Support Worker in Pontefract

Seeking a Female Support Worker for our Supported Living Service in Pontefract, WF8. Shifts could include Days, Waking Nights and/or Sleep-In's. This position is for 28 hours per week. Day Shifts start at 7.30am.

Benefits:

• £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 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
• 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 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.

The Service is a unique bungalow with 4 bedrooms. The tenants share the communal lounge and kitchen. We provide 1:1 support for 4 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.

Other information:

• We need highly reliable and motivated people with a passion to support our tenants in a person-centred manner.
• We need you to be flexible to meet our needs and our service and our tenants.
• We need you to be able to have positive relationships with our families and the individuals highlighted in the circles of support.
• We need you to commit to the shift patterns of 07.30 to 22.00 including a sleeping night which is 07:30 to 22.00 finishing at 07.30 the following day, and a waking night 20.30 to 07.30.
• We need you to be committed to complete all the training and additional training required within your role.
• We need you to be kind, compassionate, fun, and think “out of the box”.
• Ensuring all support is delivered to ensure our tenants have the “Best life Possible”.
• We need you to be friendly towards the people we support but remain within professional boundaries.
• We need you to always communicate and listen to us and respect what we have to say and become a valued team player.
• We need you to fully document all interactions and be committed to supporting all tenants and meet their care needs, to ensure all documents remain compliant.

Your values:

What essential skills and experience is needed for the role? 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 us, so we look for people with:

• 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.

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 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 us. Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.