Support Worker

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

- £10.92 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**:
**Who will you be supporting?**
- We are different in lots of ways, that's what makes us unique Our ages ranging between 37 and 66 years old.
- We all have individual needs, including mobility issues, non-verbal communication, and require personal care, with only one of us being independent.
- We all have different challenges in our lives which include autism, learning disabilities, dysphagia, and communication difficulties.

**What is important to us?**
- We are all proud of the house we live in and how homely it is with all our bedrooms being unique and personalised to us.
- We enjoy going for days out, meals out, concerts and going to the theatre. We also enjoy listening to music. One of us is in a band, has a drum kit and karaoke in our bedroom and is also a DJ.
- We like to go shopping in our village and one of us likes to go to the train station and watch the trains or take a ride.
- We are sociable, friendly, and like to have banter with our support team.
- We would prefer individuals that have the same interest as ourselves, as well as being fun and outgoing.

**Other information?**
- Our local community is in walking distance and comprises of a number shops, restaurants, takeaways, and a library
- Our staffing levels include two, or more, staff in the morning and afternoon, one waking night and a sleep in.
- The shifts of our staff vary depending on our activities but our usual shifts are 7am - 2pm, 9am - 5pm, 2pm - 9pm and 2pm - 10am sleep
- We would like someone who enjoys the same activities that we enjoy doing on a day-to-day basis. You should be caring, friendly and empathetic. We will train you in all mandatory training as well as any specialised training needed in our home.

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

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,