Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£13.12 per hour wage

Flexible shifts

No uniforms

Career progression

Discounts

Referral bonus

Financial hardship fund

Wellbeing support

Free DBS check

One-to-one support

Job summary

Community Integrated Care in Carlisle, United Kingdom, is seeking a caring Support Worker to help people live their best lives. This bank role offers flexible hours to fit around your commitments, with duties including personal care, medication administration, and home management.

No uniform is required and you will work under supportive leadership with ongoing training and opportunities for career progression.

Qualifications

• We hire based on values and welcome people from all walks of life.

Responsibilities

• Supporting with personal care
• Medication Administration
• Home management including cooking, cleaning, shopping and budgeting
• Daily activities and outings with the people we support

Job description

Are you a caring and compassionate person looking to build a great career in social care?

Are you looking for bank/casual hours to work around your other commitments?

Do you love helping people get the best out of their lives?

Then maybe a Support Worker role is for you!

Why You’ll Love Working With Us

• £13.12 per hour - because your time and care are valuable
• Do what you love - hobbies, chats, walks, cooking… it’s all part of the job
• Multi award-winning charity - we reinvest profits into YOU and the people we support
• Supportive leadership - we’ve got your back, always
• No uniforms - just comfy, casual clothes
• Flexible shifts - work around your current commitments by picking up only the shifts you're available to work
• Shopping discounts - because treats are important
• Ongoing training & career progression - grow with us
• Recommend-a-Friend bonus - bring your besties and get rewarded with Love2Shop vouchers
• Financial hardship fund - we’re here when life gets tough
• Wellbeing investment - your health matters
• Free DBS check - we’ve got it covered
• Spend your whole shift with one person - build real connections

About Community Integrated Care

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.

Working closely with the Service Leader and Support Worker Team, you will be responsible for supporting vulnerable individuals in their day to day lives. Each person we support is unique, so the support you provide will be person-centred and will focus on achieving the best lives possible for each individual.

Our Shifts

8am - 8pm | 7.30am - 3pm | 2.30pm - 10pm | 8pm - 7.30am (Waking Night) | 9.30pm - 7.45am (Waking Night) | 10pm - 7.30am (Sleepover)

Shift Requirement

We are ideally recruiting for a mix of day shifts, with occasional nights/sleepovers. Staff will be working across our two Carlisle services

Contract

Bank

Driving License Required?

No

What You'll Be Doing

You’ll be supporting amazing individuals to live their daily lives in their own homes, in the way they want to live. This means you will provide support in a wide variety of ways, including:

• Supporting with personal care
• Medication Administration
• Home management, including support with cooking, cleaning, shopping and budget management
• Daily activities - anything and everything the people we support like to do is something you might provide support with! So come ready and willing to put yourself out there and support with going out for walks, going to the gym, gaming, listening to music, going shopping and going to the cinema/theatre

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What We’re Looking For

At Community Integrated Care, we know it takes someone special to work in social care and that doesn’t always mean having experience. We hire based on values, welcoming people from all walks of life: seasoned support workers, Care Assistants, Veterans, those with lived experience, or even total newbies with a passion to care.

Have questions about the role?

Reach out to our Recruitment Specialist, Eva Otto, at [e-mail].

Need adjustments during the process?

Email [e-mail].

We’re proud to be an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.