Female Support Worker

**What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work**:
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 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.

**Benefits**:

- Comprehensive induction and commitment to ongoing learning and development
- 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
- Contributory pension scheme
- Managed by supportive leaders
- There is no uniform - you can wear your own casual clothes
- Access to a free app offering retail discounts, leisure savings and holiday and travel discounts
- Employee of the month award and other recognition schemes
- Free Employee Assistance programme available 24/7, providing a wide range of financial, legal and consumer services,

as well as counselling, life coaching and career guidance
- Mental health support through our everymind app
- Colleague Inclusion Networks where individuals with shared experiences and their allies can help raise awareness,

provide support, celebrate communities and promote positive change, greater inclusivity and equity within the

workplace
- Financial support options to help in times of hardship using our Wellbeing Fund and our partnership with the Care

Workers Charity
- Employee Representatives (GameChangers) to help raise and action issues within the organisation that are important to you
- Recommend a Friend bonus scheme
- We pay for your PVG check
- Guaranteed and contracted hours
- We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
- 28 days holiday (inclusive of bank holidays) - pro-rated for part-time staff
- Good work/life balance - rotas are issued 4+ weeks in advance enabling you to plan ahead
- The opportunity to try new things while supporting people to achieve their goals

**Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role**:
Are you a friendly and outgoing person?

Do you have a genuine desire to help improve the lives of vulnerable people?

If so, we want to hear from you

We are recruiting for **female Support Workers** to support a new lady who will be moving into our **Gilmerton** service in Edinburgh.

Here, you will support four ladies to live the best lives possible by supporting them to live as independently as possible. They are very active in their community and enjoy going to local clubs/groups, meeting new people, going shopping and exploring the town.

The ladies have some mobility issues, so there will be support required to help them get around, support with personal care and to administer medication. Your main goal will be to provide the right support so they can be as independent as possible and are supported to make their own choices.

We would love to hear from enthusiastic applicants who are interested in developing new skills. If you have a **full UK driving license** that’s a bonus (but not required) as the ladies have a shared mobility vehicle which they use to get out and about.

Our team provide support 24/7, so we are looking for flexibility to work a variety of shifts, including some **weekends**. The shift patterns are:

- 07.00 - 14.00
- 14.00 - 21.00
- 21.00 - 07.00 (waking night - there are no vacancies for waking nights at this time)

We are currently recruiting for **full-time (37.5 hour) Support Worker roles only at this time.**

**Your values**:
We like to be supported by people who respect us and our homes, but who also like to have fun

We like people who are reliable and honest, so we can build trust and know that you have our best interests at heart.

It’s important that you can communicate well with us and work well within our team.

**A Place I belong**

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