What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Are you a Support Worker that is looking to take the next step and progress in your career?
Would you like to gain qualifications, enjoy specialist training, have more responsibility and earn more money?
Are you available to work weekend night shifts? We believe its a great place to work with great benefits too!
1. £26,.68 per annum
2. Work doing the things you enjoy, meaning work never feels like work
3. No uniform - wear your own casual clothes
4. We will pay for your DBS application
5. Shopping Discounts Scheme and Free Blue Light card!
6. Ongoing continued professional development and progression opportunities
7. Recommend a Friend Bonus scheme
8. Financial Hardship Fund and Salary Advance scheme
9. Investment in your wellbeing
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced support worker to step up. You will support adults with who have complex needs, to lead the best life possible.
Community Integrated Care is one of the UK’s largest health and social care charities. We work hard to enrich the lives of the people we support 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. 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.
‘This role is an hourly paid role at £13.74 hourly rate. The salary advertising is an example of the annualised salary for someone working 37.5 hours a week. If you work part time, this will differ'
Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
The ideal candidate will have a Level Three in Social Care or have strong experience in mental health, autism and behaviours that may be challenging. We are looking for someone with a great sense of humour but who is able to reinforce positive behaviour support.
You will know how to connect with people and be passionate about supporting people to live independently. You will also be a brilliant mentor and share your skills and experiences with your colleagues.
We will develop your talents with a range of specialist training, including the opportunity to learn Positive Behaviour Support methods, and intensive training with other professionals.
During the recruitment process you will get to meet the people we support in their home. This will allow you to see their wonderful personalities first-hand and fully understand the level of support that they require.
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