Support Worker (Temporary)

Community Integrated Care; Huddersfield; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 30,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hourly rate £13.12

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme

No uniform

Flexible working hours

DBS paid

Guaranteed hours

Discounts scheme

Continued professional development

Recommend a Friend bonus

Financial hardship fund

Wellbeing investment

Job summary

Community Integrated Care is recruiting two Temporary Female Full Time Support Workers for Ash View Extra Care Scheme in Huddersfield, HD2, to cover maternity leave with potential for permanent posts. You will provide person-centred support, assist with daily living tasks, maintain dignity and independence, and work flexible shifts across mornings, evenings and weekends at a single site.

The role requires empathy, resilience and a commitment to safeguarding, with opportunities for training and

Qualifications

• Patience and empathy essential for care roles.
• Ability to work with dignity and respect for individuals.
• Reliable and resilient with a strong work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Personal care and daily living assistance.
• Moving and positioning support.
• Assistance with medication/meals as needed.
• Dementia care assistance.
• Respond to emergencies with basic first aid.

Skills

Patience

Empathy

Compassion

Reliability

Dignity promotion

Resilience

Job description

We are now actively seeking 2 x Temporary Female Full Time Support Workers for our Ash View Extra Care Scheme in Huddersfield, HD2.

These positions are to cover Maternity Leave, but may result in permanent positions later.

Position 1 is until 31/01/2027

Position 2 is until 31/07/2027

Shift times could be: 6.30am to 2.00pm, 7.00am to 3.00pm, 8.00am to 3.00pm, 2.00pm to 10.00pm or a full long day.

Full rota flexibility is required for this position.

Benefits & USPs

• £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
• 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 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.

A purpose built Extra Care Scheme consisting of 50 Self-Contained apartments - 40 of which are one-bedroomed, 5 are two-bedroomed, and 5 are adapted single person occupancy.

Based in Ash Brow, HD2.

The service has its own garden spaces for the people we support to engage socially together and get some quiet outside their homes.

The service has a large driveway to reach the main entrance with parking on site for staff, residents and visitors.

Staff are on site 24 hours to provide support where needed and in emergency situations.

What Is Important To Us

• We will want people who support us to be as independent as possible within our homes and promote social inclusion.
• We will want people who can get to know us and have similar interests to get us more involved within our local and wider community.

We are keen to hear from local people who have an interest in supporting this local community initiative in delivering positive outcomes to the tenants.

This Will Involve All Aspects Of Care/Support To Include

• Personal Care
• Moving and Positioning
• Assistance with Medication/Meals etc.
• Dementia Care
• Emergency First Aid.

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

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

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.

This publicly sets out the promises we’ve made to achieving this vision and how we will hold ourselves to account to getting there. You can read more about this.

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.