Support Worker

Join to apply for the Support Worker role at Community Integrated Care. 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
• 25 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!

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.

There is 7 of us live together at Dean Lodge; our ages range from 22 to 66. We all have our own interests and we’re all individuals! Some of us are independently mobile, and some of us need support with this using equipment. We need support to manage our health and wellbeing, as well as support to live as independently as possible whilst being supported to achieve our goals and aspirations!

Our staff are trained in lots of areas to ensure they have the skills and knowledge to support us safely and effectively. Some of these trainings are Moving and Positioning, Administration of Medication, Emergency First Aid and Positive Behaviour Support.

Family is also very important to us, and it is important that our staff include our family in all aspects of our lives. We are loving, kind and funny! We enjoy a happy, positive atmosphere and get along well with considerate and respectful people. We would not enjoy being around people who are bossy, overpowering, or negative.

There is always a minimum of 3 staff on day shift and two staff on nightshift at Dean Lodge. We like our staff to work ‘early’ shifts (7am-2pm), ‘late’ shifts (2pm-9pm) and ‘waking’ nightshifts (9pm-7am). We also like for our staff to work flexibly so that we can be supported to attend a variety of activities such as going to the pub or going to the theatre.

We need our staff to support us to achieve our best lives possible. We need our staff to be positive, encouraging, with a ‘can do’ attitude. Our staff need to be proactive and keen learners to help support us safely and effectively.

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 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.