Support Worker (Waking Nights)

Community Integrated Care; Warrington; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 19,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Living wage

Flexible hours

Pension scheme

Casual dress

DBS paid

Contracted hours

Wellbeing support

Training & progression

Discounts program

Referral bonus

Job summary

Community Integrated Care in Warrington is seeking Support Workers to help people we support live their lives to the full. You will be part of a compassionate team in a rewarding, community-based role, working across flexible shift patterns.

We offer a living wage with annual pay reviews, extensive training, paid DBS, and opportunities for progression across one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities.

Job description

Do you want to make a difference in someone else's life? Do you want to work for a charity that really value their people? One of the values of Community Integrated Care is our passion for our people and every year we invest in our front-line worker pay in line with the Living Wage increase each April. Our promise has always been clear: we will do everything in our power to improve pay for colleagues.

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 / 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

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.

Who will you be supporting?

• Two of us live together one female, age 50 and one male age 65.
• Between us both we face a few different challenges such as seizures, being partially sighted and having a PEG tube fitted with specific SALT guidelines
• Staff who support us are trained in epilepsy and buccal midazolam and PEG

What is important to the people we support?

• What are we proud of our home and the relationship we have with each other as well as with our support staff
• We enjoy going out shopping, for meals and going to community groups.
• We are interested in going out into the community and building relationships with new people
• We will explore our local community by using public transport
• We are very easy going and enjoy socialising with others.
• We will get along with highly motivated people who enjoy going out into the community. We wouldn’t get along with people who don’t respect our wishes

Any other important information?

• There are 2 members of support staff throughout the day and one through the night
• The shifts are 8am - 8am or 9am - 8am 7 days a week and a waking night from 8pm - 8am each day
• We need you to be driven and motivated to want to help us have the best lives possible. We will provide you with all of the training that you will need to be able to do this including buccal midazolam, seizures and PEG
• This role is for 40 hours and 30 hours Waking Nights with weekend working every other weekend.

We know it takes a special person to work in social care and we recognise that not everyone that would be perfect for the role, will have professional experience. This is why we're really passionate about recruiting to individuals’ values and we recruit people from all walks of life; From people with vast experience in a support worker or care assistant role, from people with lived experiences who may have friends or relatives with disabilities or have looked after older relatives, to people with no experience at all.

If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact Julie Macdonald, our recruitment specialist, on [e-mail]

We wish you the very best of luck in your application to joining our charity. Should you require any adjustments during the recruitment process, please feel free to contact [e-mail]

Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer