We are seeking a passionate and caring Female Bank Support Worker for our Supported Living Service in Pontefract, WF8.
Applicants are ideally required to hold a full UK Driving Licence.
We need you to commit to the following shift patterns:
07:30 to 15:00, 14:00 to 21:30, a sleeping night from 14:45 to 22:15 finishing at 07:30 the following day, and a waking night from 21:30 to 07:30.
Benefits & USP’s
- £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 (pro‑rated for part‑time)
- Pension scheme
- No uniform – we wear casual clothes
- Flexible working hours & shift patterns
- We will pay for your DBS
- 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
Service Overview
The service is a unique bungalow with 4 bedrooms. The tenants share a communal lounge and kitchen.
- Provide 1:1 support for 4 tenants.
- All tenants have an individual support plan, ensuring they are supported in a person‑centred way and 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.
- Working as part of a team and forming excellent working relationships.
Other information
- Need highly reliable and motivated people with a passion to support our tenants in a person‑centred manner.
- Need you to be flexible to meet our needs and our service and our tenants.
- Need you to be able to have positive relationships with our families and the individuals highlighted in the circles of support.
- Need you to commit to the shift patterns of 07:30 to 15:00, 14:00 to 21:30, including a sleeping night from 14:45 to 22:15 finishing at 07:30 the following day, and a waking night 21:30 to 07:30.
- Need you to be committed to completing all the training and additional training required within your role.
- Need you to be kind, compassionate, and think “out of the box” to ensure support is delivered to make our tenants have the “Best life Possible”.
- Need you to be friendly towards the people we support but remain within professional boundaries.
- Need you to always communicate and listen to us and respect what we have to say and become a valued team player.
- 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.
Essential skills and experience
- Patience
- Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
- A strong work ethic
- Reliability
- Honesty
- Determination
- A problem solver
- Resilience
Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.
