Support Worker

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

**Our Benefits**:

- £11 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
- Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
- Financial Hardship Fund
- Investment in your wellbeing

**Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role**:
We deliver creative, dynamic and person-centred service to 2 young men at our service within Old Edinburgh Road in Inverness. Each person we support have very different support needs and we have tailored care and support plans to meet their needs. As a team we work collaboratively to ensure the safety, wellbeing, and aspirations outcomes/goals of the people we support are met. The people we support have many varied interests and hobbies and have many of the same dreams and aspirations as we do.

As a Support Worker you will help to organise and participate in activities. The young men enjoy activities such as swimming, football, trampolining, going to the cinema, DIY, walking and keeping fit, engage in music, going to the gym, supporting to go on holidays and access the community and much more. You will support people to participate and develop a range of life skills such as:

- cooking, cleaning, managing finances, supporting with personal hygiene, scheduling & attending appointments, meal planning and shopping.
- You need to have the ability to form positive relationships with people we support, colleagues, guardians, families and other professionals. You need to have a good understanding of discrimination and health and wellbeing issues.

A flexible approach to work patterns is required. At Old Edinburgh Road Support Workers typically work 14 hours shifts from 8am until 10pm. Sleep-ins are part of the role as well as the ability to work long shifts, evenings and weekends and nightshifts as part of a rota system.
- Full-time, part-time and bank (casual) contracts available.

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**:
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.

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 sen