Support Worker Female

Community Integrated Care; Gateshead; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Pension Scheme

DBS/PVG paid

No uniform

Flexible working hours

Guaranteed hours

Shopping discounts

Wellbeing investment

Job summary

Community Integrated Care, a UK-based charity, is seeking a female Care/Support Worker in Gateshead. You will provide direct care, spend full shifts with a person you support, and help improve their quality of life across England and Scotland.

The role includes development opportunities and being part of a values-driven team within a large health and social care charity. The role offers a competitive hourly rate (£13.12), 28 days leave pro-rata, pension, DBS/PVG paid, flexible hours, and

Qualifications

• Must be female.
• DBS/PVG paid by employer.
• Based in one location, no car driver needed.
• Flexible working hours & shift patterns.

Responsibilities

• Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives.
• Provide compassionate social care and support to clients.
• Invest in pay, recognition, wellbeing and development as part of a supportive team.

Skills

Female requirement

Job description

• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Must be female
• 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 / 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

• £13.12 per Hour
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Must be female
• 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

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 excited 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.

It is important to me that I keep in touch with our sister.

I love my bungalow and want people to respect this.

It is important to me that I continue to do my arts & crafts in my home.

It is important that my staff team do not talk over me and that I am listened to.

It is important to me that I go out with my staff for my personal shopping.

It is important for me to do my knitting; I love to knit squares.

It is important to me the view from my house. I normally sit at my table and look out my window.

I have four staff that work with me

The staff teamwork a long day sleep which consists of starting at 11am/11pm sleep then 7am/11am

Staff are to be fully trained administration of medication, emergency first aid and all mandatory e-learning Moving & Positioning.

I love been in my house and doing different activities from arts & crafts, playing dominoes with my staff, playing on my Wii console, copying from my books, dancing and sometimes singing.

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.

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 our loved ones - and a score of +34 is considered a Very Good score when compared to global benchmarks set by hundreds of other organisations.