Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Andover; Hybrid; GBP 16.000 - 22.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hourly pay £13.86

28 days annual leave (pro-rata for PT)

Pension scheme

Casual dress

Flexible hours and shift patterns

PVG paid

Guaranteed and contracted hours

Discounts scheme

Training and progression

Zusammenfassung

Community Integrated Care is hiring Support Workers to provide compassionate, person-centred care in our services across the United Kingdom. You will work with adults, helping with daily living activities, personal care, and community participation while upholding safety and dignity.

We offer rewarding shifts, casual attire, and development opportunities within a values-driven charity that reinvests profits back into people we support and local communities.

Qualifikationen

• Patience and empathetic approach to support
• Strong work ethic and reliability in daily duties
• Honesty and respectful communication with people supported
• Determination to improve outcomes and maintain safety
• Problem solving when faced with challenges
• Resilience in a busy care environment

Aufgaben

• Medication administration
• Cooking and home maintenance assistance
• Social support and helping people achieve personal goals
• Managing the finances of the people we support

Kenntnisse

Patience

Empathy

Reliability

Honesty

Determination

Problem solver

Resilience

Jobbeschreibung

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

Our Benefits:

• £13.86 per Hour
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Work for an award-winning Charity that invests all its profits right back into the people we support, our workforce and our local communities
• 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 PVG
• 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

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 positive and motivated person who is experienced in supporting people who can exhibit behaviour that challenges?

Are you looking to gain great experience in 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!

At our Stonehaven service, we support vulnerable adults to live as independently as possible.

We provide a wide range of support in this area, including providing social support, Keeping fit at the Gym or Yoga, carriage Driving and Swimming. The people we support are always up for trying new things, so are looking for inventive people who are up for the challenge.

Candidates with a UK driving license would be ideal, but it's not mandatory.

Our staff team are very supportive and experienced and may provide support with:

• Medication administration
• Cooking and home maintenance
• Social support and support to achieve personal goals
• Managing the finances of the people we support

Our team provide support every day but we ask for flexibility to work a variety of shift patterns from Monday-Sunday from 7am - 10 pm. We need staff to be able to do sleepovers. We are currently recruiting for a Full time and Part time Position.

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. People's values 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

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!