Support Worker

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 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, Bolder’.

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 PPE you need in your role and we will help you develop, should you decide you want to further your career with us.

There are some more great benefits too:-

• Wear your own casual clothes, as we do not have a uniform!
• Free Blue light card - lots of discounts on days out and shopping!
• Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
• Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
• Financial Hardship Fund
• Free wellbeing advice and support options
  
  

There are currently 4 amazing people we support that live at this service. We are looking for a few more amazing people to join the staff team. We have opportunities for both full and part time day shifts.

The people we support have diverse needs, and in order to keep our promise to our charity's mission (to lead the best life possible), we ensure that we provide all of our support workers with specialist training in autism, learning and physical disabilities, Diabetes and MAPA.

The people we support are all fun loving, kind and caring and enjoy one another's company as well as the staff teams too. They love to be out in the community, doing different fun things like bowling, shopping, visiting animal parks and eating out as well.

It would be a real advantage if you have a full UK Driving Licence, as you can use our service car to take the people we support out and about!

As part of the interview process, you will have the opportunity to meet everyone, and we hope after you have, that you will want to come back! We are a very welcoming and we are really looking forward to meeting you!

Being happy, friendly and understanding is the key to this exciting opportunity. We are looking for easy going, calm, kind and animated people to join our cheery team.

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 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 & support.

People's values are important to us, so we are looking for people with:

• Patience
• A good listener
• Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
• A strong work ethic
• Reliability
• Honesty
• Determination
• Resilience
  
  

A Place I belong

Here at Community Integrated Care we aim to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive employer, where all colleagues feel they belong. We want to 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.

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 Natasha Palliser, our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on 07816 266959 or email [email protected]

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 [email protected]

Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer.