Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Flimby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking dedicated Support Workers to join their team. This role involves enriching the lives of individuals with learning and physical disabilities, ensuring their wellbeing and independence. The organization is committed to investing in its workforce and offers a supportive environment with ongoing professional development opportunities. With flexible hours, a casual dress code, and a focus on personal values, this position is perfect for compassionate individuals who want to make a meaningful difference in their community.

Benefits

28 Days annual leave

Pension Scheme

No uniform

Shopping Discounts

Flexible Working Hours

Investment in wellbeing

DBS paid for

Ongoing professional development

Recommend a Friend Bonus

Financial Hardship Fund

Qualifications

• Experience in social care or support roles is beneficial but not mandatory.
• Must be open-minded and willing to learn.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with learning and physical disabilities.
• Promote wellbeing and independence for those in care.

Skills

Empathy

Patience

Reliability

Problem Solving

Compassion

Job description

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• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• 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
• 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 DBS
• We are based in one location
• 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
• Investment in your wellbeing
  
  

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 it 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
• We are based in one location
• 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 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.

This an exciting opportunity for caring, compassionate and talented Support Workers, to work within a well-established service, supporting 6 people. This service will be supporting people with learning and physical disabilities, whilst also promoting their choices, wellbeing and independence.

This service is a bungalow with a shared lounge, kitchen, dining room and communal area for the people we support. They all enjoy doing different activities such as being out and about in the community, for example - going to walks or to the local café for a coffee and going swimming.

The people we support would like support staff who are outgoing to join our team to support us on outings and assist us within our aspirations such as going on holiday. We are a fun bunch who love getting out and about but also enjoy having a duvet day!

Our staff work on a two shift rota, 7.30am - 7.30pm and night shifts 7.30pm - 730am. The current vacant hours are on day shifts only. We usually have at least 3 members of staff on shift during the day and always have 2 on at night. Full training would be given to anyone who joins our staff team, we need the people who join our staff team to be open minded, willing to learn and fun!

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
  
  

If you have read this advert and feel like it’s exactly the role and organisation you’re looking for, please click 'Apply' to take you through to our short application form.

If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact Sarah Cain our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on [e-mail] or 07749 434 055.

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.

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