Support Worker - (Full UK Driving Licence required)

What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work : Are you passionate about supporting others to live their best life possible? Would you like to work in a role where you make a difference, every single day! How about working with an amazing team of people, in a truly inclusive and diverse service, where eveyone is proud to be themselves? If you are looking for an exciting opportunity, working for an award winning charity, then please read on.... We offer the following benefits : -

• Spend time doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• We will pay for your DBS application
• Work with a great people and with 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 - you can wear your own casual clothes
• Spend your whole shift with the people you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
• Shopping Discounts Scheme and a free blue light card!
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund
• Investment in your wellbeing

Community Integrated Care is one of the  UK’s largest health and social care charities . We work hard enriching the lives of the people we support 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 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 PPE you need in your role and will help you develop, should you decide you want to further your career with us. Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role : . The ideal candidate will have a full driving licence,  and strong experience in mental health, autism and sensory communication, and physical health. It's best to have experience in social care, but we will support you to gain qualifications whilst working in service anyway. We will help you to develop your talents with a range of specialist training, including the opportunity to learn Positive Behaviour Support methods, Makaton and the Picture Exchange System. During the recruitment process, you will meet the people we support in their home. This will allow you to see their wonderful personalities first-hand and fully understand the level of support that they require. The people we support are unique, and have support needs ranging from learning disabilities, autism, epilepsy, mental health, and other complex needs. It's our mission to ensure the people we support can lead their best life possible! There are 12 people that live at this service, their ages are between 21 and 72. They love to spend their time together doing lots of different activities, either at home or in the community. These range from spending time in the garden, their hot tub, playing table tennis, having BBQ's, or going out to the cinema, to the seaside or to a party! They love dancing and singing! They are loud and proud, and are not afraid to have fun!

You will know how to connect with people and be passionate about supporting people to live independently. You will also be a brilliant mentor and share your skills and experiences with your colleagues.

There is a large team of established and well trained support workers (around 50), who you will be working with and who you will also be supporting daily as well. There is a great team spirit at this wonderful service! Your values :

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 :

Great social skills, it's important that you can develop relationships with the people we support, and their family and friends too. You will need to be fun and sociable, loud and proud! Just like us! We offer a warm welcome to you, and everyone we meet, so we need you to be confident to do the same!