What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Benefits & USP’s:
1. £13.12 per Hour
2. Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
3. 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
4. Managed by supportive leaders
5. 28 Days annual leave inclusive of statutory bank holidays (for full time, part time is worked out on a pro-rata basis)
6. Pension Scheme
7. No uniform - we wear our casual clothes
8. Flexible Working Hours & Shift patterns
9. We will pay for your DBS / PVG
10. We are based in one location, so no need to be a car driver
11. Guaranteed & Contracted Hours
12. Spend your whole shift with the person you support, making the biggest impact on their lives
13. Shopping Discounts Scheme
14. Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
15. Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
16. Financial Hardship Fund
17. 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 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:
18. At present three people live at Rosedale bungalow in Flaxton St, our second bungalow, Rosewood, has a new resident and we are waiting for our second resident to move in – exciting times!
19. We have all lived at Flaxton St for several years now where the team support us to manage various challenges such as different communication styles, bi-polar disorder, epilepsy and onset of dementia.
20. Most of the team have been supporting us for a long time now, but new faces are always welcome. Our support team aris trained to ensure we live our best lives possible so that we enjoy fun, laughter and music!
21. At Rosedale we have a happy, lively day filled with the activities we enjoy such as trips to the seaside, bowling, arts and crafts, shopping, eating out, cinema and discos.We all enjoy helping with baking and cooking, eating together, watching TV, puzzles, music. Individually we enjoy knitting, gardening, air guitar and line dancing, so quite a varied group but we have fun. The team encourage us to do as much as we can for ourselves and to explore local places and activities.
We are using public transport now so learning bus times and how to get about is an adventure. We are planning a train trip to Newcastle for a day out in the big city. Next stop, London!
Listening and respecting us as individuals is so important - as is a jolly good laugh and some fun!
There are usually four staff on, depending on what we are doing, the staff rota is flexible to our needs. Overnight we have a waking night and sleep-in staff. As we are all mobile and as independent as possible staff are there to encourage us with prompts to keep motivated, safe and healthy. Most of the team has been at Flaxton St for a number of years so we are all like a big family who know, understand and get along together. Our team are well trained in supporting us with our health and contact the local GP or LDP health team should we need extra support. Our Social Workers and Commissioners stay in touch and visit regularly for a cuppa and chat to see how we are getting along.
The team often adjust their working hours to support our activities if we want to go to a disco or for a longer trip out but working to a shift pattern gives us all some structure and helps us to plan our week. Recently our team has had additional training on Community mapping and support planning so the way in which they help us record our daily lives improves. C-i-c ensures that the team receive this training and any updates needed to keep us safe, healthy and able to engage in activities of our choice.
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:
- Patience
- Empathy, compassion and sensitivity to others
- A strong work ethic
- Reliability
- Honesty
- Determination - A problem solver
- Resilience