Support Worker

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.

You will be supporting a group of individuals moving into their own homes in Elgin with the age range of 24 to 26 years old. They will require support moving from their family homes to their own homes and will require support to learn new skills, look at new opportunities and develop their skills! Our staff must have patience, empathy, a bubbly nature and a drive to explore new things. This is a brand new development within Elgin which has a lot to offer in terms of the city itself and has many links to the North and South of Scotland. They live in their own bungalows within the same street and in close proximity to each other as they are all neighbours and they all have their own garden. It is important they are supported to look at new opportunities in the community. They like to go walking and attending local groups and clubs. Disney, sports and being outdoors are some of their interests. They want to be able to learn new skills and have new experiences living on their own. They would benefit from being enabled to live as independently as possible. They are young and energetic. Support is provided on a 1:1 and 2:1 basis. Support would be required during the day, evening and at night. They would benefit from staff who are energetic, keen to support and seek new opportunities. You must have a thirst to learn and undertake any training needed to support them successfully. Our GROWN learner journey is an award-winning training package and service-specific training will be tailored to suit the needs of the people we support including examples such as Moving and Positioning of People, Acquired Brain Injury Specialism, Epilepsy with specialised medication administration, Visual Impairment and ADHD. We are looking for Full Time, Part Time, and Waking nights.

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. If you are interested in learning more about the role before submitting your application, please feel free to contact recruitment.region1@c-i-c.co.uk.

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.