Support Worker

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

- £10.50 per Hour
- 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
- 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 - we wear our casual clothes
- Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
- We will pay for your DBS / PVG
- 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

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.

**Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role**:
We currently have Support Worker opportunities for people to join the team supporting people within our Outreach service. A driving licence is preferred to help support visits and taking to appointments.

There are around 10 people who use the Outreach service and another 3 who use the Supported Living service. We are independent people who need a bit of support with some things. We would like staff who respect and understand that.

Our Support Workers support adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health concerns to live their daily lives. You’ll be joining an award-winning charity, in an exciting role where you can transform someone else’s life while transforming your own too Whatever your background, there’s a rewarding career in care for you - one were you can follow your passions and learn new skills too.

As a Support Worker you will support people who have learning disabilities, autism, mental health concerns or dementia with their daily routines to live the **best lives possible**.

You’ll be joining an award-winning charity, in an exciting role where you can transform someone else’s life while transforming your own too Whatever your background, there’s a rewarding career in care for you - one were you can follow your passions and learn new skills too.

**Your values**:
What essential skills and experience is needed for the role?

If we can recruit people with no experience add:
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:

- Patience
- Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
- A strong work ethic
- Reliability
- Honesty
- Determination
- A problem solver
- Resilience

** Travis Thomas**, our recruitment specialist, for a friendly informal chat on

**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 abl