with personal care when required.
• Maintaining the homes of people supported and helping to manage finances.

Connaissances

Patience

Empathy

Work ethic

Reliability

Honesty

Determination

Problem solver

Resilience

Description du poste

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

Benefits & USP’s:

• £13.86 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
• 28 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 / PVG
• We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
• 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 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 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 100 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:

Are you a fun-loving and motivated person who loves going the extra mile to improve the lives of others? Is it important for you to have a satisfying job where you feel supported? If this sounds like you, maybe a Support Worker role with an award-winning charity is the change you’ve been looking for! We are recruiting for a relief member of staff to support individuals in our Stonehaven services to live independently in their own homes.

The people we support have faced a lot of challenges in the past but this hasn’t stopped them from enjoying life! The individuals we support bingo, gardening, board games, music and karaoke. However, they’re always up for trying new things, so are looking for inventive people who are up for the challenge. Our support team are very diverse and work well together to ensure the people we support are happy and safe in their own homes. This can include:

• Supporting with medication administration
• Cooking
• Assisting with personal care when required
• Maintaining the homes of people supported and helping to manage their finances

Our team provides support 24 hours a day, so we are looking for some flexibility to work a variety of shifts if possible. Shifts you might work include:

• 7.30am - 3pm
• 3pm - 9pm
• Long day and sleepover (10am until 10am the next day)

About you:

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.

• - 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 2023 Colleague Engagement Survey, 56% (over 3,300!) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +28. This is a measure of how positively our colleagues talk about us – and 28 is an excellent score compared to other organisations!