Support Workers

Community Integrated Care; Warrington; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

£13.12 per Hour

28 Days annual leave

Pension Scheme

DBS/PVG paid

Flexible Working Hours

Job summary

Community Integrated Care in Warrington is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to assist two individuals with daily living and social activities, including community outings and visits. You will provide compassionate care, build relationships and support participation in community life.

We offer training, DBS/PVG provided, and a range of benefits. Shifts include early mornings, evenings and waking night duties, with weekend work on a rotating basis to deliver the best lives possible.

Qualifications

• Experience in social care is valued, with a values-based approach.
• Willingness to complete training including DBS/PVG checks.
• Ability to work flexible shifts, including weekends.

Responsibilities

• Support two individuals with daily living needs and community activities.
• Assist with outings, appointments and social engagement.
• Attend shifts 8am–8am or 9am–8am, 7 days a week, with waking nights.

Job description

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 you'll be supporting & more about the role:

• 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.

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.

The opportunity and what makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work

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