Support Worker

What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work :  Benefits & USP’s :

• One of the values of Community Integrated Care is our passion for our people and every year we invest in our front-line worker pay in line with the Living Wage increase each April. Our promise has always been clear : we will do everything in our power to improve pay for colleagues. And so, if you start with us between now and 31 March your pay with be £11.94 and then from the 1April , this will increase to £12.62
• Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
• Work for a multi award-winning Charity that invests all it 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
• Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
• We will pay for your DBS / PVG
• We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
• 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

Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities . We work hard to enriching 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 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.

Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role :

Supporting – 5 individuals in 1 large Bungalow.Age Range 43-80

All 2-1

support 5 individuals live their best lives possible, All of which share the same home, which is a large bungalow located in Washington, which has lots of public transport links. Within this role you are required to support two ladies and three gents with ages raging from 43 to 80 years old!! All of which love getting involved in the below activities. Local walks Shopping Cinema Listening to music Spending time in there sensory home They all have there own likes and dislikes and will require you to respect this and support them to live our best lives possible. Our staff team are great, and support the people we support to : Maintain there homes Complete personal care Support with eating Move & positioning Enjoy an active social life Planning days our order to support to have the Best Life Possible our team have specialist training in Moving & Positioning, Administration of Medication, Epilepsy, Dysphagia, End of Life, Autism and Learning Disabilities.

Visual Impairment, Epilepsy, Parkinson’s, Dysphagia, PEG / Catheter, Palliative / EOL, Autism, LD.

Your values : 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 use, so we look for people with :

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