Support Worker

**What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work**:
**Do you enjoy helping family and friends, and think this could extend to helping others? Or are you already an experienced care professional?**

**Are you flexible in your**
**availability**
**, and able to work either day and/or night shifts?**

**If this sounds like you, then a support worker role with us, could be right up your street**
- There are more great benefits too
- You can wear your own casual clothes, as we do not have a uniform
- Shopping discounts scheme - free blue light card
- You will be entitled to 28 days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays for full time, (part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis) and a workplace Pension scheme too
- Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
- Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
- Financial Hardship Fund
- Free wellbeing advice and support options

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 100 national and regional awards
We are 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 are recruiting for** a brand-new small team of support workers to help 'J' to move into her new purpose built ‘forever home’ in Littlehampton. 'J' needs your help 24hours a day, so there will be a variety of shifts **available**, these will include morning and afternoon shifts, as well as waking night shifts.**

**'J' is very excited (and a little nervous) to be moving into her own home for the first time, and to meet you She needs your help and support to settle in, and then to enable her to enjoy all of her interests and hobbies. She likes to go out shopping and has her own **adapted car, that if you can drive would be a great advantage**

**'J' also loves **to **travel, in this country, and abroad. S**he** would love to go to America 'J' also likes a bit of a flutter on the **horses and** playing bingo too. She l**oves** music, especially from the 80's, and 'J' also loves to have a fun S**he** has a great sense of **humour**

**'J' has a brain injury and uses a wheelchair, so some specialist paid training will be required. We will provide the support and training you will need before 'J' moves in, through a mix of online and face to face development**
**. You can rely on us to be there for you throughout your journey, as we want you to be confident and successful in your new role**

**Your values**:
**It takes a special person to work in social care, and we recognise that not everyone who might be perfect for the role, will have any professional experience. This is why we are really passionate about recruiting to your values. This means we can recruit from all walks of life, from people with vast experience in support work or care assistant roles, to those with lived experiences looking after friends or family members with disabilities, to people with other transferable skills or those with no experience at all.**

**Do**
**you have some, or all of the following**
**attributes?**
- **A caring nature, with a mature outlook**:

- **Patience, Resilience and D**etermination**:

- **Compassion, Sensitivity, and Empathy**:

- **Honesty and Reliability**:

- **A strong work ethic, and a natural problem solver**
- Here at Community Integrated Care, we aim to be a warm, welcoming and inclusive employer, where all colleagues feel they belong. We want to be 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