Support Worker (Female)

Community Integrated Care; Wakefield; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£13.12 per Hour

DBS paid by employer

28 Days annual leave

Pension scheme

No uniform

Flexible working hours

Shopping discounts

Wellbeing investment

Career development

Recommend a Friend bonus

Financial hardship fund

Job summary

Community Integrated Care is recruiting two Female Support Workers for a supported living service in Hemsworth. This full-time role (37.5 hours weekly, day shifts) involves person-centered care, facilitating daily living activities, and promoting independence for adults with learning disabilities.

Applicants are ideal if they hold a UK driving license (not essential). The role offers a stable contracted schedule, DBS paid by us, 28 days leave pro-rata for part-timers, a pension, and flexible

Qualifications

• Patience and empathy are essential for person-centered care.
• Reliability and honesty are important in keeping residents safe and supported.
• Flexible approach to shifts and responsibilities to meet individual needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centered support to residents living in Hemsworth.
• Assist with daily living activities and personal care as required.
• Encourage engagement in community activities and social outings.
• Work closely with the on-site team to ensure continuity of care and support.

Skills

Patience

Empathy & sensitivity

Strong work ethic

Reliability

Honesty

Determination

Problem solving

Resilience

Job description

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

Our Supported Living Service for adults with Learning Disabilities in Hemsworth now has an opening for 2 Female Support Workers.

These are Full Time (37.5hrs per week - Day Shifts) positions. Ideally, we would like applicants to hold full UK Driving License, but this is not essential.

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:

This is an exciting opportunity to join Community Integrated Care at our supported living service in Hemsworth.

What is important to us:

We need empathic, patient staff to provide person-centered support to individuals who are living here.

We want everyone who accesses our services to have the opportunity to live the best life possible. You will be supporting people to work towards outcomes, enabling them to maintain independence.

You will encourage and support people to engage in the local community, clubs, cinema, shows, days out, gym, pub lunches shopping, and activities of our personal choice, they enjoy swimming, family activities, and day trips.

You will support a community within Wakefield itself, across several services there are long-standing friendships, and you will support to maintain these relationships.

We will be closely working with new partnerships, exciting new prospects, and activities for the entire community to enjoy.

Moorshutt is a supported living project for 3 individuals with physical and learning disabilities, 24 hours a day.

The property is a bungalow on the corner plot of a moderately busy street. It has a large communal open plan living space, it is wheelchair accessible throughout, a specially adapted bathroom, ensuites, a large, grassed garden and plenty of parking.

Other information

We will have a core background team on duty 24/7 so there are overnight shifts, and we will provide additional 1:1 support, ranging from personal care, housekeeping, and meals to days out and trips to the shops and activities.

About you:

What essential skills and experience is needed for the role?

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

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'svalues are important to use, so we look for people with:

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.

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.