Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; North East; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 Days annual leave

Pension Scheme

Casual dress—no uniform

Flexible working hours & shiftpatterns

DBS / PVG paid

Contracted hours

Wellbeing support

Job summary

Community Integrated Care is recruiting to support five individuals living in a large bungalow in Washington, UK. You will share duties across a typical 36-hour week, with shifts from 8:00–15:00, 15:00–22:00, 22:00–08:00, or longer days as needed.

You will provide personal care, support daily activities, and help the residents maintain independence and wellbeing. The team fosters respectful, values-led care and ongoing development opportunities.

Qualifications

• No professional care experience required; values-based recruitment.
• We recruit from all walks of life; inclusivity and equality are core.
• Key personal traits include patience, empathy, reliability and a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Support two ladies and three gents with daily living and activities.
• Assist with personal care, meals, mobility and positioning.
• Promote independence and meaningful social activities within a shared home.
• Respect individual likes/dislikes and communicate with the team.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Strong work ethic

Reliability

Honesty

Determination

Problem solver

Resilience

Job description

Benefits & USP's:

• £13.12 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 / 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

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

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.

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role

Support 5 individuals live their best lives possible, All of which share the same home, which is a large bungalow located in Washington, which has lots of public transport links. Within this role you are required to support two ladies and three gents with ages raging from 43 to 80 years old!! All of which love getting involved in the below activities. Local walks Shopping Cinema Listening to music Spending time in there sensory home They all have there own likes and dislikes and will require you to respect this and support them to live our best lives possible. Our staff team are great, and support the people we support to: Maintain there homes Complete personal care Support with eating Move & positioning Enjoy an active social life Planning days our order to support to have the Best Life Possible our team have specialist training in Moving & Positioning, Administration of Medication, Epilepsy, Dysphagia, End of Life, Autism and Learning Disabilities.

Visual Impairment, Epilepsy, Parkinson’s, Dysphagia, PEG/Catheter, Palliative/EOL, Autism, LD.

36 Hrs pw

Shifts

• AM – 8-3
• PM – 3-10
• Night – 10-8
• Or
• Long Day – 8-10

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 2025 Colleague Engagement Survey, 59% (nearly 3,800) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +34.

The Employee Net Promoter Score is a measure of how willing our colleagues are to recommend us as a good place to work to their loved ones – and a score of +34 is considered a Very Good score when compared to global benchmarks set by hundreds of other organisations.