Advanced Support Worker

**What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work**:
**Are you a Support Worker that is looking to progress in your career?**

**Would you like to gain qualifications, enjoy specialist training, have more responsibility and earn more money?**

Community Integrated Care is recruiting for an Advanced Support Worker, with flexible shift patterns.

This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced support worker to step up. You will support adults with learning disabilities and autism_,_ who have complex needs, to lead the best life possible.

**Benefits & USP’s**:

- £26,866 per annum
- 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
- 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 / PVG
- We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
- 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
- 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 focussed 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.

**This role is an hourly paid role, paying £13.74. The salary advertising is an example of the annualised salary for someone working 37.5 hours a week. If you work part time, this will differ.**

**Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role**:
We are Griffin Lodge, set in large grounds and close links to Stockport and Manchester, we’re a brilliant place to live and work. Griffin Lodge is a Residential care home and we have 12 people living here, who all have their own rooms with an en-suite bathroom and they all share a communal living area. We are 9 gentlemen and 3 ladies ranging between 20-50- we are all brilliant and have a great sense of humour, we all have different personalities and interests. We each have our own personalised support plans and care packages, making sure we are supported in a person-centred way.

There are always 10-12 Advanced support workers on site in the day and 4-5 at night. There are around 45 colleagues employed here.

Our home is based in Heald Green and is very close to the motorway, Manchester Airport and also good bus routes. The train station is only a 20 minute walk away. There is a large supermarket and other amenities close by and lots of green open spaces to explore.
- Prior experience of working in care is required for this role and a Level 3 in Social Care is desirable. If you have a strong background as a support worker, with any specialist training or other skills and experiences that you can bring to this role, we will give you all the support that you need to succeed**Your values**:
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.
- Community Integrated Care is an Equal Opportunities and Disability Confident employer._