What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Benefits & USP’s:
1. £12.62 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.
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Who you’ll be supporting & more about the role:
21. We are different in lots of ways (that’s what makes us so interesting) with our ages ranging between 21 to 74.
We are all independent in our own ways here at Kirkdale. A lot of us here suffer with mental health problems, ranging from bipolar, personality disorder, depression etc. Some of us have autism and learning disabilities.
We all require support in lots of different ways, such as 1:1’s, shopping calls, domestic calls, meds calls, drop off/pick up to day services, cuppa and a chat, accessing the community for activities etc.
The staff here at Kirkdale are trained in all mandatory training, such as first aid, medication, fire safety, health and safety, autism etc. We also have outside professionals who work closely with our staff team to roll out helpful appropriate training, such as psychiatrists who hold training sessions for staff so they can gain a better understanding around mental health/our own individual needs.
At Kirkdale, we have 3 staff members on every night on night shifts. This is to deliver support throughout the night if needed, and to deal with any events that may occur.
On a day time, the staffing numbers fluctuate as there are currently 21 people that live here, with 2 empty flats that will soon be filled.
Shift patterns work around the rota and to meet our support needs. Night shifts start at 8pm and finish at 8am. Day shifts fluctuate from 8am-8pm or 12pm-8pm etc.
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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