Support Worker

**What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work**:
**Benefits & USP’s**:

- £12.62 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
- 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 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 both male and female and our ages range from 54-86. Albany bungalow has 3 lovely ladies live there and Lyndhurst have two lovely Gentlemen and a lady. We have some challenges, such as physical disabilities, sight and speech impairment and can need support getting out and about, supporting us with medication and some personal care needs. The staff here are trained and familiar in supporting people with complex needs.

We are proud to be supported to be as independent as possible and having our rooms and living spaces personalised to us and who we are. We all enjoy different activities. We love parties and karaoke singalongs. We enjoy the theatre, cinema and going to concerts. We also enjoy lazy movie days at home. We enjoy baking and cooking and taking part in everyday household tasks. Some of us enjoy pamper sessions and having our nails done. Some of us enjoy gardening and we all enjoy getting out and about in our beautiful seaside town.

We aspire to be the best we can be, living life to the fullest and positive risk taking. We enjoy taking part in local activities and festivals, such as tree lighting ceremonies, church services etc. We are full of fun, we can be mischievous and love a joke or two. We are friendly and welcoming to everyone who meets us. We would enjoy spending our time with people who enjoy life and can have a laugh and a bit of fun. We would not like anyone who was loud and shouted or were aggressive as this would upset some of us.

There are 7 staff on shift at one time, generally 3 in Lyndhurst and 4 in Albany. We work a combination of shifts including: 8-3, 3-10, 8-10, waking night and sleep-in

**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.

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

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