Support Worker

Community Integrated Care; Sefton; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading charity seeks dedicated individuals for the role of Support Worker, providing essential care and companionship to clients in Sefton. With a focus on flexible working hours and ongoing professional development, this position offers a rewarding opportunity to make a real impact in the community. You'll enjoy numerous benefits, including casual dress and potential for career progression. Full training will be provided, and no prior experience is necessary.

Benefits

Pension Scheme

Shopping Discounts Scheme

Flexible Working Hours

Ongoing professional development

Recommend a Friend Bonus

Financial Hardship Fund

Investment in your wellbeing

Qualifications

• Must be flexible and available for weekends.
• Ability to support individuals with learning disabilities and challenging behavior.
• Personal care skills preferred, but not essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide one-to-one support to individuals with various care needs.
• Engage clients in enjoyable activities while promoting independence.
• Assist with personal care and day-to-day tasks.

Skills

Empathy

Flexibility

Communication

Education

No formal qualifications required

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
• Pension Scheme
• No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
• We will pay for your DBS / PVG
• We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
• 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
• 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
  
  

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.

We have many different needs, such as - learning disabilities, challenging behaviour and health issues.

One of us likes to get out every day and is very active and energetic, loves walking, shopping, meals out and going to the disco on a Wednesday evening.

However, the other person we support here, likes to take things at a slower pace, but enjoys organising the staff with household chores, going out for meals and watching the soaps.

They each have 1 to 1 support to explore our communities with interests/activities above as we like different things/pace of life and Helen needs 1 to 1 support to reduce incidents of behaviour that may challenge

• The local community is Butts Lane in Southport, it has local shops and large supermarket/shopping area close by, a pub around the corner that serves meals. A secondary school also close by.
• Shops, bus links and pubs are nearby.
• Good for buses and 20-minute walk to train station
• We love to visit the local shops, cinema, bowling alley, gym, swimming pool, parks.
  
  

All applicants MUST be flexible and available to work on the weekends!

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.

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 Natasha Jones, our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on 07890 892814 or email [e-mail]

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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