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**:
Who we are and what are our age ranges?
- We live in 42 self-contained flats onsite
- We are all aged 65 and above
- We have Care staff onsite 24/7 to support us with any queries/issues.

**What is important to us**
- What are we proud of? Staff and tenants are extremely proud of Sandy Mount and everything it stands for, there has been some long standing excellent community links established such as working with the community police and local fire brigade, working in partnership with the local authority and housing provider. The tenants at Sandy mount are proud of how welcoming Sandy Mount is.
- What activities do we to do? Sandy Mount activities are based on feedback from tenants, we currently run groups in Zumba/Baking/Quiz/Arts and crafts/Religious celebrations/special events/peer on peer Move more often sessions.
- A description of our home and what type of house is it?
- Sandy Mount is a 3-story building with 42 flats onsite (single and double occupancy). Sandy Mount is purpose built and is accessible and modern.

What parking is available? Onsite carpark with 15 spaces.

**Other information**
- How many colleagues are on shift at any one time?4 staff on an early shift

3 staff on a late shift

2 waking nights

Additional 2 x core members of staff cover the whole day from 7am-10pm

**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 better decisions, bring fresh ideas and become a true provider and employer of choice.

We have a really clear plan to achieve this called A Place I Belong. This publicly sets out the promises we’ve made to a