Support Worker in Barnsley

2 x 6 Month Support Worker Temporary Contracts available at our Supported Living Service in Barnsley, S70. These posts are Full Time (37.5hrs pw). Shift times - 7am to 2.30pm, 2.30pm to 10pm, 10pm to 7am (Waking Night).

Benefits

• £12.62 per Hour
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Work for a multi award-winning Charity that invests all its 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
• 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 enrich 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.

Dillington Mews is an autism specific supported living service comprising 6 Individual flats. Each person we support lives in their own apartment. We provide 1:1 support for 6 tenants. All tenants have individual support plans, ensuring they are supported in a person-centred way and are promoted to make their own choices. Each person has their own individual care package of support.

What is important to us?

• Promoting personalised choice and options regarding independent living, promoting wellbeing and independence.
• All tenants choose individual activities and staff are matched to the tenant to promote inclusion and personal choice being respected and valued.
• Working closely with families and significant others within the person we support circle of care.
• Promoting equality, diversity, and following professional boundaries.
• We offer exceptional training and a professional induction into the service, ensuring you have the skills and knowledge to provide tailored support.
• We will allocate you a “buddy” on your first day, to ensure you have an allocated person to assist in the transition into service.
• Community Integrated Care provides a development pathway for employees who wish to further their career.
• We value honesty, reliability, flexibility, passion, and commitment.
• Working as part of a team and forming excellent working relationships.

Dillington Mews has close transport links to Barnsley, Sheffield, Rotherham, and Doncaster. Local amenities include local parks and beauty spots, cinema, bowling, shopping, restaurants, theatre, swimming/leisure centres, and circus.

Essential skills and experience

• Patience
• Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
• A strong work ethic
• Reliability
• Honesty
• Determination
• A problem solver
• Resilience

If you have read this advert and feel like it’s exactly the role and organisation you’re looking for, please click 'Apply' to take you through to our short application form. If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact our recruitment specialist for a friendly informal chat at doug.brough@c-i-c.co.uk.

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 be 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. You can read more about this by clicking here.

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 recruitment@c-i-c.co.uk.

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.