Support Worker

**What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work**:
**Are you an outstanding Support Worker looking for a new and exciting challenge?**

**Or are you new to the care sector looking for something both rewarding and fulfilling?**

**We have part-time positions (minimum of 24hours a week) available at this respite service.**
- We have many benefits on offer and some are listed below:
- 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 - wear your own casual clothes
- Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
- We will pay for your DBS
- 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 and free Blue light card
- 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 enriching the lives of the people we support 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. 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 service that offers respite to the people we support, and this allows their families to have a break. Over 25 people use the service on a regular basis, The people we support say 'We love coming to the service and call it our second home'.

Th Their second home is convenient for getting out and about in the community where there are shops and amenities all within a ten minute walk.

The team have extensive specialist training in many areas to meet all the needs that may arise at respite.

You will need to be a solid team player, must have initiative and work at a good pace. Must be honest and reliable. We have an established team that communicate well with each other and support each other, as well as welcoming new team members too

We are always looking for new opportunities for the people we support and we welcome creative ideas.

**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:

- **Flexibility**
- **Initiative**
**- Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others***:

- A strong work ethic***:

- Reliability and adaptability***:

- Honesty***:

- Determination**
- **A problem solver**:

- **Resilience**

**Natasha**, our recruitment specialist, on
**07816 266959** or

**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.

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