Bank Support Worker (Female)

Community Integrated Care; Fareham; Hybrid; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£13.12 per hour

Pension Scheme

No uniform – casual clothes

Job summary

Community Integrated Care is seeking a female bank support worker for a supported living service in Tynemouth, North Shields. The role involves lone-working daytime shifts (no night shifts) to support an adult female with Autism and Learning Disabilities, with flexibility for weekday and weekend availability.

You will spend your shift with the person you support, helping with activities and promoting independence.

Qualifications

• Patience and empathy are essential when supporting individuals with Autism and Learning Disabilities.
• A strong work ethic and reliability are important in a lone-working, day-to-day role.
• Honesty, determination and resilience help in managing anxiety and building trust.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support to the service user during shifts.
• Engage in daily activities and enable independence while ensuring safety.
• Develop rapport and maintain regular contact with family as appropriate.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Reliability

Honesty

Determination

Problem solving

Resilience

Job description

About the role

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

Service Details

Our Supported Living Service for an adult female with Autism and Learning Disabilities in Tynemouth, North Shields, NE30 has an opening for an experienced Female Bank Support Worker.

Shift times could include: 9.30am to 3.00pm, 3pm to 9.45pm, or, for planned days out it could be 9.30am to 8.45pm.

There are no Night Shifts at this Service.

We require applicants with availability during the week and at weekends.

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
• 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
• Shopping Discounts Scheme
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund
• Investment in your wellbeing

About the charity

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.

About you

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

About me.

I have Autism and LD

I'm independent around medication.

I have a good sense of humour, but it can take me a while to get used of new faces as I can become anxious as I worry new people don't know me

I like to have regular contact with my family especially my Mam.

My Home

I Live in a bungalow by my self. I'm independent around my home and like thing to have their place

Other information

This is a lone working service 1 staff daily This is to support individual 1-1

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.

Employer recognition

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.