Service Leader Level 2

**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 Northumberland.

**Benefits & USP’s**:

- £26971 to £29913 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 plus 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**:
**Our Home - Henderson Court**
- Our ages range between 29 and 40 we all have similar needs, but we are all very different people.
- We all are very mobile and have full capacity, we all have different challenges such as autism aspergers and learning disabilities we just need a little support day to day. We have staff that are trained to meet our needs and fully support us in all areas of our lives.

**What is important to us**
- We enjoy outdoor activities such as walking, the Gym and various shared interest groups. Our other interests include listening to music, gaming, visiting the local shopping centre, eating out, going to the theatre and maybe a beer in town.
- We are kind and considerate we like to laugh, and we respect each other’s personnel space.
- We enjoy sharing our lives with people who listen and understand our needs.

We would not enjoy spending time with people who are pushy, bossy or don’t listen as this could upset our lives.

**Other information**
- There are always three colleagues on site during the day two in the evenings.
- During the day staff start at 8am some staff swap over at 2pm there is two waking nights who start at 8pm and finish 8am.
- To support best lives possible our staff, have specialist training in ADHD, eating disorders, acquired brain injuries, dysphagia, autism awareness and learning disabilities.

**Your values**:
What essential skills and experience is needed for the role?

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

**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 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 work. It helps us make