Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Aberdeen City; Hybrid; GBP 18,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

PVG paid

Guaranteed hours

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme

No uniform

Wellbeing investment

Progression opportunities

Recommend a Friend Bonus

Financial Hardship Fund

Job summary

Community Integrated Care is recruiting for two part-time roles at Donald Dewar Court in Aberdeen. One post is 37.5 hours per week and another is 15 hours per week, with a schedule that includes weekend work.

You will support seven individuals in two bungalow-style homes, assisting with mobility, personal care and daily living. A full UK driving licence and the ability to drive a manual vehicle are essential, and applicants must be over 25 for company insurance.

Responsibilities

• Support seven individuals in two purpose-built bungalows with mobility and personal care assistance.
• Attend to the daily living needs of the people supported and help them engage in activities.
• Work across a 24/7 service with some weekend shifts; two part-time posts (37.5h and 15h per week).

Job description

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

Our Benefits:

• £13.86 per Hour
• 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
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• 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
• We will pay for your PVG
• Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
• Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
• 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’.

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

We are currently recruiting for a part-time role for 37.5 hour post and a 15 hour post per week to join our dedicated team in Donald Dewar Court, Aberdeen.

In this service, we support 7 individuals who live in two purpose-built bungalows with their own gardens. The people we support all have different needs, including requiring some assistance with their mobility, personal care and to manage their day to day lives and maintain their own homes.

They have a wide range of interests and hobbies, which include spending time in their gardens (they have a trampoline and a swing), colouring in, horse riding, going for walks, going to the pub and enjoying meals out with friends.

We provide support 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, so there will be an expectation of some weekend work. Our shift patterns are: - 7am - 2.30pm - 2.15pm - 9.45pm - Waking nights (these are usually covered by a dedicated waking night team) and sleepovers.

Due to the needs of the people we support, a full UK driving licence and ability to drive a manual vehicle is essential for this role. To be able to enrol on the company insurance, you must also be over 25 years old.

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.

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.