Service Leader Level 1

**What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work**: Community Integrated Care is currently seeking a dedicated and compassionate health and social care professional for a Service Leader based in Barrow. **Benefits & USP’s**: - Salary of £25,500 per year - 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 senior 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 - 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 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**: This is a unique and exciting opportunity to work across 2 services in Barrow. 1 service supporting 9 people and the other supporting 1 person. These service's will be supporting people with learning disabilities, whilst also promoting their choices, wellbeing and independence. People supported within these services, enjoy getting out in the community, going to church, bell ringing and maximising their independence. They also love contributing to doing "their bit" when it comes to recycling and looking after the environment. With experience working in a health or social care setting, you will have an upbeat positive manner, as well as having a genuine passion for supporting people to become a part of their local and wider community. You will also have experience working with people supported who present behaviours that require intensive support planning and management to ensure their safety and quality of life at all times. In addition you will be comfortable using basic IT systems that are required within the role - training can be offered to support this area. You will also hold a professional qualification in Health and Social Care, i.e. Nurse, Social Worker, SVQ Level 3 plus supervisory units (Scotland) / Care Management Level 3 (England). **Your values**: This is a great opportunity to make a genuine difference, where you will be responsible for leading an engaged and motivated team to change lives and deliver person-centred outcomes for every person we support. You will also take the lead by driving performance, setting the pace and direction within services, promoting a positive and passionate culture, and ensuring that services are appropriately and effectively resourced to change lives for the better. 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 ** Natasha Jones**, 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 able to bring their true selves to work. By encouraging and embracing a range of diver