Temporary Support Worker

2 months ago

Thurso, United Kingdom Community Integrated Care Full time
What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:

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 national and regional awardsWe 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.

Our Benefits:

£12.50 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 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 Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:

We are currently recruiting for a temporary full-time Support Worker for 37.5 hours per week to cover a period of maternity leave. This will initially be for a period of 12 months, however, if permanent hours become available during this time, the role may become permanent.

Our ideal candidate will be caring, enthusiastic and self-motivated and able to work well in our small team based in Scrabster, Thurso on the beautiful coast of Caithness.

In this role you will be supporting a gentleman with health and learning difficulties to live independently in his own home and work with a tailored care and support plan to meet his individual needs.

Due to this individual’s unique needs, we are looking for people who are energetic and physically active and enjoy the outdoors and a variety of activities including swimming, walking, attending day centre and going to the cinema. It is also important to him to spend time with close family. 

The role involves a varying shift pattern including waking nights and flexibility to include weekends. The hours of work will be between 8am -10.30pm during the day (often 2:1 support) and nights are 1:1 support. 

You will provide support in all aspects of daily living including personal care, meal preparation and medication. Previous experience of autism and learning disabilities would be an advantage. If you don't already have experience, you will receive training in Learning Disability Awareness, Autism Awareness, Visual and Auditory impairment, PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System), Moving and Handling and Sensory Awareness. 

A UK driving license is essential for this role.

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:

- A problem solver
- Resilience
- Patience
- Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
- A strong work ethic
- Reliability
- Honesty
- Determination

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