Support Worker –Bank/Casual

TN United Kingdom; Thurso; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a multi-award-winning charity dedicated to enriching lives through compassionate care. As a Support Worker, you will have the rewarding opportunity to assist individuals with health and learning difficulties in living independently. This role offers flexible hours, a supportive environment, and the chance to make a real difference in someone's life. With a focus on personal development and well-being, you will receive comprehensive training and support to thrive in your role. If you have a passion for helping others and embody our core values of inclusion, respect, and determination, we invite you to apply and be part of our caring community.

Benefits

28 Days annual leave

Pension Scheme

Flexible Working Hours

Shopping Discounts Scheme

Ongoing professional development

Financial Hardship Fund

Investment in wellbeing

No uniform policy

Qualifications

• Experience in supporting individuals with learning disabilities is a plus.
• Must hold a full UK driving license.

Responsibilities

• Provide personal care and support for daily living activities.
• Assist with meal preparation and medication management.
• Engage in outdoor activities and social outings.

Skills

Empathy

Patience

Problem Solving

Reliability

Resilience

Education

No formal education required

Job description

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What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

Our Benefits:

• £13.01 per Hour
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Work for a multi award-winning Charity that invests all its 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
• 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 enrich 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 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 if you decide to grow your career with us.

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role: We currently have opportunities for caring, enthusiastic, and self-motivated Support Workers to join our team in Scrabster, Thurso for bank/casual roles.

In this role, you will be supporting a gentleman with health and learning difficulties to live independently in his own home and work with a tailored care and support plan to meet his individual needs.

Due to this individual’s unique needs, we are looking for people who are energetic and physically active and enjoy the outdoors and a variety of activities including swimming, walking, attending day centre, and going to the cinema. It is also important to him to spend time with close family.

We provide support through the night (waking nights) and during the day between 8 am - 10:30 pm (2:1 support). We are looking for flexible bank staff to work a variety of shifts.

You will provide support in all aspects of daily living including personal care, meal preparation, and medication. Previous experience of autism and learning disabilities would be an advantage. Support worker team will be trained in Learning Disability Awareness, Autism Awareness, Visual and Auditory impairment, PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), Moving and Handling, and Sensory Awareness.

Due to the requirements in this service, staff must hold a full UK driving license

Our values:

We know it takes a special person to work in social care, and we recognize that not everyone who would be perfect for the role will have professional experience. That’s why we're really passionate about recruiting individuals’ values and we recruit people from all walks of life; from those 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 those with no experience at all.

It is also important 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 us, so we look for people with:

• Patience
• Empathy, compassion, and sensitivity to others
• A strong work ethic
• Reliability
• Honesty
• Determination
• A problem solver
• Resilience