Female Support Worker

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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work: Do you want to work for a charity that really values their people? Do you want to furtherdevelopyour skills whilst making a difference in someone else's life?

Benefits & USP’s:

1. £12.62 per Hour
2. Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
3. 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
4. Managed by supportive leaders
5. 28 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis)
6. Pension Scheme
7. No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
8. Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
9. We will pay for your DBS / PVG
10. We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
11. Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
12. Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
13. Shopping Discounts Scheme
14. Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
15. Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
16. Financial Hardship Fund
17. 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 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 in line 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 31st of March, your pay will be £11.94 per hour & then from the 1st April, this will increase to £12.62 per hour.**

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role: I am a 71 years old female, I may at times display challenging behaviour this may be due to anxiety and is likely to happen if I am unaware of who is coming into my home to support me. I like my staff team to be mature (older), reliable, motivated, and flexible and understand my needs and how to provide the best support to achieve the best outcome. I was diagnosed with brain disturbance rather than epilepsy, I live with learning disabilities, anxiety, depression and have challenging behaviours. I may at times self-harm and require support around my needs but at the same time like to be as independent as possible and like to be reminded I can do certain tasks myself.

I like to go out into the community, I have my own mobility car to enable staff to drive me to go out into the community this may be to attend an appointment or collect food/shopping, even just a day out! I would also need the use of my wheelchair; staff would be required to check my wheelchair to ensure there were no faults.

1. I like to go out on day trips, seaside, fish and chips, walking (wheelchair), parks and other activities.
2. I like to sit and complete jigsaws, I love to watch the old soaps and relax.
3. My sisters and brothers are a big part of my life and very much involved, my sister Joan looks after my finances and visits me regularly even takes me out.
4. Mine and my family's aspirations are for me to live the best life possible in the best way I can.
5. I would like a white British lady that can provide me with my support needs when necessary, I need clear communication skills as it is hard for me to understand at times and lack of communication may cause concerns.
6. I like people I can communicate with, as at times I find it hard to understand due to my disabilities, this can cause anxiety and misunderstandings.
7. 1 staff on shift daily changeover is 11am each day.
8. Our shifts at Apethorpe Close are 11am start till 11pm and 11pm till 7am sleep-in 7am till 11am finish.

All training is above, and any other specific training required.

Your values: 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 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