Support Worker

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
• We will pay for your DBS / PVG
• We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
• 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
• Investment in your wellbeing
• £12.62 per Hour
• Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
• Guaranteed & Contracted Hours

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.

At Finchley House there are 6 of us living here. Our ages range from 19 to 66. We need our team to be trained in Medication, Moving and positioning, Catheter care, PEG feeding and Dietary requirements. Complying with our SALT plans for our meal times risk reduction plans. Epilepsy, Intense interaction, communication other than speech. Hydration, bowel management and most importantly remembering we require to be included in our daily decisions and encouraged to be as independent as possible. We need our staff members to help us live our Best Lives Possible.

What are we proud of? The bond we all have together as Judith, Alyson, Lee and Lynne have lived together for over 13 years. Nomination for the National Nurses awards. Winner of the Little Acorns Team award.

What activities do we do? We like to go to the Cinema, the stack, the Queen Vic, the Alex disco, Washington Disco, Meals out, Shopping for items we require, Concerts, Shows, Seeing our family and keeping in touch with them.

What are our interests? Gardening, Baking, Arts and crafts, Bowling, Cinema, Going out for a park walk, different pubs, Winter gardens, Butterfly world.

We rely on our staff to support us in the community by the use of our wheelchairs. Lynne is able to walk out and around the community but five of us that live here need support via wheelchairs.

How do we describe ourselves? Fun loving, happy, mischievous, full of fun, we enjoy to build relationships with our team and trust is a massive impact in our daily life.

A description of our home and what type of house is it? Our house is a bungalow all one level. We have a big garden that goes all the way around our home.

What are the shared spaces within the home and what do we do in these areas? Our communal areas are the dining room, the lounge, the kitchen and we are also trying to renovate the 7th bedroom as a room we can all enjoy.

Our service is in between two roads which lead from the New Derby another pub we like.

What are the neighbours like? Our neighbours are very nice and like to participate in fundraisers that we complete once a year especially in the summer in our garden.

What parking is available? You can park in the back lane or at the side of our home.

How many colleagues are on shift at any one time? This depends on what is happening on the day between three and seven.

What shifts do you work on? 8am till 3pm, 3pm till 10pm, 8am till 10pm, 9am till 2pm, 12 till 7pm, 11am till 6pm, 10pm till 9am (2 waking night shifts).

What do we need from you and what training would we give the staff that join us to be able to support the people at this service to be of their abilities? The organisation helps with E-learning and mandatory training of moving and positioning which is face to face, EMFA which is also face to face training, medication training, PEG training from the Nurses to be able to help clean the PEG site and also to understand the machines. Working with Monkwearmouth Nurses to help support acute diagnosis such as Epilepsy, Autism, Intense interaction.

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 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.

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.

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.