Support Worker

Our Service is a unique bungalow with 4 bedrooms. Our tenants share the communal lounge and kitchen.

• We provide 1:1 support for 4 tenants.

• All tenants have an individual support plans, ensuring they are supported in a person-centred way and are promoted to make 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 provide a development pathway for employees who wish to further their career.

• We value honestly, reliability, flexibility, passion, and commitment.

• Working as part of a team and forming excellent working relationships

About you

• We need highly reliable and motivated people with a passion to support out 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 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 15.00, 14.00 to 21.30, including a sleeping night which is 14.45 to 22.15 finishing at 07.30 the following day, and a waking night 21.30 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 and be 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., 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.

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:

• Patience

• Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others

• A strong work ethic

• Reliability

• Honesty

• Determination

• A problem solver

• Resilience

• Annual leave

• Company pension

• Flexible schedule

• Referral programme, * £11.94 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

Pontefract WF8 4SA

Permanent, Part-time, 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