What makes Community Integrated Care a great place to work:
Are you a Support Worker that is looking to progress in your career?
Would you like to gain qualifications, enjoy specialist training, have more responsibility and earn more money?
Community Integrated Care is recruiting for an Advanced Support Worker, with flexible shift patterns.
This is an exciting opportunity for a skilled and experienced support worker to step up. You will support adults with learning disabilities and autism, who have complex needs, to lead the best life possible.
Benefits & USP’s:
1. £14.78 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. 28Days 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 focussed 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. Living this service is just me. I am 43 years old.
I require 1:1 support but from a distance as I like my team to appreciate my personal space. I live with Autism, Learning Disability and I am non-verbal but can communicate in other ways. I would like my team to have experience in the conditions I live with and who can meet my needs. I appreciate confident and respectful team members who will adhere to my support plan and engage confidently with me
19. Sensory needs are very important to me and the environment around me.
20. I prefer being supported from afar and have a desire for people to support from behind me rather than in my space.
21. I love watching films and have my favourite movies.
22. I am a big foodie and have a sweet tooth, I love icing and decorating cakes.
23. When I go to day service I have a specific driver/taxi that is familiar to me. Mum and Dad help sometimes too.
24. I go to Cumberland Day Service Monday to Friday 10am-2pm.
25. I love listening to the radio.
Routine is really important to me
26. This is a lone working service.
27. Shifts will be starting initially with transition but will eventually be days, nights, waking nights and weekends
28. In order to support me to have the Best Life Possible my team will have specialist training in Positive Behaviour Support, total communication, autism and learning disabilities.
Your values:
The ideal candidate will have a Level 3 in Social Care and strong experience in mental health, autism and sensory communication, and physical health.
If you do not have a qualification, you will need to have experience in social care.
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, Makaton and the Picture Exchange System.
During recruitment you will 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.
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