Male Support Worker

TN United Kingdom; Gateshead; On-site; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading health and social care charity as a Support Worker, where you'll enrich lives by providing personalized care and support. Enjoy flexible working hours, a supportive environment, and opportunities for professional development. Your role will involve engaging with individuals in various activities, ensuring their safety and well-being, and making a meaningful impact in their lives.

Benefits

28 Days annual leave

Pension Scheme

Flexible Working Hours

No uniform

Guaranteed & Contracted Hours

Shopping Discounts Scheme

Financial Hardship Fund

Investment in your wellbeing

Qualifications

• Trained in autism and epilepsy support.
• No specific professional experience required.

Responsibilities

• Support day-to-day needs of an individual with autism.
• Engage in indoor and outdoor activities.
• Work shifts including sleep-ins.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Compassion

Sensitivity

Reliability

Honesty

Determination

Problem solving

Resilience

Job description

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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work: Benefits & USP’s:

• £12.62 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
• 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 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.

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

My name is Davide and I am 22 years old. I am quite independent but do need help and prompts with some of my day-to-day needs.

• Outdoor activities I enjoy include playing basketball or football at the park, going to the coast, fishing, and going to the shops.
• Indoor activities I enjoy include playing on my console, watching videos on YouTube, playing with Lego as well as arts and crafts.
• Having regular contact with my family is very important to me, I enjoy having sleepovers at my mum's house each month.
• I am a very kind and social person, so I enjoy talking to people when I am out and about but when at home I do like my quiet time.
• I would not get along with someone who was too loud or too bossy. I get along well with people who are more laid back.
• I live in a bungalow and have two rooms just for me, my bedroom and my playroom.
• I do spend a lot of time in my bedroom or playroom but do enjoy sitting and interacting with staff in the living room.
• I have a small private garden and have access to a large shared sensory garden.
• I always have three staff with me on shift.
• My staff work sleep ins 9am-9am, days 9am-9pm and nights 9pm-9am.

All my staff are trained in autism and epilepsy so that they can best support my needs. There is parking out front for my car and visitors.

Your values:

We know it takes a special person to work in social care and we recognize 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 also important 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