Support Worker - Part Time - Waking Nights

TN United Kingdom; Leeds; On-site; Part time

Job summary

A leading charity in the UK seeks a Waking Nights Support Worker in Leeds. You will provide care and support to individuals with diverse needs, fostering a homely environment and engaging in enjoyable activities. Join a dedicated team that values empathy and compassion, offering flexible hours and a supportive workplace.

Benefits

28 Days annual leave

Pension Scheme

Flexible Working Hours

Shopping Discounts Scheme

Financial Hardship Fund

Investment in wellbeing

Qualifications

• Experience in care roles preferred.
• Training provided for all mandatory and specialized training.

Responsibilities

• Support individuals with mobility issues and personal care.
• Engage in activities like outings, music, and social events.
• Work collaboratively with a trained staff team.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Compassion

Sensitivity to others

Reliability

Problem solving

Resilience

Job description

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Client:

Community Integrated Care

Location:

Leeds, United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

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EU work permit required:

Yes

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Posted:

15.05.2025

Expiry Date:

29.06.2025

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Job Description:

What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work: 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 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
• 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 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.

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:

Waking Nights Support Worker required - 2 x Nights per week (20 Hours)

Who will you be supporting?

• We are different in lots of ways (That’s what makes us so interesting) with our ages ranging between 37 and 66 years old.
• We all have individual needs, including mobility issues, non-verbal communication, and require personal cares, only one of us being independent.
• We all have different challenges in our lives which include autism, learning disabilities, dysphagia, and communication difficulties.
• We have a staff team who are all trained and familiar with supporting us with our needs.

What is important to us?

• We are all proud of the house we live in and how homely it is with all our bedrooms individual and personalised to us.
• We enjoy going for days out, meals out, concerts and going to the theatre. We enjoy listening to music and one of us is in a band and has a drum kit and karaoke in our bedroom and also is a DJ
• One of us go to a day centre 4 times a week, one of us attend purple patch once a week and one of us attends college four times a week and a music hub on a Monday. In the summer months we like to spend time in the garden.
• One of our aspirations is to carrying on making albums with the band and maybe become famous one day, with bigger gigs including festivals. We also aspire to stay healthy and safe in our own home.
• We like to go shopping in our village and one of us likes to go to the train station and watch the trains or take a ride.

Other information?

• Our maximum staffing levels are four staff in the morning and afternoon, one waking night and one sleep in. Our minimum staffing levels would be two staff in the morning and afternoon, one waking night and a sleep in.
• Are shifts vary depending on our activities but our usual shifts are 7-2, 2-9, 2-10 sleep and 9-5
• We need you to enjoy the same activities that we enjoy doing on a day-to-day basis. You should be caring, friendly and empathetic. We will train you in all mandatory training as well as any specialised training needed in our house.

Our values:

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 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