Support Worker (Temporary)

Community Integrated Care; Alfreton CP; On-site; GBP 15,000 - 18,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

DBS paid by employer

28 days annual leave (pro-rata)

Flexible working hours

Contracted hours

Wellbeing investment

Professional development

Job summary

Community Integrated Care in Alfreton is offering a part-time temporary vacancy to cover maternity leave. The role is 22.5 hours per week for 6 months with potential to extend to permanent.

The organisation emphasises person-centred support, DBS clearance paid by the employer, and a focus on wellbeing. The role includes guaranteed and contracted hours, flexible shifts, and opportunities for continued professional development within a large charity that funds profits back into the people they

Qualifications

• Patience and empathy are essential traits for this role.
• A strong work ethic, reliability, and honesty are valued.
• Resilience and problem-solving abilities help in caring for people supported.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Work ethic

Reliability

Honesty

Determination

Problem solver

Resilience

Job description

We have a Part Time Temporary Vacancy (to cover Maternity Leave) at our Supported Living Service in Alfreton, DE55.

This position is for 22.5hrs per week and will last for 6 months (with the potential that it could lead to permanent position).

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.

What Is Important To Us

• We enjoy outdoor activities, including going shopping, on days out to places such as Skegness and walks around the local parks.
• Other interests we have are listening to music, visiting trendy coffee shops with home baking, Swimming & Keep fit.
• We are fun loving, kind, caring, considerate, respectful of other people’s personal space and belongings and have a love of music.
• We would not enjoy spending time with people who are bossy, pushy, running around, shouting or very noisy as it would tend to make a few of us upset

Makaton or BSL (British Sign Language) desirable, however full training would be provided.

What essential skills and experience is needed for the role?

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.

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.