Support Worker - Temporary

Community Integrated Care; Banchory; On-site; GBP 16,000 - 22,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

DBS / PVG paid

Flexible working hours

Guaranteed hours

Pension scheme

No uniform

Job summary

Community Integrated Care in Banchory, Scotland, is seeking a proactive Support Worker to help vulnerable adults live their best lives. This role offers meaningful, rewarding work within a multi-award winning charity and provides training, development, and ongoing support.

You will work flexible shift patterns across 7 days, including some sleepovers, to deliver personal care, meal support, and social activities while managing everyday tasks such as finances with care and respect.

Qualifications

• Patience, empathy and compassion in interactions with adults
• Strong work ethic and reliability in delivering care
• Honesty, determination and resilience in challenging situations

Responsibilities

• Medication administration and epilepsy support
• Cooking and home maintenance
• Social support and helping achieve personal goals
• Managing the finances of the people we support

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Compassion

Reliability

Honesty

Determination

Problem solving

Resilience

Job description

Company Overview

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 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.

Benefits

• 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-ratio 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

Pay

13.86 per hour

Location

Banchory, Scotland

Role Summary

Are you a positive and motivated person who is interested in supporting vulnerable adults to live the best lives possible? Are you looking to gain great experience in a satisfying job where you feel supported? If this sounds like you, maybe a Support Worker role with an award-winning charity is the change you’ve been looking for!

Responsibilities

• Medication administration and epilepsy support
• Cooking and home maintenance
• Social support and support to achieve personal goals
• Managing the finances of the people we support.

Shift Patterns

Our team provide support 7 days a week, so we ask for flexibility to work a variety of shifts from Monday-Sunday and this will include some sleepover shifts. The people we support like to be supported by people who respect them and their homes, but who also like to have fun! We like people who are reliable and honest and are able to remain calm under pressure, so they can support people effectively and build fantastic relationships. Our shift patterns can vary, but some examples of typical shifts are listed below: 10am - 10.30am the next day (this includes a sleepover) 8am - 2pm 2pm - 8pm.

Position Details

We have a temporary position of 37 hours - until April 2027. The role may require a UK driving licence for the mobility vehicle.

Values and Skills

We look for people with: Patience, Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others, A strong work ethic, Reliability, Honesty, Determination, A problem solver, Resilience.

Employer Culture

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.

Equal Opportunities

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 2023 Colleague Engagement Survey, 56% (over 3,300!) of our people shared their feedback and insights, giving us an incredible Employee Net Promoter Score of +28.

Closing

We wish you the very best of luck in your application to join our charity.