Support Worker - Female

Community Integrated Care; Newcastle upon Tyne; Vor Ort; GBP 15.000 - 21.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Hourly pay £13.12

Flexible hours

Annual leave 28 days

Pension scheme

DBS paid by us

Contracted hours

Wellbeing investment

Discount scheme

Zusammenfassung

Community Integrated Care is seeking a Female Support Worker for our Supported Living Service in Lemington Rise, Newcastle-upon-Tyne. The role requires a full UK driving licence and offers 37.5 hours per week in a maternity cover contract.

We provide a person-centred, empowering environment with progression opportunities, shift flexibility, and a strong wellbeing focus. The position pays £13.12 per hour and includes a pension, 28 days leave, and DBS paid by us.

Qualifikationen

• Patience and empathy when supporting adults with learning disabilities.
• Strong work ethic and reliability.
• Honesty and determination.
• Ability to problem solve and show resilience.
• Full UK Driving Licence preferred or essential.

Aufgaben

• Provide support with daily living activities and outings for residents.
• Spend each shift with the person you support to maximise impact.
• Follow shift patterns, including day and night hours and waking nights.
• Support in management of health needs and learning disabilities as part of a trained team.

Kenntnisse

Patience

Empathy

Reliability

Honesty

Determination

Problem solving

Resilience

Jobbeschreibung

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

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Female Support Worker to join our team at our Supported Living Service for adults with Learning Disabilities in Lemington Rise, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE15.

It is essential that you hold a full UK Driving Licence for these positions.

This Temporary (Maternity Cover) vacancy is for 37.5hrs (Days) - due to end 01/01/2028

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
• 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 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:

• There are 2 people living in the bungalow at Southfork, we are very different and have different needs, we are 30-60 in age.
• We will need support with physical assistance and support when we go out and about. We have different challenges in our lives which include health and learning disabilities. We have a staff team who are all trained in our specific needs and are familiar with us.

• We all enjoy different activities, including films, bowling, discos, music events, friendship clubs, seeing family, pub lunches.
• Other interests we have are watching horror films, the soaps, listening to music, visiting museums, baking and some of us like to go on day trips.
• We would not enjoy spending time with people who are bossy, in a hurry or very noisy as it would tend to make a few of us upset.

• There are always at least three staff on day shift and two on night shift.
• We like our staff to work 8am to 22pm and 8am to 8pm and 8.30 to 9.30pm, Nights 8pm to 8am and 10pm to 8am. We also have a waking night shift.

In order to support us to have the Best Life Possible our team have specialist training in Positive behaviour support, Total communication, autism and learning disabilities and PEJ trained

About you:

• 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.

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.