Support Worker

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

- £11.94 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
- 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**:
At Finchley House there are 6 of us living here. Judith, Lee, Alyson, Lynne, Michael and Leigh.
Our ages range from 19 to 66

We need our team to be trained in Medication, Moving and positioning, Catheter care, PEG feeding and Dietary requirements. Complying with out SALT plans for our meal times risk reduction plans.

Epilepsy, Intense interaction, communication other then speech. Hydration, bowel management and most importantly remembering we wish to be included in our daily decisions and encouraged to be as independent as possible. We need our staff members to help us live our Best lives Possible.

**What is important to us**
- What are we proud of? The bond we all have together as Judith, Alyson, Lee and Lynne have lived together for over 13 years.
- We like to go to the Cinema, the stack, the Queen Vic, the Alex disco, Washington Disco, Meals out, Shopping for items we require, Concerts, Shows, Seeing our family and keeping in touch with them.
- What are our interests? Gardening, Baking, Arts and crafts, Bowling, Cinema, Going out for a park walk, different pubs, Winter gardens, Butterfly world.
- We rely on our staff to support us in the community by the use of our wheelchairs. Lynne is able to walk out and around the community but five of us that live here need support via wheelchairs.
- How do we describe ourselves?** **Fun loving, happy, mischievous, full of fun, we enjoy building relationships with our team and trust is a massive factor in our daily life.

**Shift Patterns - 8am till 3pm, 3pm till 10pm, 8am till 10pm, 9am till 2pm, 12 till 7pm, 11am till 6pm, 10pm till 9am ( 2 waking night shifts).**

**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, rich